Though not a real big fan of the TV show (however the TPB Christmas special is a holiday staple like "It's A Wonderful Life" around here!), I enjoyed "TRAILER PARK BOYS: THE MOVIE" though it was kind of messy and disjointed but still quite funny, oddly charming and even warm-hearted. These characters may seem like trash, but they have honor for their friendships, a skewed respect for family, and an odd pride of neighborhood - all very Canadian traits. Plus, the way everyone was "introduced" allowed anyone who had never seen the show to get into the tone and the characters very fast was a good idea - it was a stand-alone film.
Saying that, I would certainly go see sequel(s) should there be any. But this is the kind of movie, like "Jackass Number 2", that you need to see with an amped-up, lively crowd - not in an empty theatre.
I'm sure it will play very well theatrically at midnights through the Fall and Winter 2006/2007 before having a healthy, long life on DVD and cable as a special-interest cult flick - a life something like "Slap Shot" or "Strange Brew" has.
TOPIC ONE: My one question back to everyone - will this film play in Peoria? Would the USA get it? Aside from it working in the universal White Trash milieu (aka "My Name Is Earl"), will someone in Florida understand the film's very regional, very Canadiana humour? Or would it be treated more as a "foreign" picture - a quirky national oddity like Australia's "Priscilla Queen Of The Desert" or the UK's "The Full Monty"? TOPIC TWO: I think the biggest problem is that no one in the US has seen the show. Maybe, like how the feature film of Monty Python's "And Now For Something Completely Different" really kick-started the Monty Python reruns on PBS, perhaps this movie might have the same effect Stateside - or even the world - in getting viewers to discover the show for themselves.
Discuss.
Saying that, I would certainly go see sequel(s) should there be any. But this is the kind of movie, like "Jackass Number 2", that you need to see with an amped-up, lively crowd - not in an empty theatre.
I'm sure it will play very well theatrically at midnights through the Fall and Winter 2006/2007 before having a healthy, long life on DVD and cable as a special-interest cult flick - a life something like "Slap Shot" or "Strange Brew" has.
TOPIC ONE: My one question back to everyone - will this film play in Peoria? Would the USA get it? Aside from it working in the universal White Trash milieu (aka "My Name Is Earl"), will someone in Florida understand the film's very regional, very Canadiana humour? Or would it be treated more as a "foreign" picture - a quirky national oddity like Australia's "Priscilla Queen Of The Desert" or the UK's "The Full Monty"? TOPIC TWO: I think the biggest problem is that no one in the US has seen the show. Maybe, like how the feature film of Monty Python's "And Now For Something Completely Different" really kick-started the Monty Python reruns on PBS, perhaps this movie might have the same effect Stateside - or even the world - in getting viewers to discover the show for themselves.
Discuss.