I like South Park, really I do. I like it a lot. But this movie just didn't appeal to me. Maybe it was the two teens near me who kept repeating every third line (I gave them the benefit of the doubt and blamed it on the pot), or maybe it was the fact that I couldn't hear half the movie because the nearly-sold-out audience laughed uproariously at everything, whether they seemed to understand it or not.
The actual jokes and glowing satire, though, were exactly up to Stone's and Parker's standards. The movie is bursting with funny gags and sharp jabs at anyone and everyone, and the frequent self-referential bits were hilarious. The potty humor, though, sucked. I know that was the point -- it was supposed to be overdone, but it was pushed just a little bit too far over the line. I didn't like the nonstop profanity, either: I'm as foul-mouthed as the next person, but the bleeped-out speech on the television show is endlessly funnier than the uncensored version in the movie.
I did like the movie, though -- it's funny, irreverent, and downright stupid (which, of course, is the point). Pay close attention to the scenes featuring Kenny after he dies (and that's not a spoiler...of COURSE he dies), as the computer effects are nothing short of magnificent.
The actual jokes and glowing satire, though, were exactly up to Stone's and Parker's standards. The movie is bursting with funny gags and sharp jabs at anyone and everyone, and the frequent self-referential bits were hilarious. The potty humor, though, sucked. I know that was the point -- it was supposed to be overdone, but it was pushed just a little bit too far over the line. I didn't like the nonstop profanity, either: I'm as foul-mouthed as the next person, but the bleeped-out speech on the television show is endlessly funnier than the uncensored version in the movie.
I did like the movie, though -- it's funny, irreverent, and downright stupid (which, of course, is the point). Pay close attention to the scenes featuring Kenny after he dies (and that's not a spoiler...of COURSE he dies), as the computer effects are nothing short of magnificent.