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As a film buff and aspiring filmmaker/writer I really love film festivals, because it is a corn a copia of films from everywhere and a way to create some community in the area for the filmmakers, everyone watching, and people that love films in general. Though I'll admit there is a flip side to the coin of the festivals as not ever film they bring out is a winner in my book, some are just dog crap; but that's how it is with big variety in festivals there are hits and misses.
This episode is another of my honorable mentions but is one of the hits all the same. This episode satires and parodies on some of the underbelly of Hollywood business, you could say Mr. Hankey's polluted eco system is metaphor for it. As most are so hung up about money and the fame, how most of the film festivals are misused and mishandled for companies' selfish benefits to intrude. Instead of focusing on what really matters like whether the movie their putting out is going to be good or not, or just making a good movie.
It's kind of funny how Mr. Hankey is for once coming out when it's not Christmas, it could be the month of July which kind of counts. However, what really makes this stand out are three of the plotlines around this from Cartman as usual scheming to make money as he is trying to capitalize in on the crooked action. And we find out Cartman really hates actor Tom Hanks (personally I like the actor) and to make matters worse he's in the film that he proposed for the company to make, though I sort of could emphasize with that pain whenever I see someone miscast in a role of a film. This was a little satire on the miscasting issue, how sometimes casting directors or companies want certain actors and actresses cast based on their fame and not whether their right for the role or can act at all.
Chef whom is trying to get some business by getting certain deserts he's made into the mainstream market but is unfortunately getting shafted (no pun intended) as no one from the business wants to purchase anything he makes despite all of it being real quality food and probably better than all the crap their eating. Which is further metaphor on how most of Hollywood non-concern for the quality of their products, like those crappy remakes that became epidemic for our oldies but goodies like that misfiring "Robocop" remake. Instead of putting the budget to good use to making just a plain original good fun film. I really love how each of Chief's products are a simple play on words, and even that ad song on his new chocolate product Chef's Salty Balls. There is defendant a lot of ball jokes with them as much as there was with that SNL Christmas Delicious Dish skit.
And the last plotline is of course Wendy and Stan spending time together. Really thought it was cute how throughout the episode Stan is wrestling with the thought on whether to hold Wendy's hand or not for the first time. This is understandable because whenever were on a date with someone for the first time we crave physical touch mainly the smallest kind which would we hope in time lead to something more.
Really like the films Stan and Wendy are watching, it's a little surprising due to their age they'd be admitted but since it's South Park restriction rules don't exist. But the films they watch seem to be based on homosexual romance which is slightly true as most festivals have been known to release most of those films. From one film that looked like a Calvin Klin commercial, but I like that one of the films is about Gay Cowboys eating Pudding which just cracks me up and is oddly prolific as this was years "Brokeback Mountain" came out. It's was funny when Stan once again has his vomiting reaction seeing the film, yeah Stan I know your pain that's how I feel whenever I see a really bad film. And of course, we see in the end Mr. Hankey he unleashes a s... storm literally, it's both a parody on "Fantasia" though you could say also the famous parting of the sea scene from "The Ten Commandments" as we see just a tidal wave of crap that well you'll just have to see for yourself.
This episode is worth the price of admition.
Rating: 3 and a half stars
As a film buff and aspiring filmmaker/writer I really love film festivals, because it is a corn a copia of films from everywhere and a way to create some community in the area for the filmmakers, everyone watching, and people that love films in general. Though I'll admit there is a flip side to the coin of the festivals as not ever film they bring out is a winner in my book, some are just dog crap; but that's how it is with big variety in festivals there are hits and misses.
This episode is another of my honorable mentions but is one of the hits all the same. This episode satires and parodies on some of the underbelly of Hollywood business, you could say Mr. Hankey's polluted eco system is metaphor for it. As most are so hung up about money and the fame, how most of the film festivals are misused and mishandled for companies' selfish benefits to intrude. Instead of focusing on what really matters like whether the movie their putting out is going to be good or not, or just making a good movie.
It's kind of funny how Mr. Hankey is for once coming out when it's not Christmas, it could be the month of July which kind of counts. However, what really makes this stand out are three of the plotlines around this from Cartman as usual scheming to make money as he is trying to capitalize in on the crooked action. And we find out Cartman really hates actor Tom Hanks (personally I like the actor) and to make matters worse he's in the film that he proposed for the company to make, though I sort of could emphasize with that pain whenever I see someone miscast in a role of a film. This was a little satire on the miscasting issue, how sometimes casting directors or companies want certain actors and actresses cast based on their fame and not whether their right for the role or can act at all.
Chef whom is trying to get some business by getting certain deserts he's made into the mainstream market but is unfortunately getting shafted (no pun intended) as no one from the business wants to purchase anything he makes despite all of it being real quality food and probably better than all the crap their eating. Which is further metaphor on how most of Hollywood non-concern for the quality of their products, like those crappy remakes that became epidemic for our oldies but goodies like that misfiring "Robocop" remake. Instead of putting the budget to good use to making just a plain original good fun film. I really love how each of Chief's products are a simple play on words, and even that ad song on his new chocolate product Chef's Salty Balls. There is defendant a lot of ball jokes with them as much as there was with that SNL Christmas Delicious Dish skit.
And the last plotline is of course Wendy and Stan spending time together. Really thought it was cute how throughout the episode Stan is wrestling with the thought on whether to hold Wendy's hand or not for the first time. This is understandable because whenever were on a date with someone for the first time we crave physical touch mainly the smallest kind which would we hope in time lead to something more.
Really like the films Stan and Wendy are watching, it's a little surprising due to their age they'd be admitted but since it's South Park restriction rules don't exist. But the films they watch seem to be based on homosexual romance which is slightly true as most festivals have been known to release most of those films. From one film that looked like a Calvin Klin commercial, but I like that one of the films is about Gay Cowboys eating Pudding which just cracks me up and is oddly prolific as this was years "Brokeback Mountain" came out. It's was funny when Stan once again has his vomiting reaction seeing the film, yeah Stan I know your pain that's how I feel whenever I see a really bad film. And of course, we see in the end Mr. Hankey he unleashes a s... storm literally, it's both a parody on "Fantasia" though you could say also the famous parting of the sea scene from "The Ten Commandments" as we see just a tidal wave of crap that well you'll just have to see for yourself.
This episode is worth the price of admition.
Rating: 3 and a half stars