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Cannibal! The Musical

Cannibal! The Musical

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: yay!
Review: I havent even seen this yet, tho I've just ordered it at last woohoo :)! i have all the songs and love trey and matt sooooooo much! I had to give it 5 out of 5! .......sooo, lets build a snowman.....

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Watch This For the Director's Comentary track!
Review: This is a movie where the comentary track helps make the film much more enjoyable to watch. Matt Stone and Trey Parker and a bunch of others who were in the film do the commentary track. They start out basically sober with a couple of bottles of Oban scotch, a case of beer, and who knows what else. The farther they get into things, the more plowed they get. (It also helps if you are drinking along with them.) In the process, they tell you what it is like to make a low budget film while in film school, what *not* to do when crossing a river, and just how many of the absurd details of the film are more historically accurate than many films about the same events!

Even without the commentary track, it is a fun movie. It is very low budget. There are some weird continuity problems which are explained on the commentary track. (One of the bit players was VERY drunk during at least one of his scenes.) A great film to watch on a saturday night with friends.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A sweet musical from the guys who give us South Park
Review: "Cannibal", despite the infrequent gory bits, is actually a goofy, slightly sweet musical. Although there are some pretty hilarious and rude gags, overall, "Cannibal!" is a very nice movie, a Troma movie you can see with your girlfriend.
Admittedly, it's not a professional production in any way, shape, or form, although Parker's energy level and willingness to play with the obvious anachronisms make the amateur production values part of the gag. Parker seems more comfortable with animation than live action (behold the "South Park" movie), but he does a decent job here.
Where this movie really stands out is the sound; the DVD has Parker's approved sound mix and he crams it with gags. You have to pay close attention with ears and eyes to catch everything (which you won't, at least not the first time around), for which Parker deserves kudos.
There are only two parts of the DVD that bug me; one, the extras have more to do with Troma than with Cannibal, although we do get clips from the Cannibal stage show and an audio commentary that's a riot, and the Troma Intelligence Test is pretty amusing. Two, if you've seen the movie on Cinemax or before Parker and Stone took off, then you know there's a short deleted sequence, the "Don't Be Stupid" song. It's been axed from this print of the movie, and it's nowhere to be found on the disc. This is annoying and if there's an explanation for this unnecessary edit, I haven't found it.
But that doesn't reduce the entertainment value. This movie is a great comedy, even if you aren't a Troma or South Park fan. Well worth your cash.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Oscar, Academy Award!!!
Review: This movie should have won Best Picture!!!!!

Let me tell you that just the commemntary track alone is worth buying. The commentary on this movie is better than most Movies I've seen. Get this, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and other actors in the movie sit around and drink while the movie is playing. By the end of the movie Trey isn't even talking in sentences, it's more like really long words. As for the movie, well it's low low low low low budget. When someone says low budget they mean a few million. So for the amount of money they spent it is good. As for the content of the movie... the best. His jokes are played perfectly and the timing is always on. Yes this movie is a musical, but remember it is a comedy as well. It's more like a Comusicaledy.

IAN SMITH

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: ...doinkle!!
Review: Cannibal the Musical is the greatest movie I have ever seen! It blows away Gone with the Wind and Wizard of Oz. I have never seen a better movie depicting Alfred Packer. The music is great, it stands up with Pink Floyd the Wall, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and The Nightmare Before Christmas....

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: This film's as fun as a baked potato.
Review: This early film from Trey Parker is not for everyone, although it has something for everyone.

From the amazingly gory opening scene to the comedy to the bad makeup to the musical numbers, this is an all-out funfest. Incredibly funny and intelligent, it's much better than you would expect from a first flick.

Plus the DVD has the funniest commentary I've heard yet, with Trey, Matt Stone, and other cast and crew members downing two bottles of Scotch whiskey while watching and remarking on the movie.

A truly "shpadoinkle" film!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Cannabilistic Natives from the Land of Oz
Review: Oh my god! After I watched this movie, the first thing I did was watch it again! In fact, I watched it 7 times in the first two weeks I owned it (it would have been more if it wasn't for my stupid classes). This movie is absolutely amazing. It has it all: great music, some gore, somewhat of a love story, and great jokes! If you aren't the type that usually likes Trey Parker stuff (Basketball, Orgazmo, South Park), then get it anyway! I liked it for the musical value as well as the humor. The gore is not as much as in many other Troma films (and pretty much confined to the beginning and the end). Also be sure to watch the commentary so you can hear the story of Lianne (Trey's ex-fiancee). It makes the movie 20x funnier!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: One of TROMA's better films
Review: I liked "Cannibal" almost as much as I liked "Hollywood Zap!"

When it comes to gross jokes and strange storylines, Troma films win hands down. In this day and age of mass mainstream entertainment, its refreshing to see some films made that tilt at the windmills of good taste and sanity, if you know what I mean.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: a beloved musical (...)
Review: if you're a big fan of campy b movies, musicals,sarcasm,and all around weirdness, you MUST see this movie. I'm not a big fan of South Park, but Cannibal! The Musical is still one of my favorite movies.
this movie is one of the top five funniest I've ever seen. the musicals numbers are hilarious. the extra are alsogreat, especially the one with lemmie from moterhead.
anyway, if you have a warped sense of humor and spare time to watch this over and over (trust me, you will) buy this. better yet, give it to all your normal relatives to make the holidays more.... interesting.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Cannibal! The Greatest
Review: Not its not the greatest movie ever made, but it is certainly one of my favorites. Not because who made it or who is in it. I think it is a fun little indie movie, made with love and friendship rather than money. Enjoy it once for itself, then you can go back and see the sly satirical touches as well as the fun parody that it is.


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