The Gods Must be Crazy

Sober · Post by **Sober** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 2:50 am

Damn what a fine film. I bought it the other night based on a couple recommendations, and only just watched it.

I love the way they mixed the very authentic feeling documentary style with the gag comedy. The audio was very strange, though. It felt as if the entire film was dubbed over, as if it weren't originally in English. I couldn't tell very well by watching the actors' mouths, though. Is this a foreign film?

I'm glad I bought it. Walmart classics - $13.99. Threw it in the basket with Tony Hawk Underground 2, some shirts, and a box of Twinkies.

Poor June · Post by **Poor June** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 5:19 am

think i saw that awhile back... isn't that the one where they get the car stuck up in the tree and stuff???...

(it's been awhile)...

JonPorobil · Post by **JonPorobil** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 9:02 am

Yeah, it's Botswanian, though I'm pretty sure all the English dialogue was filmed in English. I remember the audio being strange the first time I saw it a while back. It's ignorable before you get too far into it.

It's a sprawling comedy, to be sure. I tend to lump it in mentally with things like O Lucky Man, for its length and its bizarre brand of humor. I haven't seen it in some time. I saw the whole thing through once (minus two bathroom breaks), and I've seen bits and pieces again since.

I'd hesitate to call it great, I'd give it around a B, B+, maybe. But surely there's nothing else quite like it out there, and that's saying something.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 6:47 am

this is a movie that i enjoyed a lot with my mom, if that says anything. there was a sequel too, i think it was pretty good, but i don't really remember.
-bill

Adam! · Post by **Adam!** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 2:05 pm

These two movies are important parts of my childhood. They're fantastic (first one is better), as well as a documentary by the same director, James Uys, called Animals Are Beautiful People.

Also TGMBCrazy is how I determine if one of my friends is retarded. I spoke about it with a group of friends and half of them thought it was expletively mocking the culture of the people of the Kalahari. Apparently shots of possessionless-yet-contented bushmen juxtaposed with unhappy Americans in shopping malls where too subtle an indicator of who Uys was mocking. And it turns out that everyone who thought TGMBCrazy was a mean-spirited film actually was retarded. Try this with your friends!

erik · Post by **erik** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 2:32 pm

HeuristicsInc wrote:this is a movie that i enjoyed a lot with my mom, if that says anything. there was a sequel too, i think it was pretty good, but i don't really remember.
-bill

This is a total mom movie.

JonPorobil · Post by **JonPorobil** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 4:47 pm

I enjoyed it with my Grandmother. But then again, I'm young enough for some of you guys to be my parents. Or for others, I'm close.

Poor June · Post by **Poor June** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 5:28 pm

Generic wrote:I enjoyed it with my Grandmother. But then again, I'm young enough for some of you guys to be my parents. Or for others, I'm close.

yea i'm not very old either...
how old are you?

JonPorobil · Post by **JonPorobil** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 10:20 pm

I'm going to be 19 in about six weeks (11/22/85). What about you?

fodroy · Post by **fodroy** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 10:37 pm

wow, jon. i'm exactly a year and a day older than you.

Eric Y. · Post by **Eric Y.** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 1:34 am

and my little sister is exactly four years minus a day older than generic. so three years minus two days older than dan.

Poor June · Post by **Poor June** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 3:08 am

Generic wrote:I'm going to be 19 in about six weeks (11/22/85). What about you?

ok i almost feel bad for sparin' my age on here... cause y'all be like... 'well that explains it' haha...

19

(04/18/85)

j$ · Post by j$ » Wed Oct 13, 2004 5:24 am

Poor June wrote:
Generic wrote:I'm going to be 19 in about six weeks (11/22/85). What about you?
ok i almost feel bad for sparin' my age on here... cause y'all be like... 'well that explains it' haha...

19

(04/18/85)

G A R!!!!

Sober · Post by **Sober** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 6:00 am

Poor June wrote:
Generic wrote:I'm going to be 19 in about six weeks (11/22/85). What about you?
ok i almost feel bad for sparin' my age on here... cause y'all be like... 'well that explains it' haha...

19

(04/18/85)

If I had to guess based solely on your writing, I would have said 13 :/

Poor June · Post by **Poor June** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 8:01 am

The Sober Irishman wrote:
Poor June wrote:
Generic wrote:I'm going to be 19 in about six weeks (11/22/85). What about you?
ok i almost feel bad for sparin' my age on here... cause y'all be like... 'well that explains it' haha...

19

(04/18/85)
If I had to guess based solely on your writing, I would have said 13 :/

well that deffinately makes me feel better... \m/... you always know what to say....

The Gods Must be Crazy

The Gods Must be Crazy

I didn't really like this all that much