Watched Idiocracy last night.
I had big hopes for it, but it didn't pan out.
The idea is brilliant. Stupid people are reproducing faster than smart people.
Average 2005 person ends up in 2505 and wakes up as the smartest person alive.
Luke Wilson's character learns of his status after being arrested in the future and taking an aptitude test to see what his prison job should be. The question: If you have a five gallon bucket and a two-gallon bucket, how many buckets do you have?
Wilson is charged with saving a civilization whose academy award winning screen play is a movie called "Ass" and the top-rated show is "Ow, My Balls" on the Violence Channel.
Sounds funny right?
It should have been (with the added bonus of being relevant social satire, to boot). But the laughs were noticeably absent.
I give it a 6 out of 10. The idea is great, the execution in lacking. I'd watch it again without complaint, but probably not on purpose. Even though i didn't particularly like it, i still recommend giving it a shot if you haven't seen it yet.
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