Bigger, Longer, and Uncut blows Matrix and Sixth
Sense clear out of the water. It's not for the faint of
heart, but any movie that places a photo of Skeet Ulrich above
the love bed of Satan and Saddam Hussein is on to something
pretty damned cool. Plus the songs are terrific, especially
"Uncle Fucka", "It's Easy M'kay", and "What
Would Brian Boitano Do?" (click here to hear 30 second snips of those songs,
except "Brian Boitano").
Yep, it's the old Skeeter his own bad self. I wasn't sure
either, but Trey Parker confirmed it on Dennis Miller's show (right
before he got up and farted on Miller). The movie is phenomenal,
isn't it? I went into it with lowered expectations, because the
series hadn't been as good at the time (it has since gotten
better again), and of course because movies made from TV shows
always suck.
But 10 minutes into "South Park", I wanted to see it
again. I haven't laughed so hard since "There's Something
About Mary", and probably "Animal House" before
that. But unlike those movies, "South Park" has a real,
serious point as well, and skewers everything within reach that
needs skewering -- neurotic parents, idiot teachers, Canadians,
racism, Bill Gates, Bill Clinton, the Baldwin clan, and of
course, Skeet Ulrich. Best movie of the year, imo, and I'm not
just saying that because I'm one of the main characters.
I like the attitude of Parker and Stone anyway. Even though
"BASEketball" and "Orgazmo" sucked, they
sucked on their own terms -- they weren't diluted beyond
recognition by the standard "committee" process of
making movies. Plus they have impeccable taste in the chicks they
put in their movies (Yasmine Bleeth & Jenny McCarthy in
"BASEketball"; porn queens Juli Ashton & Chasey
Lain in "Orgazmo").
