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Summary: Creative, inventive and side-splittingly funny
Review: 'I Married a Strange Person' is (I think) Bill Plympton's second full-length animated film (is that right? I'm not sure), and does not disappoint for a minute. Like 'The Tune', 'I Married a Strange Person' is a completely original animation film, done in Plympton's completely unique style, and is extremely visually inventive and creative. It's also incredibly funny, and creates some wonderful, hilarious characters. Even for Plympton, it's unusually twisted and bizarre, full of sex and violence at their most hilarious. Also some brilliant musical segments with songs by Plympton's old collaborator Maureen McElheron ('I'm happy, you're happy, everybody's happy...')So, for Plympton fans, and any fan of adult animation or underground cinema, this film is highly recommended. Still, to be fair, a few words of caution: 'I Married a Strange Person' is extremely hard-core, with very explicit (though hilarious) scenes of sex and violence. There is, in fact, one (funny and inventive) sex scene that lasts over five minutes. The plot, also, makes very little sense, and the movie often seems to be weirdness and sickness for weirdness' and sickness' sake. If that doesn't bother you, buy it, by all means. If you have a sense of humor and are not easily offended, 'I Married a Strange Person' will be a pleasure. If you're a Plympton fan, don't even think twice - this is one of his best works. If you're not familiar with his work, by all means familiarize yourself.
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Summary: Insanity and sex and violence
Review: basically this entire movie can be summed up into two words: acid trip. the film certainly seems this way as it showcases some crazy animation (a man getting chased on a lawnmower by a blade of grass, who later turns into an orange caterpillar). i reccomend you smoke or drop something before seeing this movie as it makes it funnier and more interesting, but insane either way.
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Summary: Ambitious yet clever
Review: Before MTV took a 180 and became reality show heavy, I had gotten a chance to watch Bill Plympton's shorts. His stylized portrayals of scenes and unique look (which the book "Masters of Animation" explained as him drawing on paper and then some one transferring it onto cell) made his work stand out on its own. So when it seemed like he had actually made a full length movie, hey I decided to give it a shot. What I saw was an ambitious yet clever attempt at exploring storytelling through animation. The plot involves an everyman gets an odd lobe in his neck that increases the imagination section of his brain, causing any thing he thinks of to come true. What better way to bring about the surreal images that follow? Many of the scenes reminded me of Ralph Bakshi's early work, especially perhaps "Streetfight (also known as "Coonskin") - except, of course, those were based on drug highs, while Bill Plympton's work is based on the limits of the imagination - to which there are none. If you want to have grass ride a lawnmower over a human, go ahead! If you want to play with women's breasts like they're balloons, fine! The only downfall to me was the narrative often tended to drag - so much that I was almost tempted to give this three stars. There are enough highlights through out the film to keep one interested, although one or two times I wondered how long such a story structure could last. However, like I said before, there were enough visuals to keep me interested the whole way out. I also was interested in some of the underlying meanings behind the story - like for example, did any one ever consider the scenario of a company trying to control imagination? In such a time when situations like at Disney where producers are taking over the jobs for which artists were responsible, I find that to be a strong statement. BTW...I have the stupid Smile Corporation anthem stuck in my head. Oh well..."We are the Smile Corps Corporation! / We bring smiles a-cross the nation!..."
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Summary: I Watched a Strange Video
Review: Bill Plympton's most far-out, sexually strange, violent full-length animated feature yet. I own the unrated version, on DVD. Not for kids. Like Plympton's other outings, IMASP showcases his unique and jumpy pencil-sketch animation style. The mood, due to the unusual animation style, the abundance of silence (there is very little incidental music) and muted sound, as well as uneven pacing and surreal imagery, is unreal and almost meditative.
Several scenes are hilarious and mind bogglingly animated. It reminded me at times of The Wall, particularly when the car crashes into a wall from several different angles and perspectives, showing us the insides of the victim and his pain simultaneously. Plympton fans will love this film but will be suprised at how much darker it is than much of his other work.
The musical numbers in the film range from charming and infectious to barely audible. Even on DVD the sound quality is muffled, quiet and unclear. That's my main criticism of this release, and most of Plympton's other video releases- the sound engineering is sub-par, and does not do justice to the heartfelt and often funny music and dialogue.
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Summary: I Watched a Strange Video
Review: Bill Plympton's most far-out, sexually strange, violent full-length animated feature yet. I own the unrated version, on DVD. Not for kids. Like Plympton's other outings, IMASP showcases his unique and jumpy pencil-sketch animation style. The mood, due to the unusual animation style, the abundance of silence (there is very little incidental music) and muted sound, as well as uneven pacing and surreal imagery, is unreal and almost meditative.
