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January 14, 2010
Team America: World Police (2004)
Should I see it?
#$%@ no.


Short Review: This film is not #$%@ eloquent.


Generally, I don’t hold out for much when viewing #$%@ puppets. This film has done nothing to #$%@ change that.

This film made a splash in two-thousand #$%@ four when it was released because of its attack on #$%@ celebrity hubris and #$%@ terrorism. Out of that context the film loses most of its #$%@ punch. What is left is a partially humorous #$%@ ditty with copulating puppets. At its heart it is a #$%@ cheaply written script about #$%@ nothing.

South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey #$%@ Parker are funny and potent satirists. Unfortunately, they are also very #$%@ crass and childish. There are so many #$%@ instances of crudity used senselessly in this #$%@ film I can’t list them in one posting. The whole piece is slathered in harsh curse words for absolutely no purpose. #$%@ Parker and Stone must giggle like twelve year olds when they hear #$%@ or #$%@ because that’s all you hear. Swear words are usually not effective punch lines. If you’re going to #$%@ use them, use them sparingly. Overuse is just #$%@ stupid and juvenile. It shows a lack of thought and cheapens your #$%@ piece.

I’m not going to roll out the usual #$%@ canards about how this stuff is immoral and wrong like South Park. What would be the #$%@ point? If you can't figure that out you must be a #$%@'in #$%@. These guys are not eloquent and their efforts are certainly not for #$%@ kids. They give dead-on satire in many cases in their movies and in their show, but the #$%@ problem is that they have no #$%@ sense of when enough is enough. Just because something makes you #$%@ laugh in a story meeting doesn’t mean its going to be funny #$%@ years later on DV #$%@ D.

I appreciate the politics and the #$%@ attack on celebrities but because of the #$%@ curse words I simply can not #$%@ recommend this #$%@ film.



Related Reviews:
Political #$%@ movies
Michael Moore #$%@ Hates America (2004)
Rated-R: Republicans in Hollywood (2003)


Other Critic's #$%@ Reviews:
Celluloid Heroes
#$%@ FilmCritic.com



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September 20, 2008
Guess the Best Film of 1968 - Win Some Stuff
Raymond Benson the fourth official author of the James Bond 007 novels is posting his list of the top films of 1968 over at BRITANNICA BLOG.

If you can guess which film he picks as #1 you can win a signed copy of his book.


I've been asked by the kind folks at Britannica to offer up my comments as he unveils his top ten. Some of the other critics who have likewise been called upon to comment are:

Christopher Null, filmcritic.com
David Hudson, greencine.com
Ray Young, flickhead
Bob Westal, forwardtoyesteryear
Nick Davis, nicksflickpicks.com
J.R. Jones, chicagoreader.com
Kimberly Lindbergs, cinebeats.com
Alan Lopuszynski, burbanked.com
Shawn Braley, deadpan
Brad Lang, classicmovies.org
Eric Dienstfrey, filmbo
Bill, piddleville
Steve Carlson, The Ongoing Cinematic Education of Steven Carlson


Click on the logo above to check out Mr. Benson's first post and submit your own guess/comment.

My favorite of 1968 is Night of the Living Dead. Then again, I'm a pathetic lover of zombie movies and, let's face it, I'm a barbarian.

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