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"Idiocracy" is the latest film to come from Mike "Office Space" Judge, and it certainly follows a similar theme of that film in the fact that it is an observation of stupidity and how mediocrity can overcome adversity... relatively speaking. It is a story about Joe Bauer (Luke Wilson), who is, quite literally, the most average guy in existence. Joe, and a prostitute named Rita (Maya Rudolph), become the test subjects for a military project of a hibernation chamber. They were to remain suspended for only one year, but due to lack of oversight, Joe and Rita are forgotten about and accidentally wake up 500 years in the future.

Here's the scary part: This film explains, in a very realistic and plausible way, how the entire population of 2505 became absolutely retarded. With no natural predators, the evolution of the human species does not necessarily favor the quickest, smartest, and strongest people for progression of genes... just the people who breed the most. Unfortunately, those people happen to be welfare-sucking, trailer trash idiots who breed like rabbits. This abundant reproduction of the stupid people has caused an adverse effect on societal growth and now Joe and Rita are the two smartest human beings on the face of the planet. If it helps, imagine the entire population as just a hybrid of rednecks, jocks, cholos and hoochies. Seeing this nightmarish dystopia, Joe learns of and attempts to track down a time machine to see if he and Rita can get back to when they came from, and that's basically the whole plot.

But despite how one-dimensional I may make it sound, this movie is higher brow than you can fathom. Nuances are everywhere and anyone can see glimpses (warning signs, if you will) of modern day dumb-ciety permeating facets of everyday life and turning it into the train wreck on display in "Idiocracy." The film has some truly awesome showcases of realistic retardedness put on a pedestal. I don't want to give anything away and ruin jokes for you, but let's just say that it is pretty thorough. I can see how some would say that it is just a lot of toilet humor, but it, odd as it may seem, has a purpose; to show how dumb and crass these people are.

This film, unfortunately, is destined to see the same fate as its predecessor, "Office Space"; no one will see it in theaters, but everyone will brag about discovering this awesome/funny movie when it comes out on video. My only complaint for the film would be that the flow of the narrative sometimes gets broken so they can do a Hitchhiker's-Guide-to-the-Galaxy type exposition on how things got to be where they are, but it is a necessary evil and is implemented better here. Other than that, good characters, funny jokes, and better-than-average social commentary wrapped up in a funny bow.

Final Note: If seeing our youth becoming gang-banger wanna-be's, acting like redneck/ ghetto trash and being proud of it... if you are educated and cultured in anyway and can see how our country is spiraling out of control into an abyss of stupidity, for god sakes, watch this movie.

Okay, so here's a soft-core film with some a couple good jokes and plenty of female nudity. And hey, there's even outtakes at the end!

Look, this isn't Shakespeare and, thank God, it doesn't try to be. It's a paper-thin plot full of excuses to have random scenes of women with fake breasts groping each other and smearing food products and soap on each other. It's pretty much all girl-on-girl stuff and that's about it. If all you are looking for is a movie to jerk your gherkin to, you pretty much found it. And as far as comedic soft-core films, this is probably one of the funnier/better ones.

If the movie is boring you, try this drinking game to get yourself totally sloshed. Every time a character breaks the fourth wall (looks at/talks to the camera or establishes that an audience is present), take a shot. 45 minutes into it and you'll be tanked.

While this does contain many of the elements of a typical Rankin/Bass animated special, it is by far more bizarre than I could've ever imagined. To give you an idea of how "out there" this show is, I missed only the first two minutes of the cartoon and I had NO IDEA that it was supposed to be a story about Santa Claus until the last two minutes of the show. It has nymphs, gods, demons... all that you wouldn't expect in a Christmas special. And what's funny is whenever I try and describe this show to people, they don't believe me at all.

"No, seriously, the Great Ak then grabs this ax and challenges the demons to fight." "Whatever." "And Santa has this lion and he goes to the arctic with a magician and..." "You're full of it." "I'm not! It's true! You have to see it!"

The cartoon starts off weird and just gets more and more bizarre the farther you go in. If you're high, I guarantee that you will be enthralled and laugh all the way through. All I can say is that it is messed up and I can't really described exactly how messed up it is. No one would really get it or like it or think that it is great by any stretch of the imagination. Watch it if you are extremely high or you are curious or a Rankin/Bass fan, like me. Otherwise, your best bet would be to stick to the better Christmas specials.

Okay, people come on this site and comment that it is sexist, racist (especially towards Asians) and homophobic. Yes, it is; I won't deny that. But you know what? It's also a comedy. It's a parody of those awful porno films from the 70's (back when they tried to have plots) and also those terrible, xenophobic sci-fi films in the 50's. Some 50's film has similar, racist content and it is called "camp", but some film is made years later parodying that genre by being blatant about it, and it is labeled racist.

At least this movie isn't serious about it's political incorrectness. The whole film is basically a joke, from the horrendous dubbing to the tinfoil set pieces. The budget and quality is no better than a student film. How anyone can get offended is beyond me. Feel free to laugh; it's natural.

This is not Oscar quality material, but I had to smile at a few parts that were just so wrong (like the Asian women being overdubbed with someone just squealing unintelligibly into a microphone). It's good for maybe a chuckle or two, but nothing beyond that.

It's only 25 minutes long and not worth any amount of money to watch. If the title intrigues you, watch it just for curiosity sake. If the title offends you, stay away cause it gets worse and it won't redeem itself.

You know those movies that make you want to change the channel or eject the tape when watching it, but you can't compel yourself to do it because you want to see how awful it will get? This is the best example imaginable for that scenario.

I watched this movie on television a while back. I kept watching and cringing because it was so bad. Unbelievably bad. It kept getting worse as it was going along, too. I would find myself laughing at points because I could not believe how bad it was. The weird thing is that it is hard to even point out one specific thing that makes it a bad movie. It has a general malaise of awful all over it.

Perhaps I am being overly critical and harsh because I dislike musicals in general. However, there are a few places that are beyond terrible by anyone's standards. Scenes that people don't believe exist unless they saw it themselves.

"Oh my God; they are performing 'YMCA' in a YMCA. Terrible." This scene that I am describing will go down in the annals of film history for being one of the most homo-erotic, yet non- pornographic, scenes ever captured on celluloid. If that interests you, by all means, check it out.

I feel that everything that I have said may actually make people want to see this film. God forbid I deter anyone from watching garbage that they might find entertaining, if even for a few laughs. Entertaining? To a remote few, perhaps. Good? Not in the least. Waste of time? You bet. But you must ask yourself something... would I rather be productive and do things with my life, or would I rather see slow- motion montages of men from the 70's bending over, lifting things, diving into pools and dancing while singing disco songs? ...Tough choice.