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An elite U.S. counter-terrorism squad loses a member while decimating half of Paris in the reckless pursuit of Middle Eastern maniacs; a Broadway actor with a traumatic childhood secret is naturally hired to replace him. Oh--and they're all marionettes. South Park maestros Trey Parker and Matt Stone (along with co-writer Pam Brady) came up with this shameless satire of pea-brained Hollywood action flicks and even smaller-minded global politics, so don't expect subtlety or even a hint of good taste. Team America is soon on the trail of North Korea's evil Kim Jong Il, who treats us to a tender song about his loneliness before ensnaring Alec Baldwin and the rest of the oblivious Film Actors Guild (F.A.G. for short) in a plot to blow up every major city on the planet. Just as the mindless squad cheerfully demolishes everything in sight, so do director Parker and company. Throwing punches Left, Right, and in-between, the movie's politics leave no turn un-stoned; there's even time to bludgeon the musical Rent. It's offensive, irresponsible comic anarchy seemingly made by sniggering little boys. Painfully funny sniggering little boys.--Steve Wiecking
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Watch it with no great expectations.
Everyone had told me about how great this movie was, so I was really excited to see it - I have a very un p.c. sense of humor, and think that South Park is actually not too bad. (except it went over board with the whole AIDS thing, like Team America - that's one thing, along with rape and domestic violence that I think shouldn't be 'made' to be funny)However, this just wasn't funny at all. It was total potty humor - no intelligence at all. The only funny thing was the President of China's song - where every 'L' is pronounced 'R'.
I give it two stars due to how well the puppets where handled, and the sets where great - it's visually amazing, so turn down the volume and you'll have a more enjoyable experience.
just plain bad
Other than the ocasional chuckel, i dont really remember laughing at this movie. I'm a huge fan of south park, but this is just crap. It seemed like Matt and Trey got the impression that people liked south park because of all the cursing, because in this movie it seemed like they used the f word out of context to try to make a joke funnier. Dont get me wrong, i'm not offended by it, its just not funny. And not to mention that they take everything way to far (the drunken vomiting scene, and the puppet sex scene). It has all that working against it, plus the fact of how far right this movie is politically. The one thing i've always hated about this and some of the newer south park episodes is that they push their politics to far. They make it seem like only their beliefs are right. I have no problem with politics in comedy, but they dont even try to show the other side of their arguments. You cant just say what we believe is right, and not give any reason or show the other side of an argument. Other reviewers complain about how liberal shows like snl and madtv are but at least they make fun of both sides of politics. Maybe they did make fun of Bush more than Kerry during the elections but that doesnt even compare to the one sided-ness of this movie. The first few years of south park were pure gold. This is just horrible.
Bravo! Absolutely Brilliant!
I enjoyed several gut-busting laughs while watching this movie, just as I always do when watching South Park.
What makes Stone and Parker's humor so brilliant is the fact that they pull no punches when satirizing all aspects of human stupidity (of which there is no shortage), irrespective of political orientation. That's the same strategy that made the original Saturday Night Live so hilarious.
Today's SNL, MAD TV, and virtually all other attempts at humor are pathetically unfunny because 1) those shows are nothing more than highly biased liberal propaganda, 2) they're hamstrung by Political Correctness, 3) the writers apparently aren't all that talented, and 4) liberals generally have a poorly developed sense of humor--their humor is usually nothing more than bitchy, smarmy sarcasm.
Now that The Simpsons have pretty much been compromised by the Dark Side, Stone and Parker seem to be this country's last great hope for genuinely funny, brilliant, and scathing satire. I can't wait to see what they're going to do next.
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