setaside2 Genius. Pure, sleight-of-hand-animated, single cel by single celled organ... genius. If only more people could refer to their movies as "labors of love" and truly mean LABOR as in... giving birth. The blood couldn't be more ever-present.Five things for me: the themes of government over individuality (that is to say that money and might makes right), the theory of what I REALLY want to do to my in laws (if I had them), how to hum a happy little tune of some random order all the while, what's really going through a guy's head during sex, and how DID you get to be so cute?Please note that the complexity and intellectuality of the most important things were presented in a descending order. The movie moves a bit more erratically, though with a lot more color and sound.Watch it. If only to say you did. If only to turn to someone else the previous day and say, "I watched this flick last night. I don't know if I'll sleep properly for a week but I've got to own it."It's like being the guy who drinks something out of a cup that's been sitting out for three days, gagging furiously and then looking to your roommate and saying, "Man, this stuff tastes like s#!t. You've got to try it!" Only in a good way. The movie looks gorgeous, is captivating as only lovingly tendered sick humor (with a certain political morality) could be, and is easily one of the most originally sketched visions in motion picture history.Enjoy. Bill Plympton is the man.

Orcini I am a big fan of Plympton, and I was excited when this film was released. Perhaps that's why I felt so let down. I can only imagine that B.P. was sick of critics saying his `The Tune' was too corny. But while that film was creative and interesting, this movie is full of dirty jokes that just aren't funny. A soldier performs oral sex on another man's shoe, two tanks get it on, a woman's body is used to make balloon animals. the list goes on and on. The dialogue is patchy at best: `Have YOU ever tried to stop two tanks from having sex?' And the songs are annoying and completely unnecessary. The film pretends to be shocking but is really very boring. The timing is horrible- there is a long pause before every incident, then `screaming' cells are cycled for a few seconds. Afterwards, the story can continue. The film isn't even an hour and a half long, but I checked my watch many times throughout. It isn't downright horrible- there are a few genuine rib ticklers in here. But mostly, based on what B.P. has done before, it was a major disappointment.

filmsarmy I caught this movie by accident at 2am and found it highly entertaining. It dashes from one scene to the next at a rate of knots. The animation is good and it is very refreshing to see an adult oriented cartoon despite the bizarre nature of the story. I'll be watching out for more by Bill Plympton in the future.

Droz-4 I watched this movie with my sister last night on Cinemax and I must say this was absolutely brilliant! I am a big fan of Bill Plymptons animation which can be seen on Cartoon Sushi on MTV. OK it starts off with two birds having sex (which right there tells you that this movie is gonna be hilarious). The movie itself is about a guy with some kind of object lodged in the back of his neck that gives him all these crazy powers, and the government is trying to find him. Not only does this movie have a lot of funny sex scenes. It also has a lot of gratuitous violence, with brains and c**p coming out of peoples bodies. Bill Plympton is the master of animated violence. I recommend that everybody see this movie. It's so hilarious that you'll be laughing at it for days to come. Oh yeah the little songs in it are cute too