Wiggity-Whack

Based on the preview, it looked like a dumb comedy, yet another stranded-on-a-desert island pile of crap. And for a while, it was. In the end, this movie surprised me, and that's a rare feature for most movies, you have to admit. Not only cheesy modern-day blockbusters are predictable; who didn't see what was coming at the end of "M"? That movie was better than this, but it's always nice to be surprised.

Cinematic masterpiece? No. Worth seeing? Probably. Especially if it's free on HBO or whatnot.

I saw this film and loved it, though it was hard to gain the proper sense of perspective, as I know Dave (the lion tamer). However, it's interesting to note that Errol Morris is not nearly so controlling or manipulative as some viewers seem to think. He doesn't have to stretch the subject matter to try and make connections... he just lightly played the characters, and they all start to sound the same after a point. Anecdotal evidence? The obssessive robot scientist, after the making of the film, apparently decided the end of the world was coming, and holed up in his laboratory building his robot army (this is of course a rumor, from the lion tamer). In any event, he wouldn't come to any photo shoots after the release, so the other three men posed with a cardboard cutout of him... check the art and you might be able to tell.