So funny!
Added 10/27/2009
This show is one of my favorites. I'm so glad I stumbled across it at a friend's house a couple of years ago. Bret and Jemaine are so quirky, hilarious, creative, and musically-talented! As a long time musician, I am often blown away by their capacity to mix lyrically and rhythmically complex vocals with skilled guitar playing. This talent particularly shines when you see their live performances on websites like YouTube. A highly-recommended series! I look forward to seeing their new material!
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FOTC season 1
Added 9/11/2009
Excellent TV series. Best way I can describe it is that it has a similar comedy style as the Office, but with music. The songs in this season are very clever, original and also very catchy. Just watch it already.
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One dimensional juvenile humor good for a few laughs...
Added 9/2/2009
One dimensional juvenile humor good for a few laughs..., but the show is admittedly redundant after watching 4 or 5 episodes. There is plenty of humor to explore in the story's basic plot of two naieve and slightly incompetent Kiwi musicians trying to make it big in NYC...but alas, the same 18 to 25 year old guy jokes and accompanying situations repeat themselves. Every episode. Every episode. The writing becomes complacent, and with it, there is little character development or drive in this show. Ultimately, the viewer ends up waiting for the odd breakout into song, which is the brilliance of Flight of the Conchords. It's hard to care about the two main characters Jemaine and Bret. I'd rather just watch their kitschy, hilarious (and memorable) 3 minute dittys on a variety of inane subjects.
The 2 disc set offers no bonus features, and so the band/show's best parts are ignored. Take FOTC for what it's worth and you won't be too disappointed. I just wonder: can these guys go back to New Zealand with their heads held high...or do they sneak back through Aukland anonymously? I can't imagine real Kiwis who are impressed with this show. Real Kiwis are so much more intelligent, aware, engaging, and truly funny beyond three or four odd guitar chords and some digital support...
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Thank you for not Deleting ANY scenes
Added 8/28/2009
Man I love this show.
Unfortunately I've only seen three of them, one re-run over and over and two others that just knock me off my feet.
But that's not a problem anymore, just seeing three shows I mean, because when I get paid, if i don't get laid off of my 27 year teaching career in sunny CA, I can order.
And what I ESPECIALLY like is that everything they did was put into the show-with no deleted scenes. I hate DVD's that I have to wade through all these cut scenes wondering if I now know something that went on behind a door I wasn't supposed to sneak up to, put a glass to, and go ahead and listen in, to find out something generally icky or just too much. It usually just leads you to shake your head and know now you know too much through means sideways. If it was supposed to be there wouldn't it be there? I don't know.
Anyway this is free of all that confusion. Watch what you missed on HBO. Order today!
Now why do I love it? Fair enough. Let me count the ways.... Well firstly the characters are so off, so unlike the boring stick Happy Days unfunny predictable joke comedy of network TV with reference to the same 15 things a group of smelly/smarmy/smarty track going, cigar chomping, aggressive, dank old "listen to my ego" driven comics do in doing re-runs of the first few days of TV ...ah...I like it's "not that." Nothing like that. There is almost none of that I like. Almost none. Feel sorry for that kind of comic. Smell like my grandma's suitcases. I may be old but we moved on for a reason. That' isnt to say that they didn't do their thing well-Red Skelton I loved. Once. I like it is driven by something where it might be about how being poor is a drag, people are very quirky, you bought a 2nd cup for your broken down apartment, went over-draft and now have all the power shut off.... laughs aren't necessarily punches in our face with an 18 minute laugh track.It just has this lovely little musical thing going. These two have an excellent "folk" act that translated to this form so well. They crack on themselves, America...characters and love. It's really funny.
It's just funny.
Ok....funny...in the way of why I laugh at kids in a classroom, and passing through things in my days, like the absurdity of a bird flying in the room, kids shrieking, inspectors watching you teach "to the test" in the first two days, and a child yelling out "It's only a bird, it isn't a bat or a dinosaur, relax, if it was a pterodactyl we'd be so dead by now."
It's kinda like that. Only with a New Zealand accent, agent, songs that are always insane and a very light feel.
I want to order both seasons, man I hope it's renewed. I think the show is brilliant. I'm actually ordering to watch at work, after my class is long home sure, and I'm working late or weekends and want to watch something but do not want to forget to laugh about it all. Someone called me boring today based on some 5 minute writing, adding I was like Palin's script writer, so that's enough ....if you want the comedy done a little differently you'll be into this. But, what do I know?
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Flight of the Conchords 1st Season
Added 8/19/2009
Sent as gift. Arrived promptly in great condition.
Thanks for great service. Hysterical DVD.
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For Some, Maybe
Added 11/6/2009
I enjoyed this movie, and if I could, I would given it a 3.5 star review.
However, many people dislike this movie, and this may be why.
This movie is less a comedy, as it is sometimes marketed, and more of a character driven 'dromedy.' People need to be able to relate to the characters in the movie if a character driven plot is going to work. The problem is that these characters, for the most part, are not very identifiable.
Also, people like to see growth in the main characters. They like to see a flaw, a realization, growth, and flaw overcome. After watching the movie, I question what, if anthing, did these characters learn and grow from.
That being said. None of that matters to me. This film stepped out of the old movie formulas, and into more of a real life feel, although it is still ultimately unrealistic. However, some people in this world are as disturbed as Clement's character, and not everyone learns the lesson that is presented to them.
I think a good test for a movie is if you feel strongly about the plight of the hero or heroine, and in this movie, I want so badly for Lily to be happy.
I enjoyed the stop-motion side story. I won't ruin the movie for you, but there is a strong, somewhat obvious metaphor presented in those very creative scenes. Also, I thought the soundtrack added depth to this movie, which cannot be said of most soundtracks.
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Quirky fun
Added 6/9/2009
A quirky little comedy from New Zealand. Two social misfits try dating, showing that there's someone for everyone out there, I guess. Think 'Napoleon Dynamite' loser, and you have the basic idea. Funny once, but not sure it would stand up to repeated watching.
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A SAD AND FUNNY QUIRKY FILM!
Added 5/17/2009
Just one look at the cover art of the DVD case is enough to let you know this isn't just another movie! The likable cast keeps this sweet little romantic comedy fresh. It's got a Napoleon Dynamite vibe with it's cast of off the wall characters. The main character of Lily is played with honesty and you can't help but feel sorry for her all the while laughing through this quirky little film. It's nice to see a romantic comedy that I didn't know the ending to ten minutes after it started.
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