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Looks like I have to shorten the title to fit Gaia's restrictions-- the complete name of this surrealist slab of lunacy is Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters. Why "colon"? I have no ******** idea. It's as random as the actual content of the film, perhaps the single most insane movie I have ever seen in my life, and that's including the complete works of Luis Buñuel and David Lynch.

I went into this film knowing very little about the TV show, apart from my friend Adam's drunken descriptions of favorite episodes over beers at Hooters (it's a tradition for us to go there when he visits after Christmas) and a few clips I've watched on YouTube. Perhaps someone better versed in the series would better understand exactly what the ******** is going on in this movie. Or maybe not. But even without that knowledge, I still found the movie hilarious, and I loved its fractured, experimental qualities-- it's not often you see something this structurally bizarre in a multiplex.

After a brilliant introduction where a cloying cutesy band of anthropomorphic concessions snacks attempt to explain the theater's rules, only to be drowned out by a thunderously loud metal band featuring a much grimier assortment of anthropomorphic snacks belting violent threats to the audience, the movie proceeds to... another introduction, completely unrelated to the main plot. When I described this sequence to Chantal, she told me it explains the opening credits sequence from the show; I guess it makes some sort of sense out of what were previously random images, though it still seems pretty random-- Frylock battles a giant robot poodle, gets killed, and is resurrected by a time-traveling Abe Lincoln. But this has nothing to do with anything that follows, except to establish the prevailing atmosphere of hallucinogenic madness.

The plot, if the film can be said to have a plot, revolves around an exercise machine called the Insanoflex, which Master Shake has somehow acquired from his next-door neighbor Carl. The Insanoflex, if properly assembled, could bring about the end of the world; and a couple of obnoxious aliens, along with a chicken-like robot who tells really boring stories, are trying to obtain the device for themselves. The result: multiple versions of the characters' origin stories, including the revelation that Frylock has a VCR installed in his back; 8-bit aliens making off with Dr. Weird's coffee table; and Carl developing a whole new level of musculature as a result of his enforced exercise regimen. Oh, and Meatwad holds a free concert in an attempt to attract girls.

I can't say I understood what was going on in the slightest, but that didn't matter. The movie's still a riot, and it made me want to go back and watch more of the series to see what I've missed.

Rating: 8/10.