goestoeleven Reviews

Team America: World Police (2004)

If you enjoyed the previous Trey Parker/Matt Stone projects...

[10/10 · 19 October 2004]

...such as "Orgazmo", "South Park" (both movie and series), and "Baseketball" (believe it or not, there are a few of us out there that loved this movie and, yes, bought it on DVD), then you're gonna enjoy "Team America". It's as simple as that. And no Journey psyche outs.

The humor is just as irreverent as usual and they did not leave out one action movie cliché, which are so prevalent in those insipid Michael Bay movies. It's obvious Mssrs. Parker and Stone have the same distaste as I do for those obnoxiously directed movies.

Also, "Team America" has the added bonus for those of us that grew up on the "Thunderbirds" series from the mid 60's. Great stuff.

10 out of 10.

Susan's Plan (1998)

Don't wait for it to get better

[14 May 2000]

We picked up the DVD and thought, "Hey, with a cast like this and with John Landis directing, it's got to be worth at least a look. I mean, Landis did 'Blues Brothers', didn't he?" I also need to point out that we are big Dan Ackroyd fans and will watch, at least once, anything the man puts on film. Man, were we disappointed.

Rather than beat a dead horse, we'll just throw a few adjectives and phrases your direction: disjointed, bad editing, failing jokes (the fart jokes were the funniest, if this gives you an idea), no closure, redundant, unnecessary and distracting segues, gratuitous sex scenes (although Lara Flynn Boyles is very appealing, just not enough screen time to make it interesting!).

We watched this movie and braved the hour and a half hoping it would get better and that the cacophony of subplots would somehow congeal into a cohesive crescendo. Not happening. Just got worse and left us feeling like we wasted the popcorn.

Do not rent this movie. If you need a Dan Ackroyd fix, just rent "Grosse Pointe Blank" or even "Ghostbusters." And if you need a Rob Schneider fix, I understand 'Deuce Bigalow' was 'Citizen Kane' compared to this fine piece of...art.