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Sausage Party (2016)
Unfunny Dribble Disguised as An Attempt At Philosophical Adult Humor
Am I offended at the jokes in the movie? No, I often make equally horrible, if not, admittedly, worse jokes. Am I offended by the jabs at religion in this movie hidden in its horribly hidden attempts, or lack thereof, to create a thought-provoking story? No, I'm not particularly religious, and if I were, I would've appreciated a movie that was thought-provoking and made me question what I believe. What offends me is how the movie's premise promised a juxtaposition of thought-provoking commentary and funny adult humor, but I came to find that it completely and utterly fails in both regards.
Sausage Party tried so hard to be funny, with food puns relating to sex peppered throughout that would have been worth a chuckle if they were presented in literally any other manner. The execution was horrid, especially when you consider that the movie promised a fusion of raunchy comedy and profound commentary, but instead provided potentially somewhat-funny jokes ruined by being told akin to an 8 year old who forgot how the punchline was worded.
The supposed attempts at thought-provoking religious commentary reared its head maybe once or twice during 2 minutes total of watchable segments of this atrocity, but were pushed to the back- burner as means to make way for sex jokes and racial stereotypes for particular ethnic food that are not funny in the slightest because, disregarding how these stereotypes have been played to death in adult comedies, there's hardly any joke behind any of it besides "Haha, look, the taco is Mexican. Funny, yeah?"
Absolutely not worth a watch. You'd be better off looking anywhere else for through provoking commentary and/or adult humor.
Rick and Morty (2013)
Easily Summed Up As The Sci-Fi Cousin of South Park
Among shows like Family Guy that have some funny jokes irrelevant to the generally overused contexts of each episode and shows like Mr. Pickles that believe it takes nothing but trying too hard to be shocking -- and failing - - to be good, Rick and Morty is easily summed up as the Sci-Fi cousin to South Park -- in that though it has plenty of gallows humor, it is generally funny and has a point (South Park's being to spoof particular aspects of our world in outlandish, perhaps surreal manners and Rick and Morty's being to spoof Sci-Fi tropes and show the contrast of everyday life and Science- Fiction adventures.)
Though sometimes you may hear a dialogue and think it sounds off, its almost weird in a systematic sense in that, though lines such as "He died doing what he loves -- being a dumb f***ing rat" in the preview released for Season 3 would feel off, it almost feels intentional. Part of Rick and Morty's charm is the almost improvisational tone behind every line -- where dialogue feels like it was made, partially or wholly, up on the spot based on some episode premise, which makes the dialogue feel more like they're coming from a real person -- of the top of their head, sudden, improvised but not totally sloppy. The voice actors do this because of how they're given a faint idea of what the characters say and they, so to speak, "fill in the blanks."
Rick and Morty is overall a good show to go to for interesting Sci-Fi context amalgamated with relevant, funny gallows humor. The juxtaposition between the heavy sci-fi elements and the "everyday" elements are done very well, the story's pacing is also done well. The jokes are all relevant to the plot that's occurring in each episode, and all of the characters -- even the bumbling dad like Jerry -- are done better than you'd expect of a cartoon comedy. The characters are incredibly consistent, especially for the type of show it is -- though Summer does get better after the first few episodes. Development exists despite this consistency, of course.
I would definitely recommend this show to anyone with dark humor who appreciates good writing with characters whose realism in how they present dialogue(from improvisation) giving the show a personal tone and interesting contexts. I would also recommend this to fans of shows like Futurama, South Park or Simpsons.
Mr. Pickles (2013)
Tries Way Too Hard With Shock Humor, Ends up Being Neither Shocking Nor Humorous
Mr. Pickles is described as being absolutely sick, twisted and hardcore. While these things are true, it disappoints me as an avid fan of the psychological thriller genre to see so many people highly praise a series for being so senselessly vulgar.
I, personally, have never found myself cringe at the visuals within Mr. Pickles more than I did at the thoughtless presentation of the vulgarity. Mr. Pickles tries way too hard with shock humor and ends up being neither shocking nor humorous. With hardly ever any punchline or respite in sight, Mr. Pickles seems like its gory for the sake of being gory, and this seems to be enough to attract people who think edginess is cool -- but without a punchline or respite, the shock humor ends up becoming predictable, falling flat on its face, being more failed shock and loses the right to be considered a joke at all instead of a joke that failed.
I normally go on to do longer reviews than this, but honestly, that paragraph describes all there is to describe when it comes to Mr. Pickles. I would not recommend this show to anybody -- even those who like gore and shock value would do better to go find somewhere else with more interesting context and a better plot to go along with it.