Idiocracy (2006)

Posted : 8 months, 2 weeks ago at Mar 6 5:21

"As the 21st century began, human evolution was at a turning point. Natural selection, the process by which the strongest, the smartest, the fastest, reproduced in greater numbers than the rest, a process which had once favored the noblest traits of man, now began to favor different traits. Most science fiction of the day predicted a future that was more civilized and more intelligent. But as time went on, things seemed to be heading in the opposite direction. A dumbing down." As Idiocracy commences, we're presented with a fairly convincing theory regarding the future of the human species. For centuries, science fiction stories have usually portrayed a future world as a crisp utopia of science and advanced learning with flying cars and phenomenal technology. The future has also been ill...Read more

Posted : 1 year, 1 month ago at Oct 3 23:59

On judging Mike: I’ve always been a fan of Beavis and Butthead and the man behind the duo’s insane antics: Mike Judge. His ideas are always darkly humored and if you’re patronizing that sort of humor, Idiocracy is a rollercoaster ride for you. On a garbage avalanche: Private Joe Bauers (Wilson) is described as an “Average American” and with that, the army uses him as a guinea pig for a top secret hibernation program. He doesn’t have a family, is an orphan, which makes him more ideal to be in the program. Another lowlife, Rita (Rudolph), a prostitute, goes in the experiment with Joe. The experiment should only run for a year but then the two are forgotten and then they wake up 500 years later, only to find out how the entire world had become: people are more retarded than z...Read more

Rating : 5/10

Posted : 2 years, 6 months ago at May 10 22:12

This was really worth watching.
I agree with Janhoo that this film started off well, with the reproduction habits of the population, and then went on to some teenage idiotic storyline.
That said, it is unfortunately also very representative of the society we live in. What can we expect of the current society when it creates shows where (to paraphrase Prelude76), if you're smarter than a 5th grader, you can win a million bucks? Society *IS* degrading, and this movie clearly shows it. It's pathetic and sad to watch, but also pretty realistic.


Rating : 8/10

Posted : 2 years, 8 months ago at Feb 27 20:16

just saw on TV a new game show where they pick idiots and see if they're smarter than a 5th grader, and if they are, they can win up to a million dollars. I immediately thought of Idiocracy. Man that movie was so right; society is getting stupider, and being 'stupid' these days gets you on TV and heck, you may even win a million dollars. Although the film took it to the extreme in order to highlight the changes, it's still a blast to see the spin that Mike Judge does about society's dumbing-down. See how every Windows version is dumbed down more and more (case in point: Vista). See how Jackass Number 2 was a box office smash, while brilliant but 'thinking' movies like Children of Men were box office bombs. See how every commercial and TV show are just getting stupider. Heck, sa...Read more

Rating : 9/10

Posted : 2 years, 10 months ago at Jan 4 1:17

The film starts with a case study about the reproduction habbits of smart and dumb people.
That's good satire and worth watching.

But after explaining why evolution will make people stupid, the film concentrates on displaying this stupidity, which most of the time doesn't leave the level of teenage nonsense comedies.


Rating : 6/10