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The Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie establishes the origins of the Aqua Teens and attempts to explain the back story to some age-old mysteries that have surrounded the Aqua Teens. Or does it? No one really knows
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0 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I don't know whose bright idea it was to make a full-length "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" movie.
Let's face it, the appeal of the Adult Swim TV show is that it's short and insane, and it's entertaining at one A.M. when your brain is getting punchy. "Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters For DVD" is rather amusing, but it wears out its welcome with an attempt at a longer, more complex storyline.
After a brief cameo by Mastadon (whom I love), we are shown the Aqua Teens in Egypt, where the levitating fry cup Frylock is killed by a giant dog. Timid Meatwad and sociopathic Shake attempt to have him revived by the Time Lincoln, except that they're being attacked by government agents.
Turns out it was all one of Shake's lies. Annoyed, he goes off to build his Insane-o-Flex, which Frylock discovers is an evil machine that will cause the eventual extinction of the human species. The Cybernetic Ghost Of Christmas Past From The Future explains that he has removed a screw to keep it from ever being assembled.
However, the food gang manage to do it. But to finally finish the Insane-o-Flex, they must venture to the laboratory of Dr. Weird -- and soon the Insane-o-flex has not only turned into a giant techno-playing robot, but has spawned a bunch of tiny Insane-o-flexes. Can the madness be stopped?
"Aqua Teen Hunger Force" works because it is ten minutes long, full of crude humor, and has no continuity, logic, or much of a plot. Well, the movie has the lack of logic and the crude humor, but unfortunately it attempts a a bunch of plots that never quite gel, including an "origin" plot that attempts to explain who made the fast-food weirdos and the Mooninites.
And admittedly it works for the first several scenes, which starts off with a crazy little plot that turns out to be a Shake lie, and leads in to the promising "evil exercise machine" storyline. It's the sort of mad, plotless thing you'd expect. But when Carl tells the Aqua Teens to go find Dr. Weird, the story starts stretching itself too thin, and twisting into a strained attempt at an actual plot. The story perks up a bit at the climax (a return to the madness), but overall it just doesn't work.
The characters are as you expect them: Frylock is wise and slightly offbeat, Meatwad is childlike and not too bright, and Shake is nuts and narcissistic. And there are some familiar characters who make cameos, including the Mooninites, Dr. Weird, Cybernetic Ghost Of Christmas Past From The Future, Plutonians, and Rush drummer Neil Peart. Oh, never mind.
"Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters for DVD" might be amusing if viewers can switch off their brains from one scene to the next. Amusing beginning and end, but a saggy middle.
Let's face it, the appeal of the Adult Swim TV show is that it's short and insane, and it's entertaining at one A.M. when your brain is getting punchy. "Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters For DVD" is rather amusing, but it wears out its welcome with an attempt at a longer, more complex storyline.
After a brief cameo by Mastadon (whom I love), we are shown the Aqua Teens in Egypt, where the levitating fry cup Frylock is killed by a giant dog. Timid Meatwad and sociopathic Shake attempt to have him revived by the Time Lincoln, except that they're being attacked by government agents.
Turns out it was all one of Shake's lies. Annoyed, he goes off to build his Insane-o-Flex, which Frylock discovers is an evil machine that will cause the eventual extinction of the human species. The Cybernetic Ghost Of Christmas Past From The Future explains that he has removed a screw to keep it from ever being assembled.
However, the food gang manage to do it. But to finally finish the Insane-o-Flex, they must venture to the laboratory of Dr. Weird -- and soon the Insane-o-flex has not only turned into a giant techno-playing robot, but has spawned a bunch of tiny Insane-o-flexes. Can the madness be stopped?
"Aqua Teen Hunger Force" works because it is ten minutes long, full of crude humor, and has no continuity, logic, or much of a plot. Well, the movie has the lack of logic and the crude humor, but unfortunately it attempts a a bunch of plots that never quite gel, including an "origin" plot that attempts to explain who made the fast-food weirdos and the Mooninites.
And admittedly it works for the first several scenes, which starts off with a crazy little plot that turns out to be a Shake lie, and leads in to the promising "evil exercise machine" storyline. It's the sort of mad, plotless thing you'd expect. But when Carl tells the Aqua Teens to go find Dr. Weird, the story starts stretching itself too thin, and twisting into a strained attempt at an actual plot. The story perks up a bit at the climax (a return to the madness), but overall it just doesn't work.
The characters are as you expect them: Frylock is wise and slightly offbeat, Meatwad is childlike and not too bright, and Shake is nuts and narcissistic. And there are some familiar characters who make cameos, including the Mooninites, Dr. Weird, Cybernetic Ghost Of Christmas Past From The Future, Plutonians, and Rush drummer Neil Peart. Oh, never mind.
"Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters for DVD" might be amusing if viewers can switch off their brains from one scene to the next. Amusing beginning and end, but a saggy middle.
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3.9 out of 5 stars
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63 of 70 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Well...I loved it!
May 18 2007
By Jesse
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD
After reading numerous criticisms from the press and seeing similar reviews on amazon I am aware that this makes me the minority....but I loved it. Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon movie wasn't supposed to be the next best movie of all time. It was made with under a million dollars and wasn't even a wide release. Everyone expected it to get panned, and we knew all along that this would be a movie purely for the fans. And the fans love it!
Everyone in the theater seemed to love it too. The first 30 minutes are admittedly the best, but people were cracking up pretty much up until the end. If you like the Aqua Teen Hunger force show, you should like this. It is exactly what you would figure the movie to be: It is structured the same way the shorts are, but with much more content. Actually, when you take one of the seasons on DVD and do the "play all" that's basically the equivalent of watching this movie. Yeah, there is a plot line consistent through the movie, but that plot line is paper thin. Essentially, you could start the movie halfway through and wouldn't feel like you missed anything.
