Comments on: WWTW Rewind – ‘Team America’ (2004)

By: Dimitrios

Dimitrios — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:17:41 +0000

I wish I could find the article on ain’t it cool news that discussed this movie, but what struck me was that both Trey and Parker told the puppeteers to purposely try and make the puppets seem less real. I know it doesn’t make sense to try and make something that isn’t real less real, but maybe Trey and Parker were shooting for a version of puppeteering that matches their animation style.

I can’t say I was blown away by Team America. I guess I was expecting something as great as the South Park movie, but I will watch it all the way through if I settle on it while switching channels.

But I am a total sucker for anything these guys do, I even laughed at Baseketball, but couldn’t make it through more than 5 minutes of that pornogasm film they made.

By: Mad Minerva

Mad Minerva — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:58:28 +0000

Oh, there’s plenty of things to find offensive in the flick…but to this very day I’m still singing “I’m so RONELY!” The Kim Jong-Il puppet was sheer genius, and for me, all the flick’s sins are basically forgiven because of that — and the Pearl Harbor song.

There’s also that great little detail in how locations around the world are labeled in terms of how far they are away from the US, including “Panama, Central America — X miles south of the real America.” Priceless.

(And “South Park,” when it’s good, is very very good indeed, though the sheer pottymouthiness of it turns off a lot of folks.)

By: cftoto

cftoto — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:47:11 +0000

My wife agrees, Opus. She fled the room after about 20 min. last night. But I’m a sucker for the South Park duo’s irreverence.

By: cftoto

cftoto — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:46:59 +0000

My wife agrees, Opus. She fled the room after about 20 min. last night. But I’m a sucker for the South Park duo’s irreverance.

By: opus

opus — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:50:40 +0000

I really wanted to like this movie, really really wanted to, but with the exception of a few good laughs here and there the film bored me to tears.