Okay, here's the plot of this newest animated feature from Williams Street Productions: A mad scientist convinces aliens to design an exercise machine so powerful it bulks up a Mexican homeowner, Carl, to amazing proportions.
The scientist then removes those muscles so that he can fight his creations a human-sized milkshake, box of French fries and a meatball.
That's about it. Oh, there are visits from other, smaller outer space beings (Moonites, the same creatures some people in Boston assumed were incendiary devices), as well as more bizarre creatures from this off-color cult late night 15-minute Cartoon Network (shown on Adult Swim) series. Even the popular Space Ghost makes a guest appearance.
Having seen the program before, some things made perfect sense (in the slanted reality of "Aqua Teen Hunger Force," I suppose). Those who have not seen it (like most of this country's newspaper critics, for instance) are probably not going to get it at all. In other words, you'd have to be really big fans of this show or really, really high to understand what's going on.
This is a fact. At the screening I attended, the fans of the series loved it; while the mainstream media critics had no clue what was happening. "Aqua Teen" the movie speaks well and appeals to its fan base (mostly 18-24-year old males who spend as much time on the computer as they do in front of the TV late at night). This is the dual nature of such niche films.
What most people will probably enjoy, however, was the opening sequence in which we're treated to those cute little animated hot dogs, popcorn, ice cream and soda characters marching in line and urging us all to "go out to the lobby" for a snack or two.
Unfortunately, for them, a more unruly group of treats (a beer, a wilted pretzel, a moldy hamburger) interrupts this parade and begins singing a heavy metal warning about talking during the film or other annoying cinema-going experiences. It's an absolutely hilarious parody.
Whether the rest lives up to this opening really depends on one's comprehension of this barely-intelligible program.
The scientist then removes those muscles so that he can fight his creations a human-sized milkshake, box of French fries and a meatball.
That's about it. Oh, there are visits from other, smaller outer space beings (Moonites, the same creatures some people in Boston assumed were incendiary devices), as well as more bizarre creatures from this off-color cult late night 15-minute Cartoon Network (shown on Adult Swim) series. Even the popular Space Ghost makes a guest appearance.
Having seen the program before, some things made perfect sense (in the slanted reality of "Aqua Teen Hunger Force," I suppose). Those who have not seen it (like most of this country's newspaper critics, for instance) are probably not going to get it at all. In other words, you'd have to be really big fans of this show or really, really high to understand what's going on.
This is a fact. At the screening I attended, the fans of the series loved it; while the mainstream media critics had no clue what was happening. "Aqua Teen" the movie speaks well and appeals to its fan base (mostly 18-24-year old males who spend as much time on the computer as they do in front of the TV late at night). This is the dual nature of such niche films.
What most people will probably enjoy, however, was the opening sequence in which we're treated to those cute little animated hot dogs, popcorn, ice cream and soda characters marching in line and urging us all to "go out to the lobby" for a snack or two.
Unfortunately, for them, a more unruly group of treats (a beer, a wilted pretzel, a moldy hamburger) interrupts this parade and begins singing a heavy metal warning about talking during the film or other annoying cinema-going experiences. It's an absolutely hilarious parody.
Whether the rest lives up to this opening really depends on one's comprehension of this barely-intelligible program.