IDIOCRACY [2006] review

Wow, I didn’t plan on watching Mike Judge’s IDIOCRACY tonight. I only did because VOLVER’s subtitles were all messed up. I knew IDIOCRACY was about America becoming super dumb, but I had no idea how far Mike Judge would take it. He was really inventive and creative in how far he took it, but it was so far that it actually hurt my brain watching it. Then just now browsing cnn.com and seeing an article about Britney Spears shaving her head, and just clicking on it, and then reading it, I felt myself being like those people in the movie. I usually try to avoid reading idiot stories like that. I bet 10 years ago CNN would never put a story like that on its front page. Now, it’s increasingly common.

Luke Wilson plays a very average man 500 years in the future where his average intellect is now almost super human. He finds that his perceived intelligence makes doing anything extremely frustrating or extremely easy in the future, super dumb U.S. He has a “painter” companion in this future, someone who watches SNL might recognize.

There are some good, crude laughs in the movie, but afterwards my mind feels like it got coated in lard. Maybe I should read some Shakespeare or listen to a symphony to smarten up again. Don’t operate heavy machinery after seeing this movie!

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