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The comments about this over-rated snorefest have stressed me.

I watched this to see if I should add it to my IMDb list "Absolute Most Disturbing Movies". Honestly, it isn't even close to having what it needs to make that list. Trust me, this movie is 100% normie ignorance-porn; its for people who have no clue that they are clueless. For low information people, I suspect that this movie is information overload that either titillates them, or freaks them out. Unfortunately, the people with the least life experience are the people who want to explain life the most. And so we get this movie's entire comment section. The 10 star and 1 star reviews are two sides of the same low value coin. These comments are written by Zimbabwe millionaires; and I don't appreciate low info Zimbabwe millionaires giving me financial advice.

First, the dead cat issue everyone whines (or brags) about is odd; considering that it's clearly and blatantly a stuffed animal, not a cat. This has triggered the normies. Yet compare this to Gummo, where (despite Harmony Korine's claim to the contrary) the dead cats are clearly, blatantly, actual dead cats. This includes Gummo's final scene; where the cat Foot-foot (who had been filmed alive numerous times in the movie), is shown to us one last time, now in a very blatant state of being not alive anymore. I don't mean movie-wise, I mean reality-wise. In real life, an innocent stray cat got the misfortune of being cast as the doomed Foot-foot, all for the sole purpose of a Shaggs reference. (Youtube: The Shags - My pal Foot foot) But also, so did all the other dead cats. And the dead dog they threw on the roof's TV-antenna. Let this sin in, they went through the town killing stray pets for their movie in real life, because in the movie, characters went around town killing stray pets. Do you see how we have a disturbance in the disturbance levels? A stuffed animal playing a dead cat vs a live cat playing the dead cat against its former will.

In El Topo, EVERY single dead animal was killed FOR the film. Including a Crow filmed being obliterated by gunshot, an entire STREET strewn with dead horses, donkeys & miscellaneous farm animals (the huge puddles of blood are of their actual blood), as well as the "accidental" heat deaths of somewhere near 100 pet rabbits, whose dying moments were once again filmed and put in the movie. Jodorowsky claims he bought them all from butchers, except the crow, which he says he regrets killing.

Cannibal Holocaust is another, with the rending of a very large, and therefore 75-100 year old, wild rain forest turtle. Rending, not killing, is the key word here. They killed it and tore it apart for the sole reason that they came across it minding its own business and decided to add it's slaughter to their horror movie.

So, hey Normies? Shut up about the "disturbing" stuffed animal cat. Ok?

The incest scene?

Seriously??

It's so dryly filmed and out of context that it is clearly there because a childish mind thought, "oooo... incest... SHOCKING! Put it in!!" And so we get a woman we don't know and a man we don't know having sex, only later is there the implication that they are mother/son. Upsetting? Seriously? Game of Thrones had a brother/sister going at it for 8 fricken years and that was a part of mainstream culture for nearly a decade! Porn Hub purchased a gazillion brother/sister, mother/son videos because of it. Do you people not understand why the "+" is there at the end of LGBTQ+???

Hint: it's not a cross to include the Christians.

I think half the people complaining about the mother/son sex are people who fly "Pride" flags but don't know what they are taking Pride in. Hey y'all? The term "Queer" means "weird". So create a list of weird sex: besti- scat- incest- necro- pedo- vomit- and THESE are the pluses you are flying a flag for. Coming out gay is brave? Try telling people you bang your poodle. That's bravery. Make a flag and fly t everywhere while complaining about how your rights are oppressed by bigots and besti-phobes.

So no, Bad Boy Bubby is not a boundary breaking, hard to handle, challenging movie that will either cripple you mentally or bring you new perspective on the ups and downs of real life. Unless you are a Normie. I would say, however, that it is "Intro to Disturbing 101" fr the un-initiated.

At best.

At worst?

It is ridiculously BORING. And that's the worst thing a movie can be.

Additionally, it frequently feels like the actors are acting. Not to a horrible degree; but enough to make it feel like it's definitely a movie. Which is another significant "ask" for the movie to make. You know, it's hard to buy into a lie when the liar is clearly lying. And actors are professional liars. Again, I'll use Gummo (I don't even particularly like that movie): even if Gummo feels like a movie on some level, what they really "are" doing as they act, like killing cats, makes the uncomfort of the movie real. Harmony Korine seems to have never said, "For this scene we choreographed a fight. Now... ACTION!" No. It seems like he said, "Listen... for this scene, you two are supposed to fight. Ummm... start fighting and I'll film it I guess." Yes they are acting. But also, yes, they really just did that. The Gummo scene where Harmony himself flirts with a black little person (I use that term because I can't recall if he was a dwarf or a midget) was filmed with the clearly not gay, first-time actor having no clue if an actually drunk Harmony was going to kiss him or not. Though still trying to act out his scene, his noticeable discomfort over Harmony being inches from his lips while caressing him, was NOT acting. This kind of vibe, where real life and acting have become blurred, is no where to be found in Bad Boy Bubby. NO WHERE. Instead, we get an actress who isn't his mother, having boring vanilla sex with an actor who isn't her son. We eventually piece together that they are supposed to be mother and son. It is our chore to pretend that we can't tell that the liars are lying, then go back in time and say, "OMG! Didn't they have sex earlier? OMG! OMG!' Then spastically carry on like it's the 195os and you just found out about homo orgies . OMG! Wow! How hard hitting.

Anyway, this movie's generic attempt to explore the uncomfortable will bore you to death with its slow pace if you're not a low info Normie. Click my name The_Strid if you want to see my movie lists.

Remember the game "Elements"? Man + dog + moon = Werewolf. Well Boy Kills World is like that. Old Boy + The Spirit + Kung Fu Hustle = Boy Kills World. If that isn't helpful, think THE CRUEL TUTELAGE OF PAI MEI from Kill Bill. Knowing that the narration is by Sterling Archer/Bob Belcher might help you as well. But if none of that meant anything to you, it's likely you will not appreciate this movie. This movie is unseriously serious by being solidly in the world of whimsical Sterling Archer style badassery and will appeal to those who like the quirky things in Kung Fu Hustle. It is creativity grounded in reality and over the top without toppling over. Many don't like The Spirit,but the feel of the two is what counts: the narration delivering the exposition, the pacing, even the tone are shared by both movies. So if this does not sound interesting, then I've saved you some time. On the other hand, if you weren't sure what this movie was like, I hope I just piqued your interest. Also, click my name for my movie lists of 100s of movies for you to consider.