Thursday, August 14, 2008

A Pleasant Surprise ...

Have you ever come across a movie you never heard about, watched it, and absolutely loved it? Yeah, me too – movies like National Lampoon’s Senior Trip, High Fidelity, and Grandma’s Boy are a few of the more recent ones that fit this bill for me. I have another one to add to the list, thanks to my brother. You are all probably at least remotely familiar with the Onion website, right? It’s really just a “faux” news site, that is downright brilliant and hysterical (www.theonion.com for those unfamiliar).

Well, apparently, these geniuses put together a movie back in 1993, but never released it, partly due to the poor feedback they were receiving from private screenings. They sat on the movie until this year, and released it on DVD in June, to really not much fanfare.

This past weekend, in Rehobeth, my brother told me about the movie, and as luck would have it, he had acquired it. I didn’t really have high hopes for the flick, considering I heard nothing about it, but he assured me it was a riot. So, we decided to watch it, and I was more than pleasantly surprised – this movie was a laugh a minute … much like the website.

This movie, in my opinion, is comparable to The Kentucky Fried Movie (and if you haven’t seen this yet, stop reading and rent it, dammit!). There are a lot of little “vignettes” tied together in a newscast … and yes, there is a storyline, although it is really not important. I won’t give too much away, other than Steven Seagall is in the movie, and basically spoofs himself.

If you get a chance, rent this – if you have a good sense of humor, and are not easily offended, you’ll love this. If you are an activist of any kind, you’ll probably want to stay away from it … of course, if you were an activist, you probably wouldn’t be reading this blog, right?

6 comments:

The Rev said...

I'm an activist.

My cause is the advancement of stupid but really funny movies.

Bob Kaelin said...

Unless I missed it somewhere in your posting, what is the actual name of the movie? Is it called the Onion?

Los said...

Bob - It is in fact called "The Onion Movie." You can find out more about it on IMDB.com ... but you already probably knew that.

Jeff said...

If only: "The Smoking Gun" Movie.

The entire film could be based on "The Original Whizzinator."

snowelf said...

Los, if you can get it on Netflix, I promise I'll rent it. :)

I'm also thinking you seriously need to get you and Schue a getaway home at the beach!

--snow

Los said...

Rev - I think you'll like this one.

ElP - When you watch it, let me know what you think.

Jeff - I think you're on to something.

Snowelf - Netflix has everything.