BlueTsunami
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Quality from the get go. Dudes definitely amassed a fantastic comedic background, in regards to producing/writing
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Sausage Party: Review Thread
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Quality from the get go. Dudes definitely amassed a fantastic comedic background, in regards to producing/writing
This is one of the worst movies I've seen all year and I'm pretty sure that the writers just learned how to curse yesterday.
Edit: I didn't know that Rogen and Goldberg wrote this; now I'm even more disappointed. I laughed more at Batman v Supeman than I did at anything in this movie.
Edit: I didn't know that Rogen and Goldberg wrote this; now I'm even more disappointed. I laughed more at Batman v Supeman than I did at anything in this movie.
Rapscallion
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Thought it was pretty mediocre. It's all of the rounchy humor you'd expect, but nothing witty to follow it up. I expected something a little more substantial, as I actually have liked a lot of the team's former movies.
This one just felt content with doing the bare minimal to gross or shock the audience, without actually including any jokes or wit to maintain their interest once the shock wears off.
This one just felt content with doing the bare minimal to gross or shock the audience, without actually including any jokes or wit to maintain their interest once the shock wears off.
alfredofroylan
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Moviebob's review, there are spoilers on it.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
I'm pretty baffled at all these reviews saying "Proves animation isn't just for kids! or "Like Pixar with syphilis!" Where have you been since 1997 when South Park started up?
Well it's not like you can really consider that crudely drawn show with terrible artwork "animation"...
ThanksVision
Member
tbh, i haven't enjoyed any of the trailers as all the jokes look kind of rote and predictable based off what the premise actually is. hoping the movie catches me off guard tho--looking forward to seeing it next week.
elproducto
Banned
My good buddy was art director on this. I really hope it's a huge hit, he's a great guy.
I hope they mean animated movies when they say that.
goldenpp72
Member
Fun movie but not amazing, still worth it.
Kubo has also 88 %. The Little Prince has 93. Just saying.
alfredofroylan
Member
Little Prince is not a summer movie, but I'm surprised it took this long to secure a definitive release in the USA.
The food creatures kill some humans and there's an orgy
thebigmachine
Member
Had a blast with this movie. Yup those 10 min will be brought up for a long time. Spectacular voice work across the board and the animation for the food was really pleasing. The theme was not what I was expecting so that's a plus. The only negative thing was that it overused cursing really early on. They could have spread it out a bit more so I didn't feel fatigue from it before the halfway point.
Just the row i was sitting in had around 7 kids, the whole theater was full of them. What the hell, I thought they had stamped the R rating all over this one.
Just the row i was sitting in had around 7 kids, the whole theater was full of them. What the hell, I thought they had stamped the R rating all over this one.
brandonh83
Banned
Okay. I'm going tomorrow.
On the DVD commentary for The Incredibles, director Brad Bird states, "Animation is an art form, and it can do any genre... next time I hear, 'What's it like working in the animation genre?' I'm going to punch that person!" As a counterpoint to Bird, a friend of mine once pointed out that although animation is a medium, in the United States, it typically is more of a genre. So far this year we've had Kung Fu Panda 3, Zootopia, The Angry Birds Movie, Finding Dory, and The Secret Life of Pets. I would agree with my friend and say these are all within a singular genre, defined not by animation style, but by tone and story. They're all wacky adventures starring anthropomorphized animals that impart life lessons. Some of them are good, some are great, and some are awful, but they all fit within a clear genre.
The team of Rogen, Goldberg, Vernon and Tiernan have accomplished the impossible. They created the best Rogen/Goldberg style comedy yet that perfectly utilizes the medium of animation while moving it forward in an unique way. Sausage Party is incredible. It's astounding. It's hard to write a review because all this reviewer wishes to do is list positive adjectives for it. To describe Sausage Party is doing it a disservice as part of the joy of watching it comes from the constant thought of "I am sitting in a movie theater and this actually just happened and why am I laughing so hard at it?". Nevertheless, this reviewer shall attempt the impossible.
Dissecting the team is where to begin with this gem. Rogen and Goldberg has proven again and again they know how to deliver a smart and clever script, but with Sausage Party, they've outdone themselves. Among their typical sources of humor is a subplot about ongoing conflict in the Middle East, which should seem out of place in any comedy; after all, joking about it is certainly taboo. Yet, with animation, Rogen and Goldberg exploit the same loopholes of the otherwise impolite topics that Trey Parker and Matt Stone do. By having funny looking talking sausages, buns, and other foods, they deliver a shockingly in-depth look at world religions that both hilarious and incisive. To go into depth would be a disservice to the delightful surprises they have in store for audiences, but rest assured, the passion project aspects of this film are quite clear from the writing. The only issue that might arise from the script is that frequently the message comes off as a bit preachy, but oddly, that's not too bothersome. After all, the animated movies they're parodying often lay on their messages a bit too thick; it's only appropriate Sausage Party does the same with a much more complicated message to get across.
