Starring: Owen Wilson. I think. Or Luke Wilson. Whichever one doesn't have a dick-nose. Also: Maya Rudolph, one of the recent influx of funny, hot chicks on Saturday Night Live (thank you, Tina Fey).
Mike Judge is smarter than a lot of people even realize. I think this is because his first big hit, Beavis and Butthead, appealed to the lowest common denominator. Like Larry The Cable Guy and Katt Williams do. But if you look at Judge's work since B&B, you find an impressive body of work that you probably don't even know about. Office Space, King Of The Hill, and a new cartoon called The Goode Family (fine, I'll call it an "animated series", ya snob) are all his creations, as well as Idiocracy. In today's featured film, the Wilson who didn't try to overdose on pills and act like it never happened (yeah, that'd be Luke, then) plays Joe Bauer, who gets selected by the Army to be placed in "suspended animation" for a year because he's absolutely average in every way. Average height, weight, intelligence, education, you get the picture. The Army, being prone to monumental shifts in policy literally overnight, forgets about the project and he stays suspended (not animated... this is not King Of The Hill) for 500 years. When he wakes up, mankind has evolved in the wrong direction, with the human race growing dumber and dumber with every generation. Exactly why is explained in the opening sequence and it's genius because it's spot-on accurate. You don't even realize this is already happening all around you, but once you watch this movie, you'll see it everywhere. A few examples:
- TV news just keeps getting sexier and sexier so in the future it's been taken to the extreme and the nightly news is now broadcast by an International Male catalog model and a part-time stripper. Haven't you noticed that the trusted anchorman is being rapidly replaced by hot chicks showing off their cleavage while eye-humping the camera? It's wrong to give me an update on Somali pirates and a boner! Chick out this website to see what it's come to...
- Advertising tells people what to do so they don't need to think for themselves. As a result, crops don't grow because they "water" the dirt with Gatorade. What?! "It's got electrolytes!"
- The highest rated show on TV is "Ow, My Balls!" You guessed it... Just a guy who keeps taking shots in the pills.
- Elected officials aren't chosen based on their credentials anymore (apparently, in the future, "reading is for fags") but instead based on how big a celebrity they are. Awesome = President. And President Camacho is the baddest mutha in the USA.
And just like Mike Judge's other work, you need to look beyond the sight gags to get at the underlying social issues. A terrific satire of people's lowering expectations. In 500 years, this movie will be filed under Documentary. So be part of the solution: If you're stupid, stop having kids.
PS: I wouldn't watch this movie on cable. Rent it. It's lame having to listen to so many bleeps.
Overall: 7 out of 10. The mountains of garbage made my skin itchy just watching it. Even Mad Max's post-apocalyptic world had Waste Management. And Tina Turner.
What my wife said: "Strangely logical. But annoying."
Who would enjoy this movie: Octomom. Kathie Lee Gifford. Kate (Minus John and the eight). Those fuckers who live down the block from me and think empty Bud Light bottles are yard decorations. All these people are obviously the type of idiot the title refers to and will continue to breed... And breed. Also, Mormons, simply because they love having kids. In Salt Lake City, 15-passenger vans are called Mormon Assault Vehicles. And while Mormons aren't necessarily dumb, eventually the Stupids will interbreed with the Mormons. Sorry, Latter-Day Saints. Your smart genes will be bred out by the stupid ones and your half-breed kids will inherit the world and get kicked in the balls for entertainment. Ow.
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