South Park: Bigger, Longer
& Uncut
The Plot:
Trey Parker and Matt Stone bring the colorful citizens of South Park to the
big screen in a film that is animatedly hilarious and irreverent. Based on
the hugely successful Comedy Central series, South Park: Bigger, Longer &
Uncut stars Kenny, Kyle, Stan, Cartman, Chef, Mr. Garrison, Ned, Uncle Jimbo,
Officer Barbrady and others. (From Yahoo
Movies)
My Thoughts: (Reviewed by K-Billy)
South Park is result of two hilariously funny minds coming together. Back in 1997, two guys from Colorado, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, brought a new cartoon to Comedy Central. Thus South Park was born. It has since gone on to probably be the channels most consistently successful and popular show to date. So naturally they decided to raise the bar by creating the South Park movie. Bigger, Longer & Uncut is probably the truest title of any film I’ve ever seen. This film is classic South Park mixed with a hilarious musical resulting in a genius film. The best part about it is hearing the words that you’ve always known Cartmen, Stan, Kyle, and Kenny say, but could never utter on cable television. Never have I laughed so hard at the word fuck. The surprising aspect of this film is just how good the musical numbers are, these aren’t just half assed vulgar melodies but large pieces with full orchestras playing the music. You’ll be surprised at how impressive Cartmen singing “Kyle’s Mom Is A Big Fat Bitch” can be. They really put a lot of effort into the musical aspect of the film and it is definitly evident throughout. My own personal experience with this film however deals with the very intelligent, and not so subtle message about over protective, conservative americans who will make a big deal out of nothing and justify it by saying they’re protecting their kids. In this film it happens to be that the boys see a film by Terrence And Phillip. Two canadian comedians, people get offended however after the boys learn every swear in the book resulting from their viewing of the vulgar film. This causes such an uproar among the parents, particularly Kyle’s mom, who takes it so far as to declare war on Canada. And yet they still think they’re protecting their children and making the world a better place for them. Ahh, the twisted logic. It is in this aspect that this film is extremely intelligent in it’s subject matter and commentary on people’s views. This was a surprise for me, I never thought that this movie would really be all that well received or credible for that matter, but it ends up being probably one of the best animated features I’ve ever seen.
Starring: Isaac Hayes, Matt Stone, Trey Parker
Directed by: Matt Stone, Trey Parker
Rated R