Vernon and Tiernan do a truly great job bringing Rogen and Goldberg's vision to life. Their animation direction is top notch with delightful visual sight gags and small details that bring the world of Shopwell's to life. It's worth pointing out the film only has a $19 million production budget, ridiculously cheap for CGI animation. Yet Vernon and Tiernan somehow manage to stretch that so far that, even though it's clearly not Pixar-level, it would certainly hold its own against the lower-budget big animated movies (Illumination to name a studio). Also, even though the film's shocking and highly publicized finale is from the pages of Rogen and Goldberg's script, credit must be given to Vernon and Tiernan who make an already insane sequence one of the most memorable scenes of the year with constant craziness going on the background of the shots and perfectly putting the focus where it belongs. This film is as much their achievement as Rogen and Goldberg's.
The voice cast is top notch too. Seth Rogen's Frank is an alright character to guide through this insane world, but everyone does a fabulous job voice-acting. Wiig and Kroll are definitely great among the supporting cast, but, as one might expect, Edward Norton steals the show. You'll want to have more of his character in the movie because his delivery is constantly impressive. Another performance worth singling out is Michael Cera, who begins like Rogen where you can tell it's Cera voicing the character, but by the end has melted completely into the role of a deformed sausage.
There's so much more to say about Sausage Party. I haven't even mentioned the ridiculously catchy song written by Alan Menken for the film. Nor the directly clever parodies of Pixar films such as Ratatouille or, more obviously, Toy Story.
So this leads us back to the question: does Sausage Party break the animation genre problem? Honestly, no. It does follow a clear template that most animated movies in the U.S. do. That said, by both perverting the tropes and acknowledging the films that came before, Sausage Party is a triumph in creativity and comedy, be it animated or otherwise. Bring on Sausage Party Harder.
The team of Rogen, Goldberg, Vernon and Tiernan have accomplished the impossible. They created the best Rogen/Goldberg style comedy yet that perfectly utilizes the medium of animation while moving it forward in an unique way. Sausage Party is incredible. It's astounding. It's hard to write a review because all this reviewer wishes to do is list positive adjectives for it. To describe Sausage Party is doing it a disservice as part of the joy of watching it comes from the constant thought of "I am sitting in a movie theater and this actually just happened and why am I laughing so hard at it?". Nevertheless, this reviewer shall attempt the impossible.
Dissecting the team is where to begin with this gem. Rogen and Goldberg has proven again and again they know how to deliver a smart and clever script, but with Sausage Party, they've outdone themselves. Among their typical sources of humor is a subplot about ongoing conflict in the Middle East, which should seem out of place in any comedy; after all, joking about it is certainly taboo. Yet, with animation, Rogen and Goldberg exploit the same loopholes of the otherwise impolite topics that Trey Parker and Matt Stone do. By having funny looking talking sausages, buns, and other foods, they deliver a shockingly in-depth look at world religions that both hilarious and incisive. To go into depth would be a disservice to the delightful surprises they have in store for audiences, but rest assured, the passion project aspects of this film are quite clear from the writing. The only issue that might arise from the script is that frequently the message comes off as a bit preachy, but oddly, that's not too bothersome. After all, the animated movies they're parodying often lay on their messages a bit too thick; it's only appropriate Sausage Party does the same with a much more complicated message to get across.
Vernon and Tiernan do a truly great job bringing Rogen and Goldberg's vision to life. Their animation direction is top notch with delightful visual sight gags and small details that bring the world of Shopwell's to life. It's worth pointing out the film only has a $19 million production budget, ridiculously cheap for CGI animation. Yet Vernon and Tiernan somehow manage to stretch that so far that, even though it's clearly not Pixar-level, it would certainly hold its own against the lower-budget big animated movies (Illumination to name a studio). Also, even though the film's shocking and highly publicized finale is from the pages of Rogen and Goldberg's script, credit must be given to Vernon and Tiernan who make an already insane sequence one of the most memorable scenes of the year with constant craziness going on the background of the shots and perfectly putting the focus where it belongs. This film is as much their achievement as Rogen and Goldberg's.
The voice cast is top notch too. Seth Rogen's Frank is an alright character to guide through this insane world, but everyone does a fabulous job voice-acting. Wiig and Kroll are definitely great among the supporting cast, but, as one might expect, Edward Norton steals the show. You'll want to have more of his character in the movie because his delivery is constantly impressive. Another performance worth singling out is Michael Cera, who begins like Rogen where you can tell it's Cera voicing the character, but by the end has melted completely into the role of a deformed sausage.
There's so much more to say about Sausage Party. I haven't even mentioned the ridiculously catchy song written by Alan Menken for the film. Nor the directly clever parodies of Pixar films such as Ratatouille or, more obviously, Toy Story.
Heck, even alluding to the coda that manages to top the climax in brilliance might qualify as ruining a surprise.
manzoman96
Member
Idk I usually don't find these kind of movies that appealing. I'll probably wait for this to hit cable.
No clue what will happen if this movie does well at the box office. Will we get more mature animated movies? Although a Seth Rogan comedy isn't what I'd necessary call mature...
No clue what will happen if this movie does well at the box office. Will we get more mature animated movies? Although a Seth Rogan comedy isn't what I'd necessary call mature...
