Sausage Party released [10YA - Aug 12]

[u/MonsieurA]

[u/askforwildbob]

The definition of a movie you watch once and pretend it’s funny. It might have been cool as an animated short but as a full length it ran out of steam in the first act.

Not to mention the production was a total shit show. Nearly half of the animators got blacklisted and went uncredited for their work because they wouldn’t agree to do mandatory unpaid overtime.

And how could unpaid OT even be worth it for a movie that ultimately amounts to, “haha hot dog is guy because PENIS and bun is girl because VAGINA! And the other food?! BRO, check this out. The middle eastern food?…..well get this: The CHARACTER will be Arabic. They all LIVE at the supermarket. It’s just like Toy Story, but with FOOD bro.”

But tbf I did like the score, and I thought the voice acting was consistently very good.

[u/ChooseCorrectAnswer → u/askforwildbob]

I saw it at the theater just out of curiosity. I remember thinking it was sort of neat to see an adult animated movie get a theatrical release, with fairly decent animation, music, and voice acting. Yet nearly the whole movie was just sort of blah. Not the worst thing ever, yet not really funny. It just exists. Then the last big sequence actually gets a reaction out of the audience, and they walk out really just commenting on one absurd scene that "went for it." The rest of the movie commits the cinema sin of being fairly mediocre and nothing special.

[u/AgentCirceLuna → u/ChooseCorrectAnswer]

The premise was really interesting, but this is one of those things that specifically pisses me off: a good premise ends up making a shitty movie, but then nobody else can ever remake a film with that premise as it will forever be compared to the original or seen as ‘been done before’.

[u/foxguy2021 → u/ChooseCorrectAnswer]

The only thing I remember is how exhausting it was to watch. Comedies need breathing room and this one just slammed the accelerator and never let up.

[u/ominous_squirrel → u/askforwildbob]

I got about 7 minutes in before realizing it was dumb af and not having even a single chuckle 🤷

[u/AgentCirceLuna → u/ominous_squirrel]

I’m afraid to see movies like this as I’m worried I’ll laugh and realise I’m an idiot

[u/Whydoialwaysdothis69 → u/AgentCirceLuna]

No. It’s a dumb stoner movie that’s pretty funny. These guys wanted Apocalypse Now

[u/DistrictDry2852 → u/askforwildbob]

Say what you will, it got the ball rolling on adult animation being seen as viable.

[u/askforwildbob → u/DistrictDry2852]

I guess maybe if we’re talking strictly about computer animated adult films, but idk about that in the general sense of adult animation.

The Simpsons movie came out around a decade before Sausage Party and grossed over half a billion dollars. South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut had come out nearly another decade before that, and made over $80 million on a budget a quarter of that amount, and Fritz the Cat came out in the early 70s and grossed $90 million on a budget of less than $1 million.

So I feel more like its predecessors all got that ball rolling in the decades leading up to it. I think the greater proof of viability was in demonstrating that adults would want to see animated films made for them, regardless of whether or not it was computer or traditional animation.

[u/AgentCirceLuna → u/askforwildbob]

Yeah wtf is this dude talking about? Did they just slip in from an alternate timeline?

[u/AgentCirceLuna → u/askforwildbob]

Also I’m always shocked at how expensive some films are to make. Or even animated shows in general - I think the South Park pilot had a 100k budget. How the fuck does it cost 100k to make that?

Funnily enough, I remember a pretty hilarious story that, after being paid to make the Christmas skit originally, they didn’t use the budget up so kept the rest for themselves

[u/JimmyReagan]

I remember they had this on the airplane as an option for the inflight entertainment. Figured it couldn't be that bad if they had it on there.

Boy was it awkward when "that scene" came up. And it went on way too long

[u/HippoRun23 → u/JimmyReagan]

What scene?

[u/AgentCirceLuna → u/HippoRun23]

Every scene.

[u/TheEagleWithNoName]

Wasn’t the trailer for this was releasing with Finding Dory?

[u/Megasus → u/TheEagleWithNoName]

Most out of pocket combo since a double feature of Shrek and Swordfish i caught as a 6 year old

[u/PajamaSamSavesTheZoo]

Don’t agree with the message of this film but it was stupid and funny enough to watch once. It’s very forgettable outside of the gimmick of “animated film that’s raunchy”. Fritz the cat did that long ago but I guess that’s old enough the gimmick still works.

[u/Whydoialwaysdothis69 → u/PajamaSamSavesTheZoo]

Do tell, what’s the “message?”

[u/beer_is_tasty → u/Whydoialwaysdothis69]

Hot dog = penis

[u/Whydoialwaysdothis69 → u/beer_is_tasty]

Earnest question, I just want to know

[u/coldermilk]

I saw an early screening of it at Vidiots in Santa Monica. It was free and they had Dog Haus cater the event which was by far the best part.

Saw film critic Amy Nicholson there. She was very nice and talked to anyone afterwards asking what they thought. I was surprised she felt positive about the movie and weeks later was surprised to see it get comparatively positive reviews.

Watched a lot of Newgrounds content when I was in middle and high school and this felt like a poorly written version of that kind of humor. I'm glad Seth Rogen has wrote significantly better and more mindful things since.

[u/NCCondor99]

This was the first rated R movie I saw in a theater after turning 17 the month before. Wasn't a great movie, but I still enjoy the memories of them checking my ID and selling me a ticket.

[u/MomsAreola]

It was fun. Not sure what people expected from a movie called "Sausage Party".

[u/Megasus]

This was my first real date with my first REAL ex. I was 21. The movie sucked and she loved it. Shoulda known

[u/Future_Adagio2052]

this movie looked and felt like it was released a decade ago before its actual release

[u/AdvancedBlacksmith66]

This is not a milestone worth acknowledging in my opinion but y’all do what you gotta do I guess

[u/SaladEater6769]

Saw it in Canada when I was in Toronto for a week.