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South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
review by Zach B.
Rated R
1 hours 21 minutes
With the voices of Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mary Kay
Bergman, Pam Brady, Eric Idle, Brett Spiner, George Clooney,
Minnie Driver
Written by Trey Parker & Matt Stone and Pam
Brady
Directed by Trey Parker
Retail Price: 29.99
Features: Three Theatrical Trailers
Specs: Anamorphic Widescreen Transfer (Aspect Ratio
1:85:1), 5.1 Dolby Digital in English, Dolby Surround in
English and French, Chapter Search (26 Chapters), English
subtitles
Supposedly to cash right in on the current success of the
cable hit (and one of my personal favorite TV shows) South
Park, it was no surprise that Paramount (With Warner Bros.)
jumped on the chance to make a feature film about everyone's
foul mouthed third graders, and their strange mountain town
South Park. The movie, entitled "South Park: Bigger, Longer
& Uncut", debuted during the summer of 1999, just around
the time theaters really started to enforce the whole MPAA
ratings. The box office was pretty good, but I think a lot
expected better. Either way, a lot didn't have their hopes
up, because TV shows never truly make the jump from small
screen to silver screen. Being a South Park fan, I went to
see the film opening day, loving every moment of it. "South
Park: BLU" is one of those rare exceptions. It's funny, it's
highly entertaining, it's a musical, and most importantly,
it really has something to say.
The whole movie begins when our four heroes, Kyle, Stan,
Kenny and Eric sneak themselves into an R rated movie by
their favorite Canadian duo "Terrance and Philip". The film
is perverse, lots of bad language and fart jokes. Their
parents soon find out they have seen the movie, and Kyle's
mom, Sheila, becomes really outraged, and starts her own
group, Mothers Against Canada. Soon enough, Terrance and
Philip become captured, and are set to be executed, and a
war with Canada and United States rages on. Plus, Satan and
his gay lover, the deceased Sadam Hussein are all in on
this.
"South Park: BLU" succeeds on so many levels, it's
actually a little unreal. The jokes are sick and always
hilarious, the songs are really really catchy (and funny
too), and the movie has a lot to say about censorship and
communication. Even if you don't like South Park, the movie
is still worth checking out. You'll probably end up liking
it. I love this film, and it is worth to be in anyone's
collection. And finally, hearing the kids cursing with no
bleeps!
An excellent anamorphic transfer by Paramount. Everything
is lit and detailed perfectly. It's all clear and a marel to
view. You can even see the consturction paper "dots"! There
are some artifacts and dirt, but it's not too major, but can
be distracting.
The film is presented in 5.1 Dolby Digital, and it's all
really clear, loud, and very nice to listen to. This movie
is a musical, and brings the songs to life. Also included is
2.0 Dolby Surround English, as well as 2.0 Dolby Surround
French. These mixes are nice as well... and turn on the
French track. Hearing some of these songs in French are a
SCREAM.
I heard scenes were cut from this film, too bad there is
nothing extensive on the disc like that. I would have loved
to hear some commentary as well. You may have also heard
that the original South Park short "The Spirit of Xmas" was
on the disc, according to a Trey and Matt radio appearence.
Sadly, it's not on there. But there are Three Theatrical
Trailers each one hilarious, you may watch some over and
over. Hopefully Paramount will be adding a lot more stuff to
their DVDs in the future.
A great movie like this deserves a lot more in the
supplements section. Either way, "South Park: Bigger, Longer
& Uncut" is worth the money. You get a superior transfer
and nice sound to go with it. As mentioned, if you hate the
show, you may very well end up liking the movie.
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final score)
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