Brad's Movie Challenge

Starting 01/01/06, Brad is going to watch one movie, everyday, for 365 days. This site will serve to document all rules & exclusions of the "Challenge" as well as keeping track of Brad's progress.

1/25/2006

01/24/06 The Aristocrats

The Aristocrats (2005), directed by Paul Provenza

watched w/ Leslie (partially); DVD rental (Blockbuster) @ home

So, stop me if you've heard this one before...no seriously, please stop me, because I don't dare repeat it. This is aptly labeled as quite possibly the most obscene, vulgar, and disturbing thing you may come across in American cinema (heck, Japanese for that matter). While the joke that we all know will & should offend is there, it's the stuff around & behind the scenes with tons of great comedians telling their renditions that makes this bearable. Belive me, it's sick & twisted enough to warrant never watching it, but it's the free-form jazz approach & psychology of the comedic mind on display here. All that in the sublime telling of a horrible joke. I hope that no one under the age of 21, or over the age of 33 watches this thing, or we may have problems.

3 out of 5 stars (hesitantly)

posted by Undead Film Critic @ 10:12 PM  

5 Comments:

  • At 9:00 AM, Blogger Undead Film Critic said…

    You haven't watched enough Japanese cinema.

     

  • At 11:54 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    A few things... To start Brad gave Adventures in Babysitting 3 stars as well. I would like everyone who doubts that Adventures in Babysitting is a better movie to stop, rewatch Adventures in Babysitting, and then watch the Aristocrats.

    I was lucky enough to watch Adventures in Babysitting with Brad; the laughs were frequent and enjoyable. I dare say except for an occassional (and if I may) well placed F bomb I think this movie would be suitable for Brad's younger sister. You finish watching Adventures in Babysitting feeling good--no feeling great. It is funny, entertaining, exciting, and silly. But then again this is not a movie made by comedians about comedians, so let's turn our analysis to The Aristocrats.

    What happens when comedians, many of whom are funny in their acts (you know when they are paid to be funny), try to be funny for free....If anyone said, "Hmm. Are they not funny?" You've guessed it! To start with the punchline of the joke is already common knowledge when the movie begins, which spoils any surprise factor of the joke.

    I'm sure screenit.com has some explicit (read damning) stuff to say about this movie. Here are some of my thoughts which I have censored: descriptions of blank being ripped and bloodied by blank blank whose the blank's blank --not funny, excrement being used as blank by blank blank with their blanks --not funny, comedians who are very pregnant and include their unborn child in the most revolting descriptions of the joke should probably not be allowed to raise that child and are not funny, comedians who tell the joke to their 1 year old baby while they hold the baby in their arms and include the aforementioned child in the most horrible descriptions of the joke should not be allowed to raise a child and are not funny.

    I think through out all the parts of the movie I saw the only thing which made me even chuckle was when Paul Reiser said he frequently has gotten the punchline wrong and accidentally said, "the Aristocats".

    Otherwise this movie is likely to make you feel ill and hope desperately that your Significant Other never becomes a comedian.

    L

     

  • At 2:20 PM, Blogger Undead Film Critic said…

    I can't wait to see it!

     

  • At 12:40 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Jason, you can borrow Adventures in Babysitting anytime.

    L

     

  • At 1:44 PM, Blogger Undead Film Critic said…

    I've seen Adventures in Babysitting and was not impressed. Although, it's probably the best work Elisabeth Shue ever did. Or will do. It's Keith Coogan's performace of Brad Anderson that really keeps "Adventures" from fading into obscurity.

     

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