Several scenes are hilarious and mind bogglingly animated. It reminded me at times of The Wall, particularly when the car crashes into a wall from several different angles and perspectives, showing us the insides of the victim and his pain simultaneously. Plympton fans will love this film but will be suprised at how much darker it is than much of his other work.
The musical numbers in the film range from charming and infectious to barely audible. Even on DVD the sound quality is muffled, quiet and unclear. That's my main criticism of this release, and most of Plympton's other video releases- the sound engineering is sub-par, and does not do justice to the heartfelt and often funny music and dialogue.
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Summary: So I Watched A Strange Video...
Review: How could you NOT want to watch this video? The name and cover just compel you to do so. I watched this with a friend a few months ago, and we laughed so hard that we still bring it up at parties. It's about a young, married couple. The man becomes able to make his fantasy's/thoughts be real; and he's a bit twisted. Imagine if you could just think and your thoughts would actualy happen...It'd be funny right? Well, Bill Plympton made his thoughts happen and let them loose for all to view. If you have any sense of humor at all, you will find SOMETHING in this video to laugh about, and if you have a great sense of humor - hold on to your lawnmower, because you will be in for a great ride!
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Summary: Dissapointing!
Review: I am a huge Bill Plympon fan. This film, however, was a bit of a dissapointment for me. For some reason, I just couldn't get into it. Perhaps it was too sex-heavy for too long. Perhaps it was the poor animation quality (which is Bill's style) that got to me over an extended viewing. Perhaps it was the silliness. I guess excessive is the perfect way to describe this film. It was too excessive in every way. Yes, excessive is a perfect description!
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Summary: Almost a Classic
Review: i really liked this movie. I think Bill Plympton is one of the most interesting and surrealist animators out there. He strikes me as a Garrison Keillor on LSD, down-home and folksy, yet imaginative and twisted. I'll assume you've read the storyline from one of the other reviews.... The animation is top-notch and suprised me in its graphic nature. I was pleased that Plympton decided to "let it all hang out". The visual puns are funny as hell and the songs are catchy and cute. The dissapointing thing is that it just seems to run out of steam in the end. Plympton seems to be a one-two punch kind of guy, quick, funny. A *great* 15-minute cartoon writer. when he gets to trying to stretch his stuff to an hour, it gets a little bit winded. I'd actually probably give this 3 1/2 stars. Watch it, enjoy it. It isn't a mega-classic but It's worth your time.
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Summary: Extreme in every sense!
Review: I was browsing through the under $10 DVD shelf at my local video store; there were the usual suspects of the shelf: troma flicks, low budget sci-fi's, and then something truely unique that cought my eye "I Married A Strange Person." I read the back of the case and decided to wing it and buy it without seeing it first.
Long story short: I absolutely loved it! Its excessive sex and violence are portrayed in a surreal and manner that draws you in. The humor is very off beat and crude, yet witty (similar to a Bukowski novel). One of the best aspects of the film is the goofy, but well written songs, with lyrics like "Would you still love me if I followed the fad, dressed like a shad, and blew your dad?," that reflect the film's tone. Another brilliant aspect of the film is the use of the greed towards "the lobe", to gain ultimate power, which is so reflective of the present day's developed nations. As much as I loved the film, I would have to make a warning: This film is very extreme in its sex and violence, and over all is not intended to please the general movie going public. I would suggest this mainly to fans of Charles Bukowski and John Waters.
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Summary: Oh, to see the world through Mr. Plympton's eyes.
Review: I've been a fan of Mr. Plympton's work for a long, long time. When the animation collection films would tour through the city I reside in, it was always a pleasant surprise to view one of his shorts. He's a gifted illustrator, with an uncommon sense of humor, which just seems to coincide with mine. I leapt at the chance to buy this film, "I Married a Strange Person", as soon as I found out about it. I'm glad I did. This film's quite excessive references to sex and violence were, in my mind, spoofing various other works of animation, such as "Aeon Flux" or any number of popular Japanese "adult" Anime. The overall look of the movie is more polished than on his other full-length animated film, "The Tune" (which I also enjoyed). I held off on giving this 5 stars only because I am sure that most of the general movie-going public wouldn't go see this. But most of the movie going public is not enamored with animation. I loved it, though. If it makes me laugh, it's definitely worth my money; and I laughed quite a bit.
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