What the girlfriend
Says

I know what a lot of you are
thinking - where did this movie
come from? I was thinking the
same thing myself when Cameron
suggested that we watch it. The
truth is that it was not very well
advertised; I did not see a single
preview or poster for it. Was this
an act of stupidity or sheer genius?
Ihave yet to determine the answer
to that.

This film takes place five hun-

dred years in the future. When the -

majority of people think about the
future they see flying cars, giant
glass buildings and humans wear-
ing shiny matching silver jump-
suits. This is definitely not the

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that is filled with, well, idiots. It
is based on the idea that mostly
stupid people are reproducing
due to lack of knowledge and
morals. Meanwhile, all of the
smart people are planning chil-
dren around finances and popula-
tion control instead of urges. This
leads to a growing population that
is continuously getting more and
more idiotic.

Luke Wilson stars as Joe
Bauers (also known as Not Sure).
He is frozen in the present time,
along with a prostitute named Rita
(Maya Rudolph). The two wake
up five hundred years later to find
a population with an incredibly
low IQ. Joe Bauers is quickly
named the smartest man alive and
becomes part of the presidential

The world has gone to Hell and

What the boyfriend

Says

it is Bauers job to fix it. From gar-
bage avalanches, to crop failures
there are many things for Bauers
to occupy his time with. While he
is doing this he catches glimpses
of future pop culture. He discov-
ers that the most popular TV show
of this time is called “Ow, My
Balls” and consists of a guy get-
ting hit continuously in the, well,
you know. As well, Starbucks has
turned into a whore house and
Costco is now the size of a small
city and contains a subway.

I found this movie to be hilari-

Disclaimer - “The epinions exoressed do
‘not necessarily reflect the views of the
writers, or hopefully anyone”

KyRA JANOT AND JosEpH
WRITER AND
CONTRIBUTER

We are of the mind, as many
of you surely are, that there are
things in this world that are over-
rated...the discussion of which is
the most overrated of all.

Thus, with what space and
time we have, we embark on just
such a discussion...at the danger of
sounding hypocritical, obnoxious,
and above all irrelevent. But then
again, you’re reading a university
paper; the New York Times. this
is not, and good thing too. Thus,
bear with us on this perhaps ser-

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endipitous, definitely superficial +
and hopefully not sordid jour-

a column of levity, lampoon and
lilliput (sans the latter); ignore the
excessive alliteration, and we'll
get along just fine.

_ That having been said, we
would like the point out what is,
in our opinion, one of the most
overrated concepts aside from
“anarchy”; deadlines. That is to
say, those that we miss. Now. if
you look to your left you'll see a
distraction...*erstwhile columnists
run away*

This movie imagines a future .

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another stupid comedy consisting
of an endless array of fart jokes
and many scenes of nudity. This
is definitely not another teen com-
edy; instead it indirectly makes
fun of teen comedies and every-
thing they stand for.,

If this movie becomes too:
scary for you (because a world
tun by hillbillies can be quite
frightening) just remember that
these events will most likely not
actually occur. Global warming
will have killed us all long before
that point!

I give this movie five “Yee-
Haws” out of five

Kristy is right: this movie
emerged out of near complete ob-
scurity. Many blame Fox for their
treatment of the film in regards to
marketing. Really, I don’t know
who is to blame but that really
doesn’t matter right now. The film
is in video stores and we now have
easy access to it. So go, get it!

The film is the brainchild of
Mike Judge. This is the man be-
hind such cultural classics as Of-
fice Space and — dare I go there?
— Beavis and Butthead. With a
few exceptions, namely the latter

of my previous examples as-well

he unfortunately popular
of the Hill television series, Mike
Judge makes some very funny
comedies. Idiocracy is a funny
film with a message that should
be apparent to even the most chal-
lenged among us.

Joe Bauers (Luke Wilson) is
your average Joe (very clever,
Judge, very clever). He’s simple,
but educated, at least mostly. An
army experiment gone wrong
thrusts him far into the new mil-
lennium where the entire planet
has been dumbed-down by com-
mercialism and automated ma-
chines. It is the sort of future that
Isaac Asimov: would have en-
visioned, although maybe not so
tastelessly.

The most apparent part of this
film you will notice is the film’s
budget. Perhaps Fox didn’t mar-
ket this film because it didn’t cost
56 million dollars to make. Some
of the scenes in the film call for
special effects but their imposition
onto the screen seems farcical.

It is hard to punish this film for
a feature that is merely a financial
cause. There are two reasons for
this: 1) The low-quality special
effects and overall cheapness of

the film creates a distinct look of

he film. At times it seems almos
a homage to 1980’s apocalyptic
heavy metal films. And 2) The low
budget of the film is an indication
at the trouble of making this film
which makes it a much more ef-
fective message.

Consider for a moment a film
that Fox would have thrown mil-
lions of dollars into. I imagine you
all see nearly the same thing; a
film full of explosions and snappy
one liners. In essence, a film so
dumbed down that every man,
woman, and child can relate to
and amuse themselves with. Judge
chose to make a film with a point
that conflicts with the interest of
big-Hollywood.

People with a pessimistic view
of the future should enjoy this
movie and bask in the smug glow
of knowing that others agree with
your idea of where the world is
heading. People who also have a
seething hatred of teenagers who
hang out in local malls should
watch this movie since it will give
those people a good reason to
knock their trendy, “But I’m Dif-
ferent!”, bandanas off.

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