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Not a masterpiece but I thought it was pretty good

posted 8 years ago by I_am_Particle_Man
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It was worth watching once. It's cool to just hear the various celeb voices show up in it and had some funny stuff going on.

[–] VinnieRattolle 8 years ago

Well, it was okay. Animated movies aimed specifically at adults most generally suffer from the exact same problem, and you unintentionally nailed it:

It was worth watching once.

Despite the awesome stop-motion work in this, there wasn't a high rewatchability factor. The characterizations of the 3-D characters barely rose above two-dimensional, the jokes were hit-and-miss (most often miss), and it felt like a short that was padded to feature length (actually, if it were a 21 minute Adult Swim annual Halloween special, this could've gone on to become a classic). And wow, the gay jokes - a few running gags like the tree rape and autofellatio could've been endearingly tacky, but corny gay jokes seemed to be the biggest cannon in the writers' arsenal. There was a lot of heart in the animation but not much soul in the story. Which is ironic considering the story centers on three guys trying to save their souls from eternal damnation.

[–] FourthYear 8 years ago

I thought this was good fun. Some great crass jokes, and the scenery was VERY cool and inventive. Absolutely worth 90 minutes and some beers.

[–] TheBeardedWonder 8 years ago

Yeah the visuals really saved it I think. The writing had a few funny moments (mostly due to the voice talent of Swardson, who I thought did very well with the material he was given), but mostly it was mediocre. However the animation was fun enough that the movie was worth watching once. That and the voice talent in general I suppose.

I don't think i'd ever watch it again though.

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[–] DaliParton 8 years ago

I agree, it was way more fun than the complainers made it out to be.

All the people saying they'd only ever watch it once, well that applies to nearly every movie. Watching a movie all the way through a second time is dullsville.

[–] AgentBlue 8 years ago

It was alright some parts I LOLed at, the voices were good too.

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[–] chilone 8 years ago

It was alright some parts I LOLed

You "laughed out louded"? Do you also say "ATM machine" and "PIN number"? :)

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[–] Astrolupine 8 years ago

It was alright, although it kinda came to a halt once the Orpheus character shows up. The film's main problem is that its lead characters are written incredibly thin, with no arc to speak of. The stop-motion was great, Odenkirk killed it as Satan... but that's all that stands out.

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[–] solmaquina 8 years ago

It was like somebody intentionally tried to write an unfunny film.

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[–] haunt_freak 8 years ago

At first it was just really lame, I don't think I even chuckled at any of the jokes for the first 15-20 min. But it got better and funnier as it went on.

Same here! All the jokes in the beginning were cringe worthy. Once they got into hell it was funnier. I loved the "Welcome to Hell" demon scenes.

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