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2008-10-12 7:12PM / 標準BLOG / US Movie Review / 會員可以看
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CURRENT RATINGS:

5/10

Movie:

The Onion Movie (2008)

You may or may not have even heard of this movie. It was straight to DVD and apparently has a somewhat checkered past. It sat in limbo for 4 or 5 years before they finally finished it and released it on DVD a few months back.

This isn't really much of a movie, more an almost random collection of fake commercials, shorts and parodies. The title comes in from the fact that they're loosely organized around the fake news site 'The Onion'... so you get a lot of that fake news flavor in some of the bits. Some are funny, some of which are in bad taste and some are just not very good.

It reminded me of the 1987 film 'Amazon Women on the Moon' quite a bit... similar random humor. A key difference is the way the seemingly random pieces eventually fit together into a somewhat unifying story line.

I was a big fan of 'The Onion' back in the day (since way back to the late 90s!), so when I saw it at the DVD store I decided to pick it up. Its not bad for some mindless laughs... Look for cameos from Stephen Seagal and Michael Bolton and a 'before they were famous' bit part by Daniel Dae Kim of 'Lost' fame (i'm guessing his part, which is one of the less funny ones, was filmed in '03...)

I'll give it a 5/10...

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Derrick Fong
留言於2008-10-14 2:53AM [举报]

"YOU DON'T HAVE THE BALLS"
=)
Flagday
留言於2008-10-13 10:03PM [举报]

I remember when The Groove Tube came out. So provocative, so cutting edge. Now it's stuff that's been done to death. I'm gonna have to rent that one again to see if any of it stands the test of time.

The Onion is the only thing that got me through the wake after 9/11. I think it was the first thing I laughed at after that event.
JoanneSanderson
留言於2008-10-13 5:40PM [举报]

I like the riled smoker in the traffic jam. It's nice to see Segal sending himself up.

The site is quite fun, I love the horoscopes!, and the popular stories such as 'Twisted Sister, now willing to take it'.
Etchy
留言於2008-10-13 4:50PM

AC100 - direct to video!
AsianChick100
留言於2008-10-13 4:27PM [举报]

haven't heard of this one before.
bobbyty
留言於2008-10-13 2:41PM [举报]

Is it kinda like Kentucky Fried Movie
Joanna Yang
留言於2008-10-13 11:56AM [举报]

wat show is this about??
oki182
留言於2008-10-13 6:28AM [举报]

Or Kentucky Fried Movie.