[W David Lichty]

Finally got around to Idiocracy. Younger me would have loved this. But, uhhh, yeah, no thanks.

I don’t align much with the article, but Idiocracy is pretty messy. I haven’t seen it since it got its Office Space-like second life, but it was a Movie Night choice when it hit home video. I knew its reputation as an unfinished feeling movie, but you can get away with a lot of film making ineptness in comedies if they’re really funny. It was mildly amusing at times, in that once you’ve laughed at the premise, you can pre-write each next scene in your head way. I’ve thought to rewatch it, given how often it’s been referenced over, really the last 20 years, not just the last ten, but I feel like I’ll relive the earlier experience of wishing it was better.