Idiocracy: I'm Not Sure

I watched Idiocracy, which was directed by Mike Judge. It starred Luke Wilson, Dax Shepard, and Maya Rudolph. Justin Long appears in it. You say you didn't hear about it? Well, I did. And there is only one reason I heard of it. Being in Chicago, it was released for a few weeks in the fall. Chicago was one of a few places that saw it. It was not even released in New York City. What is up with that?

As a movie, the film is an average film with a very good concept. The idea is that people 500 years from now are stupid because they have become sexxed up, reality show-lovin' capitalistic-driven idiots. The movie is entertaining yet after reading about how Mike Judge and FOX got along during production and when it came time to release it, I can't help but notice how the cut of this film is poor. The film is only 80 minutes long which is not standard for most of today's flicks. We all know that when we go to see a movie nowadays it averages about 100-120 minutes in length. So where is the 20+ minutes that is missing? I would venture to say if you pay attention you can see how some of this seems choppy where there are undeveloped sections of the movie that were doctored. The film was cut. And Mike Judge did not have final cut.

I did some research on this because the fact that FOX would play games with something that could be successful (IT'S MIKE JUDGE WHO DID KING OF THE HILL AND BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD!) is strange. So, here are a some places to read about what happened with the film: Dude Where's My Film? / Mike Judge Should Go Indie / Stupid Fox

The more I think about this film the more I like it because of what Fox did to it. And the more I want to praise it so people will see it. I want people to buy it just so Fox can look extremely stupid for playing games with Judge's movie. But really what I want is to see this uncut like all true lovers of cinema. We want what the director wanted. Fuck the corporation that released it! And see...this is the perfect movie to go with that sentiment.

WHAT ELSE DID I WATCH THIS WEEK?

Looking For Comedy in the Muslim World - C
Lewis Black: Red, White, & Screwed - A-
Lost City - B
Detour- B-
39 Steps - A
Charlotte's Web- B+
Good Shepherd - A-

Outside the realm of film but in the realm of entertainment, I am loving Battlestar Galactica Season One, Extras Season One, and Season Two of Boston Legal right now. I am going back and forth between those. I'd recommend all three shows to anyone as I feel they are all grade A television shows.