homersimpson_esq
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Joined: 30/9/2005 From: Springfield
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280. South Park The Movie: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut  Back in 1999, when I was but a fresh, young 18 year old, I was a big fan of the latest, foul-mouthed, definitely-not-for-children (but really, it is, cos, y'know, kids love swearing) animation. The film is everything you want from this kind of humour, and more. It is the film that The Simpsons Movie wishes it could have been. It perfectly reflects the humour of the genesis series, while taking it to the next logical level. And adding songs. Amazing, piss-taking songs. Pastiche of "Oklahoma!" in "Uncle Fucker", a repeat of Cartman's classic Kyle's Mom's A Bitch (She's A Big Fat Bitch), and a loving medley homage to the music of Les Miserables, with La Resistance. A bizarre love storyline between Satan and Saddam Hussein, a superb acceleration to war against Canada of all people, and some of the finest swearing set to film, South Park is a phenomenal film and, significantly after 13 years, still holds up. 279. Shaun of the Dead  Whether one is a zombie film aficionado or not, Shaun of the Dead is endlessly enjoyable. While it riffs on the classic zombie film beats, while also subverting them, it also works as a film in its own right, not solely as a referential beast. The key here is characterisation. You feel for Shaun and his friends and family so that, when the comedy bleeds slowly into outright horror, it is affecting, and rightly so. Comedy horrors often excel at the former but skimp on the latter. This manages both, and is a rightly a classic because of it.
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