s e v e n i s a j o u r n e y

Having finally purchased a local VCR that can watch PAL-format tapes, last night we took advantage and rented a local movie: “Meet the Feebles”, a 1989 film by Peter Jackson. Even after a nights sleep my head is still reeling. It was all evil Muppets… on crack. A bit of a slow start, but eventually the weirdness pounds into your skull and leaves you reeling/drooling. Muppet Tet Offensive flashback! Muppet snuff films! And of course the musical number “Sodomy”! I believe saying “my eyes! my eyes!” summarizes the horror. Wow, it was an experience. And then we watched the credits, and cackled even more as we recognized name after name of Oscar winners. Oh, what humble beginnings!

The video-store guy did say that this movie is in fact available on DVD in the states (zone 1), but not in NZ (zone 4). How weird is that? If you can find it, and need to smooth those frontal lobes, it is a fun choice.

This is the second weird-Kiwi movie we have rented now, the first was “The Price of Milk”, which we rented about 2 weeks ago. That one stared Karl Urban as a dairy farmer caught up in a wacky Maori-flavored fairy-tale. If you can find it outside NZ (doubtful, but you never know) it is worth a look. One of the local SCAdians described it as “one of the most Kiwi films I know”. You will have to see it to understand what that means.