Kaonashi Ga Suki

So I finally got the chance to watch “Team America: World Police”, and it was pretty much everything I expected from Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Extremely offensive! Shamelessly dirty! All levels of wrongness! In other words, bloody brilliant! I won’t summarize the movie since you can find out for yourself on the IMDB, but I will talk about what I thought of it.

First of all, anyone who watches this movie should have a lot of tolerance and a huge sense of humor. As I said, it’s quite offensive, but that’s the point. Parker and Stone have made a career out of pissing people off but making them think at the same time. Take “South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut”. Sure, the movie was also offensive, violent, and dirty, but the take home message was that there’s a lot bigger things to worry about than making sure your kid doesn’t swear, and the whole notion of violence being more acceptable in films than dirty language. So if you are offended easily, DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIE and later rant about how offensive it was. If you do decide to watch it, just remember: it’s a comedy. It’s just a movie.

Second, some have speculated that “Team America: World Police” is a pro-liberal movie, which can’t be farther from the truth. Yes, this movie is politically charged, but rather than take sides, the movie points out that both sides can be extreme, and neither side is correct. It’s one of the reasons why I’ve never really picked a side.

Third, DO NOT TAKE YOUR KIDS TO SEE THIS MOVIE and complain later about how offensive it is. Yes, it has puppets, but it’s a rated R movie. And ticket sellers, act responsibly and steer families away from this movie. When my boyfriend and I were standing in line to get tickets, this father with two small children was asking about which movies to watch. The ticket seller did her job and explained that “Team America” is dirty, “The Grudge” is scary, and recommended some family comedy to them (I forgot which movie she mentioned).

Lastly, this movie is really, really, really funny. Everything about it is hilarious, down to the background music. Listen to the lyrics. Also, my boyfriend made a good point when he said that the sets are quite impressive. Oh and BTW, the puppet sex isn’t as graphic as you might think. It definitely pushed boundaries as to what can be shown in a movie, but it’s still not really that bad since the puppets aren’t *that* anatomically correct. Imagine putting your naked Barbie and Ken dolls together, as I’m sure many of us have done when we were young.

All in all, I highly recommend this movie. I wouldn’t see if 4 times in the theater like I did with “South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut”, but then again, I was a really, really big SP fan at the time. I still am, but not only did I fall behind when I lived in Japan for a while, but these days I never have the chance to get the TV away from my TV hogging parents.

Did I mention that it was funny?