Cannibal! The Musical
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Movie Reviews of Cannibal! The Musical
Movie Review: Life changing film!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
During my freshman year of high school i had a class with two sophomores who shall I say weren't the most normal people in the class, but neither was I so we got along great. One day they come to class telling me about this bizarre sounding movie, and I was crying from laughing so hard just from them telling me about it. I knew I had to see it. A friend and I rented it and we have never laughed so hard. This movie literally changed my life. After watching it I knew I wanted to become a filmmaker and I am actually following those dreams. Hopefuly somebody else will be affected the same way I was by this masterpiece. It opens up with this incredibly gory scene of Packer brutally murdering a bunch of men. And it is hilarious. In this one part Packer rips this guys arm off and beats him with it while saying "Jeepers... Jeepers". I can't beleive how talented of a filmmaker Trey Parker is. He is the best writer, Director, actor etc. in movie making today. There is nothing that he can't do. No one can come close to Trey.
The songs in this movie are even better than the songs in South Park:Bigger... The trapper song is definitley the best. The fur trapper Frenchy is singing what it is like to be trapper "My pa was an elaphant but thats irrelevant, my ma was an eskimo." Trey Parker dubs over his voice so it is actually Trey who is singing and the lyrics are so funny you will crying from laughing so hard. That's All I Really Want is a super funny song too. Same with Shpadoinkal "The sky is blue and all the leaves are green. My heart's as full as baked potato. I think you know precisley what I mean when I say it's a shpadoinkal day. As I ride with my girl, she's my best friend in the whole world..." Lets Build a Snow Man is hilarious. If you look closely in one scene the snow mans head changes to an aliens head. "How the hell did he make that tapping noise with his feet. You just now thought of that. Well it's pretty f@#k$n weird dont you think." "He's dead. Well of course he's dead. His brains are all over the snow." Hang the Bastard is of course hilarious too. You will be singing these songs for months after watching this movie.
This is the funniest movie ever made and everybody should buy it to support Trey Parker and Matt Stone.
Movie Review: WHO KNEW CANNIBALISM COULD BE A TOE TAPPIN GOOD TIME!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Writen and directed by Trey Parker and starring some of his friends from college, starts off as rumors and gossip of what happened on that faithful day when Alfred Packer (Trey Parker,titled under Juan Schwartz) was convicted of cannibalism. But with the help of reporter Polly Pry (Toddy Walters) you see Alfred's story.Packer along with James Humpries(Matt Stone), George Noon(Dian Bacher), Shannon Bell (Ian Hardin), Isreal Swan(Jon Hagel) and Frank Miller(Jason McHugh), leave Utah to find gold and happiness in the Colorado Territory. Instead they get lost, battle the snow and the cold, and nearly starve to death.
Along the way they run into some crazy Indians( the Chief should look familar to Orgazmo fans (Maseo Maki)). and some very pesky trappers O.D. Loutzinheiser(Ted Henwood),Frenchy Cabazon(Robert Muratore), Preston Nutter(Andy Kemler).
Trey also brings in some laughs and sight gags you have to really look for ( ie. Bell is reading the book Homers Odyssey and later on in the movie you see a Cyclops).
The DVD offers alot of menus, such as Interviews with Trey, Matt, and Jason. Behind the scenes footage, A very funny commentary by Trey, Matt, Jason, Dian and Andy while becoming more and more inebriated off of scotch and much...much....more.
The sound is a bit poor in spots and the make-up is.....well..is just bad(ie..the beards)(but keep in mind that these are college students) and I consider the poor make-up as funny as the actual movie (My favorite is Trey's immitation of Abe Lincoln).
The music is great -some of the best is"Shpadoinkle Day"(also is used at the very end of each south park episode, so it should sound a bit familar). "The Trapper Song" done by the Trappers( Robert, Andy, and Ted) and "Lets build a Snow Man" are just a few, and are some of my favorites.
Also don't miss Trey Parkers dad Randy Parker as Judge Jerry and Matt Stone dressed in drag (towards the end of the movie).
Over all this movie is great, yes, it has it's moments when it's just hanging there but if you get this DVD the drunk commentary is worth it alone!!!!!
Movie Review: Nifty and neat, NOT a family treat, but it can't be beat!
Summary: 5 Stars
Okay, I went all Seussical on you, but I figured that this film was worth it. Now, I have read several of the reviews which were written for this movie, and I'v heard the complaints, but here's what I have to say:
This movie is unique. This movie is the kind of movie(s) which is dying out now.
