Product Description

The Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie establishes the origins of the Aqua Teens and attempts to explain the back story to some age-old mysteries that have surrounded the Aqua Teens. Or does it? No one really knowsRunning Time: 166 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY UPC: 053939791921 Manufacturer No: T7919

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6506 in DVD
• Brand: Warner Brothers
• Released on: 2007-08-14
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
• Formats: AC-3, Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 87 minutes

Amazon.com
Fans of Cartoon Network’s Aqua Teen Hunger Force series (part of the cable channel’s Adult Swim programming) know what they’re in for with this feature-length extension of the nearly-indescribable animated show. Set in a rundown, Jersey suburb, Aqua Teen concerns the misadventures of three human-size characters who happen to be fast food refuse: the crude Master Shake, a discarded milkshake in a cup similar to those from McDonalds; skeptical Frylock, a flying, cardboard box of french fries; and the personable Meatwad, a piece of expired, red beef of unknown origin. Together, they go in search of a missing piece of an exercise machine that happens to be more than an exercise machine, placing them on a collision course with the likes of Oglethorpe and Emory, a pair of jagged, ridiculous creatures from the future who travel with a robot companion claiming to be the Ghost of Christmas Past. They also encounter Dr. Weird, a mad scientist given to disguises and who seeks revenge against the Hunger Force; McPee Pants, a rapping spider who wears a shower cap and diaper; and the hilarious Ignignokt and Err, two-dimensional villains from the ancient days of pokey, Atari video games. Dave Willis and Matt Maiellaro, series creators and writers-directors on Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters, are wildly entertaining class clowns, but they expect the rest of us to follow them into their surreal world of postmodern animated nuttiness. The rewards, however, are plentiful. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews

The only thing that prohibits this from being 5 stars...
I am an established fan of ATHF. I went into theaters knowing, expecting, and wanting randomness, utter crap of a plot, and crazy going on's that's been the usual business for Frylock, Master Shake, and Meatwad.

Anything other would've been the real madness.

That said - it isn't as funny as it could be. It still is entertaining, and purely awesome in the fact that it's ATHF and a movie (so ha, take that mainstream commercial media), but still, as a movie it could've been better. Somehow, yeah, I did want to actually know the real beginnings of the gang - so I felt it was a big "let's diss the fans" with a big pseudo subplot. But that isn't essential or important in the scheme of things.

NOW.. I'd like to talk about the commentary on the DVD set. Somehow, someway Patti Smith of ALL people got to be on it - commenting on the production of the movie. Let me say this: she wasn't at all involved in the production, she wasn't a voice talent, she didn't do any music, and she didn't even know what Aqua Teen Hunger Force was until recently (not to mention that the first time she saw the movie was during the commentary session).

Commentaries are a tricky thing to accomplish right. Certain people tend to talk over one another, sometimes topics are hijacked and diverted away from the movie to some random off-tangent place, or othertimes people get so sucked into the film they helped create they forget to talk or mention important tidbits fans are dying to know about.

Patti Smith dominated the commentary. Not once did I hear ANYTHING relevant concerning the production, or about developing the story, or anything. Not even funny little stories that happened during production. Nothing. She dominated it, and whipped it into submission. Several times the overly polite guys tried to wring it out of control: one example is in the beginning when they tried to attempt introductions which she interrupted loudly with a segueway story that had nothing to do with anything or another example by saying repeatedly over the course of the commentary, "Oh gee, my son would love this..."

I suppose you could argue they brought her in because she was from South Jersey, or because she added this "realistic bizarre esthique".. or it could be because she was screwing one of the guys on staff.

Seriously, keep your poon and keep your biz separated. She turned the viewers at my place so OFF that we complained that her voice was starting to hurt our ears (at least mine).

I'm not saying "don't buy the DVD." Buy it! Rent it! Do whatever! Just when you click on the commentary, don't expect anything but losing 2 hours of your life listening to Patti Smith talk about nothing very loudly and hearing the guys titter in the background.

"Boston knows a bomb when they see one".
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Good, but a bit overly long
Like one reviewer put it, the movie is great but would be better as a 15 minute episode. The magic that made the series so great just doesn't translate well into a movie. It's difficult to make something so short funny for an hour or two.

In the movie Fry, Master Shake, & Meatwad try to get buff. They have some contraption that's obviously going to backfire horribly (which it does) since that's something that's a regular in the series. After some misadventures, they start the machine up & it turns into a horrible robotic monstrosity with Carl inside of it. That's pretty much the basic plot in a nutshell. Literally, it could have been shorter. Then again, they wouldn't have been able to put in the added backstory about where they came from and who their parents are. It's funny, but honestly the origin story could have been skipped. It was lackluster.


In the end the movie is good for entertainment value (i.e., it won't bore you), but not good as far as overall greatness goes. I wouldn't buy it full price $25-18, but it'd make a decent addition if you can get it at a bargain price. It's not worth that much.