Blockbuster has a promotion going on to offload their used DVD’s – buy 4 DVD’s marked $9.99 or less and they cost $20. Not a bad deal, considering a rental is like $4.00 anyways. So, I wandered through and picked up a few that I’ve been meaning to see and/or purchase (among them: Blood Diamond, Dreamcatcher, and Inside Man). Another title caught my eye: Idiocracy.
Here’s the premise: Cryogenic stasis goes awry, leaving our two heros (the most “average” man in the armed forces and a hooker) trapped 500 years in the future. A future where dumb rules as 500+ years of stupid people breeding nets a planet filled with morons. Our 2005 “average” guy, Luke Wilson, is now a certifiable genius, and the hooker… Well, she’s just along for the ride apparently.
You can’t watch Idiocracy without finishing it and asking yourself, am I stupider now? This is a remarkably dumb movie. It’s got a winning combination of bad acting, stupid premise, cheesier-than-thou special effects, and a cast of characters that you can’t help but want to wish their demise. Mike Judge, creator of such spectacular cult hits like Bevis & Butthead and King of the Hill, has proven that he has his finger on the pulse of dumbasses worldwide.
This is, perhaps, the worst movie I’ve ever seen. And I own it. Thanks Blockbuster! I’m inclined to put this in the same category as How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, which, up until Idiocracy was the definitive worst movie I’ve ever seen in it’s entirety. The sad part is, had they tried to tone down some of the cheap gimmicks in this movie, this might have been a half-entertaining movie. There’s one scene where an Army commander is explaining the “Art of Pimping” which actually delivers.
Sadly, what I’m sure Judge considers a farce turns out to appear like a real attempt to create a real movie. This one should’ve made the circular file at SciFi Channel’s Movie of the Week department, let alone actually have a cast and a budget and the chance to fall in to my shopping cart.
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