Bio-Dome

 

 

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If you're not comfortable using your brain as you watch comedies, i.e. enjoy Chris Farley and/or Will Ferrell movies, then this is one for you. It shouldn't be a disappointment to "In The Army" fans either. It's perfect for a couch-laying-hangover-Sunday-afternoon. But a warning must be announced: Not for uptight and/or square people; one will either love it or hate it.

This flick makes Flash Gordon look like high art. That I can't get The Committments on DVD but this thing is available proves that there is no justice. Shame on everyone involved in this movie and shame on all of you who give this movie a good review. This movie is a blemish on the Memory of Mr. Shore and his body of work and...oh, he's still alive. That poor man.

Bio-Dome compels one to ponder one of life's most inexplicable mysteries: how could Pauly Shore be given the opportunity to make out with both Kylie Minogue and Joey Lauren Adams - and actually get paid a good sum of money for the privilege? I mean, come on - that is just wrong on so many levels. Oh man, Joey Adams ... Sorry. What was I talking about? Oh, yeah, Bio-Dome. This is a really dumb movie; in fact, this may be the dumbest movie Pauly Shore ever made, and that's really saying something. Pauly Shore isn't even the dumbest character in this movie; he's a veritable da Vinci compared to Stephen Baldwin's character. These two guys are almost too dumb to live for the first half of the film. Then, somehow or other, things start to turn around and - despite numerous moments of utter crudity - you end up not hating the film in the end. There are even a few nice surprises along the way, such as what I believe to be the first film performance by Jack Black and Kyle Gass (Tenacious D) and a couple of scenes with a young Rose McGowan. Oh man, Rose McGowan ...

Bud Macintosh (Pauly Shore) and his bud Doyle Johnson (Stephen Baldwin) are two incredibly stupid slacker college students who somehow have hot girlfriends (Joey Adams and Teresa Hill). The girls are devoted environmentalists, so the boys are constantly going to extremely stupid lengths to get out of attending environmental events with them. The only way these guys could possibly care about Mother Nature is if she started stripping. So it is not without a heavy dose of irony when they accidentally find themselves trapped within the new Bio-Dome outside of town, having mistaken the place for a mall. With the doors locked until the next Earth Day 365 days later, they're in there for the long haul alongside the five dedicated scientists who actually volunteered to live there for a year. As you can well imagine, the constant adolescent actions of Bud and Doyle cause nothing but trouble - disaster, actually. As you can probably guess, it's ultimately up to them to save the whole Bio-Dome project after personally destroying it, and it is here that the film finally takes a turn for the better.

I don't dislike Pauly Shore as much as most people seem to. Son-in-Law is a comedy classic, as far as I'm concerned, but that features a somewhat mellow Pauly Shore. Taken in excess, Shore can be incredibly annoying, especially when teamed up with another brain-dead character like Doyle. I really didn't enjoy the first half of this movie. When the guys finally take on a little bit of responsibility, start acting like they have at least one or two neurons actually firing in their brains, and stop acting like complete idiots all of the time, some actual comedy is finally given room to come to the surface. I'm not saying there aren't a lot of crude and stupid moments in the second half of the film because there are plenty of them. I'm just saying that the comedy finally becomes something you can actually laugh at and enjoy down the stretch. It's enough for me to give the film three stars overall.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Annoying
Sometimes i'll watch a movie that i remember from when i was a kid with high expectations. recently i returned to a movie called the pest starring john liguizamo which was suppose... Read more

Published 11 months ago by Corpse

5.0 out of 5 stars freeziez
ordered the movie and 2 days later it arrived.. awesome purchase very happy customer :-) thanks

Published 20 months ago by Darryce Zimmer

5.0 out of 5 stars An award winner, not a bomb!
I read on a website that this film was rated as a "BOMB". That is the worst rating I've ever heard for one of the funniest movies ever. Non-stop laughs! Read more

Published on April 22 2004 by beefjerkeymusic

1.0 out of 5 stars Makes Carrot Top Seem Handsome, and Adam Sandler Seem Funny
I watched 'Bio-Dome' under extreme protest. I didn't really expect much, but I had no idea how wretched it would truly be. Read more

Published on April 5 2004 by Robert I. Hedges

1.0 out of 5 stars It's Just Like Seventh Grade
I watched 'Bio-Dome' under extreme protest. I didn't really expect much, but I had no idea how wretched it would truly be. Read more

Published on April 5 2004 by Robert I. Hedges

5.0 out of 5 stars Viva Los Bio Dome!
A cult classic. Son-In_law is my favorite but this is a close second. Over the years I have watched this movie at least 30 times. Read more

Published on Mar 26 2004 by James T. Macdonald

5.0 out of 5 stars QUIT HOGGIN' THE K-Y!!!
If the Peace Corps is the toughest job you'll ever love, then Biodome is the stupidest movie you'll ever laugh at. Fewer movies are more deserving of MST3K Status!!! Read more

Published on Feb 21 2004 by priopasm

1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible
This was the stupidest movie I have ever seen. Pauly Shore is ugly and has no talent. I don't reccomend it to anyone. What a waste of time this movie is, if you could call it that.

Published on Feb 16 2004

4.0 out of 5 stars yay for pleasant engaging fun!
I have to recommend this movie because not only is it silly and fun and escapist, it also has a HUGE rewatchable factor to it. Read more

Published on Feb 6 2004 by just some guy

5.0 out of 5 stars ONE OF THE FUNNIEST MOVIES EVER!
I must admit that at first I really didn't want to watch it, but I talked myself into it. It is one of the most hilarious movies I have ever seen. Read more

Published on Jan 16 2004 by Amber M. Samuelson

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