Probably the worst movie I've ever seen

attempting Satire...no

-Requiem

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I can definetly see why a person wouldn't like this movie, and most of you had made valid points, but I actually enjoyed the film. The characters seemed pretty genuine to me. Didn't really dig the whole mayor being crazy subplot, film would have been a ton better if they just focused on the kids.

"A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession." - Albert Camus

You people are dense. Have any of you seen Little Miss Sunshine? Pigeonholed characters rock. They're the best to destroy. "20/20 vision man, it's a gift". They're so single minded they kind of remind me of lemmings. Without that eye, Billy might as well walk off a cliff.

The whole thing is dripping satire. If you think there's a serious moment in the whole movie, it's probably when Dean finds Troy hanging. The thing is, the satire isn't exactly satire. It's a mockery of society, as someone pointed out, but they hit it on the head from the moment the buildings sprout into a neighborhood. We're working with the "ideal, all-American families" here.

Dean's mom is peddling pills called VeggiForce, which probably contain speed. You may think "haha so unrealistic" but research chemicals take time to ban, and new compounds come out regularly. Go buy some K2 while you still can.

When Dean walks out of Troy's... eh, building, do you really think he would walk over and be like oh, your son hung himself. Would you do that? I would have been just as quiet, probably not even say hi in response to her.

Dean is annoying? Are you being serious here? His father is a psychiatrist (I go to one personally) and yeah, they do seem to think that pills are the answer to everything. I even had an argument with my psychiatrist about alternative methods for dealing with stress. Like yoga and meditation. I made her eat her words, but Dean's dad? "Now don't fight me on this son, I prescribe this to lots of patients". What a dick.

Dean's brother doesn't do much of anything except for lace the funeral casserole. The rest of the movie, he plays his game. The chumscrubber game who's main character shares a persona with Troy.

Troy ran the teen world with his distribution. I'm pretty sure the pills were the only way for the kids to cope with their pitiful, self absorbed parents. One day, Troy says *beep* it all and kills himself. Billy heads the spear-point to try to obtain what the kids need. It all flows around what each person needs. Mayor's fiance, power. The Mayor himself, to be free (like a dolphin). People make drastic career changes in the middle of their lives as they find they are unhappy. Dean's mom takes over the VeggiForce regime, feeding pills to the masses. Dean's dad has a poor turnout at his book convention. Face it, this world is one of pills. Not books.

I believe Troy's death was the jolt that ended that which should not have existed. After all, he's the chumscrubber. People did not belong where they were. In their jobs, with their parents. Charlie was better off with his dad, lifting weights.

If you think this movie is bad, then you probably can't see past the outward demeanor of each character. They're all intertwined, and it goes much deeper than I care to go on about.

I think the crust is usually the best part of the pizza and I really liked Chumscrubber. So where does that leave that little statement?

Oh so I didn't like this film? Please go on to tell me how I hated every other film with a really low budget that looks amazing. (which this didn't)