I was in a Film as Art class in college back in the day and someone gave a great presentation on this movie. I don't remember much of the presentation but they made the point that the DMV is the perfect "family movie" joke. It doesn't water down crude humor, and it isn't some lol-fart joke. It was humor that is funny to everyone but resonates differently depending on age. Nobody needs to ask "why is that funny?" Which is exactly what you said, but it reminded me of that day!
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Okay, three dots means ‘to be continued’, four dots is a typo, but five dots means “Whoa, do not make me say what I want to say, baby, but if I did, it would blow your mind, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot.
I don't know. Maybe I'm just lucky or the DMVs I have used are special, but I have never been in a DMV longer than an hour. And that was when I had to take my driver's test. And it took maybe an hour. But whenever I'm getting my new tag sticker or updating my license? 15 minutes tops. Even with a line! It's still 15 minutes.
It is an old joke now partly for this reason. It is one of the main things I brink up as push back when people talk about Gov inefficiency or 'government bad' type points.
The DMV used to be slow. Now it isn't anymore. Because a government ran by the people can be changed to work better.
It is firmly in my Top 5 favorite movies of all time.
Though, I absolutely love parodies, and particularly police parodies, so this was a slam dunk for me.
The Chip and Dale movie from last year is somewhere in my top 10 for the same reason. If you haven't seen it, it is 100% worth the watch and nothing like you think it will be.
Chip and Dale came out of nowhere. I had never even heard it was happening. It popped up and I assumed “ok, another animated characters in the real world movie. They’ll drive around with James Marsden, then do some rap bit with a song from 15 years ago .”
Nope. It was a genius sequel to Who Framed Roger Rabbit? It was full of cameos without relying on them as the draw. Even Seth Rogan didn’t ruin it.
Did you notice the billboards in the background when they are walking down the street? They are hilarious. My favorite is a Gucci ad featuring Dobby the House Elf.
I have a two year old so I’m a bit of a connoisseur of animated movies at the moment. It’s definitely a fantastic movie compared to a lot of stuff that has been made since then!
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u/mrEnigma86 2d ago
The original was a surprisingly good film