First off, it is a musical. This genre, whose sole supporter for the last few years (Disney) has almost completely left, is one which I in particular treasure. Sure, it's goofy to imagine that someone could suddenly burst into song in the middle of their heartache (or their triumph, or when describing what it's like to be a trapper :), but musicals speak to something within us, making the world just unreal enough to love. It's unique in the movie business in that it's surreal ways can increase the closeness someone has with a movie by being engrossed by the songs.
Secondly, it's an Indie...a GOOD indie. A COMEDY/SLAPSTICK indie. And while there are no lack of sophmoric comedies availble, no one does it with such gusto, imagination, or daring as Trey Parker. The last indie with such imagination and zest that I'd seen was from Sam Raimi and Kevin Smith...and look at them.
This film is unique. It's subtle in alot of ways, with alot of points to make which can been seen in more then one viewing only. True, sometimes there are periods without specific jokes, but if you watch the movie, you realize that the whole damned thing is one big joke.
Plus, the music is simply amazing in it's fun and catchiness.
In short, movies like this and Orgazmo (another of my favorites which has it's own brand of humor and much of the same cast) are gems to be treasured. They shouldn't be thrown out because they were made by two young college guys without any experience...
Or two young guys with a well known TV show that many people have preconceptions about...
To be honest, if Mel Brooks or another veteran had decided to undertake on this project, they probably wouldv've been applauded. So I applaud Trey Parker (this was truly his baby is you read the credits) for his genius, ingenuity, bravery, and wonderful singing voice.
Shpadoinkel!
Movie Review: Shpadoinkle Movie!
Summary: 5 Stars
I will admit up front that my opinion of this movie may be jaded by the fact that I am a Coloradoan, the very territory where Alferd Packer forged his infamous reputation in the high country above Lake City; but this is one of the most treasured DVDs in my entire collection. Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Dian Bachar and a team of truly strange individuals put this film together with marvelous original tunes written by Trey Parker. It is both a comedic and musical treat that always produces gales of laughter when I play it for folks who have never seen it before.
The writers have fairly faithfully presented the story of Alferd Packer as he claimed things happened when he took 5 miners into the mountains and became snowbound during a powerful winter storm. Packer returned as the sole survivor. Further investigation of the remains of his companions indicated they had been gnawed on... By a human!
Parker and Stone collaborated on producing this film without much of a budget, while still attending film school at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Many of the locations used in the film were around Boulder. Notable exceptions were the actual court house in Lake City where Packer was tried for cannibalism.
The final scene, which has a wonderful song: "Hang the Bastard", was shot in Buckskin Joe, a restored ghost town created by fetching buildings from ghost towns around Colorado and relocating them to a location just south of Canon City. Nearly 100 folks took part in the final number, many of whom were university students willing to work for a song, if you'll pardon the pun.
This movie is like South Park, but with more bite. It is truly a movie one can sink their teeth into, and satisfy their hunger for campy comedy and hysterical songs scattered throughout the film.
I give this film only 5 stars, because that's all they allow! I'd actually rank it a 10, and regard it as great as Dr. Strangelove, but different.
I do not really care much for Troma films, but this is one outstanding exception that I recommend most heartily!
Movie Review: South Park fans will not be dissapointed.
Summary: 5 Stars
I hate musicals. I can never stand the singing for some reason. But Cannibal! The Musical is intentionally cheesy which makes it amazing. This is Trey Parker's first movie he did when he was 21 in college recreates the true story about Alfred Packer, the first man to ever be accused of cannibalism. He goes on a journey for gold with a couple other guys (South Park co-creator Matt Stone is one of them) and they get lost. Lots of stupid stuff happens especially how the one dude started going crazy and tried building snow men. There's a good amount of gore too to make the movie even more hilarious. The first scene shows Trey killing off everyone with his bare hands, which he allegdly did. Then there's the one part of the movie where a guy gets stabbed a bunch of times in the face!The funny thing about this film is it also relfects on Trey Parker's real life. In the movie, his horse, Leanne, that he loved so much, leaves him. Just like how in real life Trey's fiance, Leanne, left him. The ironic thing about Trey's ex-fiance though was that she even did the corepgraphy for one part of the movie. You'll get a lot of interesting info from the "liquored up" director's commentary. Another interesting fact: There's some Japanes Indians in the film and the chief is some guy that owns a Sushi Bar in Colorado in real life.
If you love South Park, this is a mandatory watch. Without this movie, I don't think South Park would be what it is as you know it today. You'll hear Mr. Garrison and Cartman's voice in the movie for a couple seconds, their first appearances I think. And the main theme song of this movie is the same song used at the end credits of each episode of South Park, when they show that airplane thing fly by.
This is a cult classic, I watched it like ten times in a week because I watned to hear the music and see the gory parts again. There's also a nice love story so it's not all just about outrageuos humor. One of the better Troma releases too. Troma is known for a lot of God-awful movies.