Tye The Czar
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While adult-oriented cartoons are grossly common(unless they're non-comedy). It's still a rarity to see any animated film go above a PG. The Simpsons Movie was the last one I could remember.
What a weird movie. The ending was pretty great, but the execution didn't quite match the potential. Its sorta racist? In a lazy Adam Sandler-characture way. Also the symbolism/social commentary seems like it came from a college freshman. But it's still really ballsy, and I liked it a lot.
Well that was ridiculous. Lol. I enjoyed it for the most part. Kinda meandered alot in the latter half. The racist caricatures got to be way too much though. The second the bagel and lavash showed up, I was like "oh crap..."
Also there were a ton of Nitrogen employees in the audience. They should be pleased with the reaction this got in my theater.
Also there were a ton of Nitrogen employees in the audience. They should be pleased with the reaction this got in my theater.
Count Dookkake
Member
Nice. I love a good walkout. It adds so much to the experience.
My favorite kind is when an offended woman storms out and the BF has to sheepishly follow, craning his neck to see as much of the film as he can before reaching the exit.
Lol what were those parents thinking bringing them in the first place?
wrestleman
Member
That all seemed to be deliberate, there's even a line where a bunch of racist stereotypes are shown in the background as
the main character says something along the lines of "We can't allow ourselves to be separated based on immature and irrelevant preconceptions"
It still leans into them though.
That's like when a videogame has a character turn to the camera in a really shitty section and goes "Man, this part sucks, am I right?" as some kind of winking joke, but still has that part that totally sucks.
Monocle
Member
How am I supposed to explain to MY CHILD that placing a hot dog in a bun is a sexual metaphor?
layzie1989
Member
I had such a conflicted time watching this movie. At points I fucking HATED it, and at others I thought it was hilarious. I totally could have done without the stereotypes. If it tried to be smart in any interesting way about it then it would have been tolerable for me, but as is there's not enough there for me to go with the message shoehorned in at the end. The parts where it worked for me were the truly weird bits like
I don't think I'd be able to recommend it flatly to everyone. You gotta know what your getting into.
The saving Private Ryan scene, the animation style, the cartoon bits, and the bath salts bit with Barry.
PhantomX1313
Member
Went to see last night, hilarious movie, didnt laugh, had more fun with Mcfishy
For the US market it datewise is a summermovie, Sausage Party is (also datewise) not for all markets outside US a summermovie.
Point is, there is better or as good as Sausage Party. Which I'm not bringing up against Party, its more a thankfully the situation isn't so bad.
lazybones18
Banned
how long did those kids last through the movie?
Had an older couple walk out of my showing too. I was thinking to myself, these are grown adults walking out of a theater because of something a cartoonish talking bagel said. Lol
The concept of this movie is so absurd that I find it impossible to take seriously or be offended by.
just saw it. it was a clever, subversive and ballsy comedy. the humor didn't grab me but that's a matter of taste. it's incredibly offensive on both incredibly deep and superficial levels. i thought the ethnic jokes were a little too easy. even if it wasn't the most amazing movie, visions like this should be supported
it's amazing how much you can do when you get toy making and licensing out of the way. i feel like it nailed its metaphors better than zootopia, and played with them in a lot more interesting ways.
it's amazing how much you can do when you get toy making and licensing out of the way. i feel like it nailed its metaphors better than zootopia, and played with them in a lot more interesting ways.
Saw this earlier this evening in a packed screening, with what seemed to be the animation team here in Vancouver who worked on the movie.
Was a lot of fun. Tbh it could have been incredibly racist, but it was sweet in a weird sort of way. Sort of movie you see with a packed cinema.
Was a lot of fun. Tbh it could have been incredibly racist, but it was sweet in a weird sort of way. Sort of movie you see with a packed cinema.
TheAbsolution
Member
Just saw it.
Wow.
Is all I have to say really.
Those last 10 fucking minutes, Jesus.
Wow.
Is all I have to say really.
Those last 10 fucking minutes, Jesus.
Even though I hated the movie, the funniest part to me was right after
the orgy
Saw it late last night. I thought it was pretty funny, and the audience loved the taco character since some of her mannerisms resemble people here in my city.
The last 10 - 15 minutes were definitely something lol. It kind of slowed down a bit around the second half, but overall it was pretty good. 7/10
I went to the Alamo Drafthouse, and they had a special menu for the movie including hot dogs, baby carrots and an entry called the douche. It made the experience much more pleasant.
I lost it when she started cursing in Spanish and then ended with son of a bitch!
The last 10 - 15 minutes were definitely something lol. It kind of slowed down a bit around the second half, but overall it was pretty good. 7/10
I went to the Alamo Drafthouse, and they had a special menu for the movie including hot dogs, baby carrots and an entry called the douche. It made the experience much more pleasant.
This is going to be the Conker's Bad Fur Day of movies (I was one of those kids expecting a new Banjo back in the day, haha).
Reminds me of the dude I saw bring his kids to the South Park movie.
Then the Uncle song started.
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