Aqua Teen Hunger Force is an 11 minute absurdist cartoon that airs late at night on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. The show’s humor both caters to and mocks a very specific type of person: Younger adults who grew up addicted to 2-D video games and dabbled in Dungeons and Dragons, then went to college and delved deep into the culture of weed.
You don’t have to fit this description to enjoy the show, or the feature length Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters, but it does help to have some knowledge of their realm. In my experience the Aqua Teens are something you either connect with or revile. The film version does nothing to reach out to a wider audience. So, if you have never seen the show please do so before bothering to see the movie (or bothering to read the rest of this review for that matter).
If you are still with us, the movie is quite a success. Matt Maiellaro and Dave Willis have not tried to make a flashier version of their TV show. Instead, they have created a great episode that happens to be eight times the usual length. The regular string of non-sequiturs and rapid fire jokes only slows once or twice during entire film. There is a semblance of a plot if you are interested in following it. The jumbled “origin story” of the Aqua Teens is a hilarious jab at TV-Movie crossovers like The Muppet Movie.
The achievement of this film (unlike Reno 911: Miami reviewed previously) is that the creators know why their show rules and they did not stray from that formula. There is a far more important TV cartoon to movie cartoon transfer coming out this summer. The people behind the Simpsons movie had better deliver a product that stays true their show (hopefully it stays particularly true to season 4). Otherwise there will be a lot of angry nerds out there, me included.
P.S. If you are a fan of the humor on display in Aqua Teen Hunger Force be sure that you are visiting the following sites:
1. marriedtothesea.com
2. nataliedee.com
3. toothpastefordinner.com
These sites are not for those of you with delicate sensibilities. You have been warned.
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