Everyone in the theater seemed to love it too. The first 30 minutes are admittedly the best, but people were cracking up pretty much up until the end. If you like the Aqua Teen Hunger force show, you should like this. It is exactly what you would figure the movie to be: It is structured the same way the shorts are, but with much more content. Actually, when you take one of the seasons on DVD and do the "play all" that's basically the equivalent of watching this movie. Yeah, there is a plot line consistent through the movie, but that plot line is paper thin. Essentially, you could start the movie halfway through and wouldn't feel like you missed anything.
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
You either get it or you don't.
Jun 4 2007
By Rian Bashaw
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD
Look, if you like the show, this is like a marathon. If you didn't get it in the first place, then why are you concerned with it? It was made for US. The fans. And the large majority of us enjoyed it. My girlfriend even laughed a few times, and she had no idea what was going on.
Plus, the Mastodon song in the opening sequence...PRICELESS.
Plus, the Mastodon song in the opening sequence...PRICELESS.
23 of 29 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Let's Be Reasonable People
Sep 5 2007
By Brian Seiler
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD
Those who know me know I love Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Sometimes. The writers are good at finding things that are funny that other people don't. Sometimes. This series has been the source of several ten minute spurts of hilarity that may never be matched in my lifetime. But just some. And that's really the problem. Even for the initiated, indoctrinated Aqua Teen Hunger Force fan, a few of the shows just don't click. I think that Hand Banana was hilarious and Grim Reaper Gutters was pretty awful and Global Grilling is just ho hum. That's just this season.
One of the charms of the Adult Swim block on television is that if you don't like what's on, it's entirely possible that ten minutes from now, it won't be any more. If a joke falls flat for these writers on television, it's a short experience, easily forgotten by the viewer when he tunes in again and gets a hilarious payoff. In a movie theater, however, that particular privilege of their original format goes away and you're left with a film that's up and down and ultimately doesn't pay out as much as you might expect it to.
Now, don't get me wrong - fans of the show should buy the movie. The extras are thick and meaty, and the film is at least entertaining enough for a person well indoctrinated in the series that it will be more enjoyable than not. For a viewer who's never heard of this Aqua Teen Hunger Force thing, however, my sincerest advice is to run as far and as fast as you possibly can, because you will hate this movie. Not just dislike - hate.
Any time a movie doesn't even try for large segments of the audience (the majority, in this case), you have to rate it accordingly, particularly given the fact that fans of the show are only going to read these reviews to find something they disagree with and argue about it. So, yeah - average viewers, think of this three as more of a one and a half with a big fat caution.
Seriously, though - there were some pretty excellent gags. The opening parody reel ought to be shown before every single film released for the next ten years, because it's a neat and effective way of expressing what we're all thinking. After that, however, you get a sort of bumpy ride of chuckles and boredom. I didn't personally find large parts of the story to be that satisfying, and the whole thing seemed to me like the writers were straining a little bit.
There is reason for optimism, though. As a backer of the show, I have felt obliged to purchase this movie, and if only for the extras and the good parts, I think it was worth the money I paid for it. The film also turned over something like ten times its budget, so we might be able to reasonably expect this sort of treatment for other Adult Swim programming in the future. And, as I hope I've beaten into the ground by now, the funny bits are reasonably funny. I just have a hard time with a movie where as many of the gags fall flat as this one.
Bottom Line: this film is ONLY, and I will stress that ONLY part, for the already-established fan. If you're a new person looking into just what this Aqua Teen Hunger Force is all about, I'd have to recommend that you get started with the first or second season DVDs (I actually started with the fourth) and see if the show is at all to your liking before you consider picking up this movie.
One of the charms of the Adult Swim block on television is that if you don't like what's on, it's entirely possible that ten minutes from now, it won't be any more. If a joke falls flat for these writers on television, it's a short experience, easily forgotten by the viewer when he tunes in again and gets a hilarious payoff. In a movie theater, however, that particular privilege of their original format goes away and you're left with a film that's up and down and ultimately doesn't pay out as much as you might expect it to.
Now, don't get me wrong - fans of the show should buy the movie. The extras are thick and meaty, and the film is at least entertaining enough for a person well indoctrinated in the series that it will be more enjoyable than not. For a viewer who's never heard of this Aqua Teen Hunger Force thing, however, my sincerest advice is to run as far and as fast as you possibly can, because you will hate this movie. Not just dislike - hate.
Any time a movie doesn't even try for large segments of the audience (the majority, in this case), you have to rate it accordingly, particularly given the fact that fans of the show are only going to read these reviews to find something they disagree with and argue about it. So, yeah - average viewers, think of this three as more of a one and a half with a big fat caution.
Seriously, though - there were some pretty excellent gags. The opening parody reel ought to be shown before every single film released for the next ten years, because it's a neat and effective way of expressing what we're all thinking. After that, however, you get a sort of bumpy ride of chuckles and boredom. I didn't personally find large parts of the story to be that satisfying, and the whole thing seemed to me like the writers were straining a little bit.
There is reason for optimism, though. As a backer of the show, I have felt obliged to purchase this movie, and if only for the extras and the good parts, I think it was worth the money I paid for it. The film also turned over something like ten times its budget, so we might be able to reasonably expect this sort of treatment for other Adult Swim programming in the future. And, as I hope I've beaten into the ground by now, the funny bits are reasonably funny. I just have a hard time with a movie where as many of the gags fall flat as this one.
Bottom Line: this film is ONLY, and I will stress that ONLY part, for the already-established fan. If you're a new person looking into just what this Aqua Teen Hunger Force is all about, I'd have to recommend that you get started with the first or second season DVDs (I actually started with the fourth) and see if the show is at all to your liking before you consider picking up this movie.
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