tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post2906659307328632504..comments2024-03-05T21:05:36.848-05:00Comments on CommentaramaFilms: Film Friday: Sausage Party (2016)AndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-30043953064123339722017-03-24T15:15:42.087-04:002017-03-24T15:15:42.087-04:00I saw this movie and actually watched the whole th...I saw this movie and actually watched the whole thing. By turning it off, you missed the celebratory food orgy at the end-with money shots. Awful film. I laughed a couple of times, mostly just a chuckle, and that was around the guy who actually could hear the food talking while high on bath salts. It was racist, sexist, misogynist, and just not funny. Fortunately, I watched it on Netflix and didn't pay any money.Koshcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00552108950848576633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-30723389635448782542017-03-15T15:02:23.110-04:002017-03-15T15:02:23.110-04:00Anon, LOL! The initial previews looked really goo...Anon, LOL! The initial previews looked really good. It was totally clean. It looked clever. The jokes were funny. The setup looked great. And you had no idea who was involved.<br /><br />Then we found out who did it and that made us worry. Plus, we realized that it wasn't aimed at kids, like the first preview totally was. So that made us suspicious.<br /><br />Then we saw it and it was anger-inducingly bad.<br /><br />On swearing, I tend to see swearing as just bad writing unless there's a purpose to it. Some people know how to use it (emphasis), others use it because they can't find more express ways to say what they want.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-39530838794426350062017-03-14T07:51:36.332-04:002017-03-14T07:51:36.332-04:00The most surprising thing about this review is tha...The most surprising thing about this review is that you had higher hopes for it. ;)<br /><br />I'm not a big fan of swearing, but I'm not entirely opposed to it either. Mostly I just want stuff I can watch with my kid. Personally, I think "bleeped" swearing can be funnier that actual swearing. i.e., Arrested Development. There's an "uncensored extended" version of the pilot on the Season 1 DVD set. Only a couple of uncensored swear words, but less funny to me somehow. Like it breaks the 4th wall of being a fake reality TV show.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-34074948056376290662017-03-13T18:06:25.519-04:002017-03-13T18:06:25.519-04:00Scott, As a general rule, I see swearing as bad wr...Scott, As a general rule, I see swearing as bad writing unless it has a purpose. It can show a character being dumber, less verbally acute, or harsher than others. It can be done to separate a character from the rest. It can be done cleverly. It can be done for shock if the setup is right... like a priest swearing.<br /><br />This was just crude, mean-spirited swearing for the sake of not knowing what else to say. It's pretty pathetic.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-11173516409211151842017-03-13T14:48:41.853-04:002017-03-13T14:48:41.853-04:00Hope I'm not too late!
Yeah, I'm NEVER ev...Hope I'm not too late!<br /><br />Yeah, I'm NEVER ever seeing this movie. Aside from looking totally retarded (a word I try not to use too much anymore)... it just looked mean-spirited and as usual, Rogen and Co. go for the low-hanging fruit, if you'll excuse the expression. ;-)<br /><br />It's such a bizarre distinction but when they do profanity, it comes across as, "We had nothing else so here's Seth Rogen saying f---. And when in doubt, we'll say it again and again."<br /><br />But HBO's <i>Veep</i> manages to make an art form out of profanity and insults, as does its British predecessor <i>The Thick of It</i>. There's a certain kind of mischievousness and creativity on display when they do it. Again, it's a subtle difference but it's there.ScottDShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09619078842202925064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-6316712446333203992017-03-13T14:20:17.389-04:002017-03-13T14:20:17.389-04:00Daniel, They definitely go too far at times, but i...Daniel, They definitely go too far at times, but it the nature of what they do to sometimes overshoot. Either way, as a rule, they are brilliant and clever.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-75547520219184293272017-03-13T14:19:25.315-04:002017-03-13T14:19:25.315-04:00PikeBishop, LOL! Yep. Excessive subtlety is one ...PikeBishop, LOL! Yep. Excessive subtlety is one of my flaws. ;-)AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-25132285264074498402017-03-13T00:29:58.306-04:002017-03-13T00:29:58.306-04:00Andrew, you are being too subtle again. so overall...Andrew, you are being too subtle again. so overall you liked it??????? ;-)PikeBishophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761380937971970762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-8159475306505188882017-03-12T14:18:12.923-04:002017-03-12T14:18:12.923-04:00I understand that, Andrew, about both this movie a...I understand that, Andrew, about both this movie and the South Park one. They definitely did some stuff that was gross and crazy even by South Park standards in the video game Stick of Truth, too! Let's just say you'll get some surprises if you randomly open house doors in old RPG style (and this doesn't even get into the Nazi zombie aborted fetuses which you fight exactly where you think you'd find them). They still generally do good stuff, though! <br /><br /> - DanielArgentGalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01173296751792700318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-33055391243162685152017-03-12T12:42:56.625-04:002017-03-12T12:42:56.625-04:00tryanmax, Agreed. We saw the preview in theaters ...tryanmax, Agreed. We saw the preview in theaters during, I think, the Avengers film, and my kids were stoked. Nothing told you that this wasn't for kids. We figured it out later. I think they did that intentionally to reach parents so they would check it out to see if their kids can watch it.<br /><br />Either way, this thing sucks and the "writers" should be ashamed... if that was possible with this group. But it's not.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-64307305441112460622017-03-12T12:37:48.385-04:002017-03-12T12:37:48.385-04:00Anthny, South Park has gone too far at times and m...Anthny, South Park has gone too far at times and my interest has waxed and waned, but the movie was fantastic.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-44852373143690629692017-03-12T12:36:54.483-04:002017-03-12T12:36:54.483-04:00Daniel, This was so bad that if I thought these gu...Daniel, This was so bad that if I thought these guys were the least bit clever, I would have assumed it was meant as a parody of guys like themselves... but it wasn't.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-48653994772086460382017-03-12T03:32:35.036-04:002017-03-12T03:32:35.036-04:00This movie always looked unappealing to me. While...This movie always looked unappealing to me. While I loved South Park for years I eventually hit my lifetime limit of grossness (a scene in which Kenny was in the toilet of a porta potty eating crap). Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16124128949343301445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-88278600253332443252017-03-12T00:23:54.568-05:002017-03-12T00:23:54.568-05:00For me, not having seen it, the worst part of this...For me, not having seen it, the worst part of this movie is having to tell my 8-year-old that it's not for kids. I don't have an issue with adult-directed animation <i>per se</i>, but the marketing for this movie really did make it look like a kids' movie. And you know how 8-year-olds can be. He took it personally, like he'd committed a major offense just by suggesting it. How was he to know? Hell! How are parents to know? Kudos to Walmart for putting a giant display, that practically obscured the actual DVDs, reading "NOT FOR KIDS." Really, it was that straightforward. tryanmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881154741574720094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-42904363023859879842017-03-11T20:20:45.304-05:002017-03-11T20:20:45.304-05:00Sounds pretty much like what I expected, vulgarity...Sounds pretty much like what I expected, vulgarity for the sake of being vulgar. I wasn't interested in catching it myself, though I was mildly amused by the delicate left freaking out about it (saying that the taco character was a homophobic caricature and the douche was a triggering rapist). Good call on the South Park movie doing vulgarity with a purpose, too!<br /><br /> - DanielArgentGalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01173296751792700318noreply@blogger.com