day 82 - Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters

OK film fans, hump day is here and the downhill run towards the weekend has officially begun. Since my mind is completely shot tonight I'm feeling in need of a little boost. So tonight we're going to go light and hit up a comedy. And I'm not joking when I mean light.

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters is an inexplicable mess of a film. It literally makes no sense. But if you've ever seen the Aqua Teen Hunger Force (ATHF) show on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim late night programming, you would already know this. If you haven't you are either under 12, over 21, have a spouse and children or some combination thereof. Being someone who finds the nonsensical absolutely hilarious this show has been a favorite of mine for years. Its cult appeal stems from its use of morbid and surreal non sequitur comedy with episodes that usually abandon the formal plot structure as soon as it has been established. There is little rhyme or reason to the plot of the episodes and little continuity in the series other than the main characters appearing in the same form at the start of each episode regardless of how they ended the last episode. They also infamously brought Boston to a near standstill when a marketing campaign was mistaken for a bomb scare.

For some reason, despite its small but devoted fan base, the creators released a full length film based on their TV show which only runs 15minutes per episode. If you're looking for a plot breakdown you shouldn't, but I'll give it a try. The film follows the ATHF gang, Frylock, Master Shake and Meatwad, as they seek information about their origins. This leads them to a mystical piece of machinery; an immortal piece of exercise equipment known as The Insane-O-Flex. See, I told you so.

If you're wondering why I like this craptastic piece of cinema first let me say that, surprisingly, I'm not alone. And secondly, much like Hot Rod, it comes down to a single scene. Before the credits even start and we see anything at all, we get a taste of the perversion of the minds we're dealing with. Oh yeah, baby. Oh yeah.

day 4 - Hot Rod

OK film lovers, tonight we'll have only a short blurb. Unfortunately, working 13 hours today has left me without much time or energy to wax poetic. So let's go short and simple...

Hot Rod is a bizarre, silly and flat out stupid movie. And it is one of my many guilty pleasures in the vast world that is film. Written by Pam Brady, better known as a writer and producer of South Park films and episodes, and starring Andy Samberg of SNL and The Lonely Island, this exercise in absurdity can truly be evaluated on one scene.

This is the story of a man-child who wants nothing more than to be a stuntman like his dear departed father. Despite numerous defeats at the hands of his stepfather, (not arguments, mano a mano style fights) he decides to use his rather dubious skills to raise the funds necessary to replace his father's heart. The amount: $50,000. Obviously, that is stupid. For me the plot points, the dialogue and the acting are all superfluous to a single scene that not only enjoys skewering a classic moment from a pinnacle 80's movie (if you don't know which one, just start watching every teen movie made during this golden era of teensploitation films and then get back to me when you find it) but also revels in holding a joke for so long it goes from funny to wtf and back to funny again.

While there are many inanely hilarious scenes in this film there is one that stands head and shoulders above them all. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you punchdancing.