South Park: Imaginationland

Originally conceived as the second South Park movie, then subsequently split into three episodes, this arc is everything we love about the show and then some. The story paints itself into a corner by the end and has to be resolved by something of a cheat, but that's a minor quibble when everything else is so enjoyable.

You just rest, Kyle. Look what I made for you. A sundae. It has hot fudge and whipped cream and a cherry. But...I feel like something is missing, don't you, Kyle? What else belongs on a sundae besides hot fudge and whipped cream? Hmm...argh...hot fudge, whipped cream, what else belongs on a sundae, Kyle? Tsk, what else goes on a sundae besides hot fudge, whipped cream, and...oh, that's right! My balls.

A disappointment. The fantasysploitation idea is a fine starting point and seeing unrelated, well-known characters interact is amusing enough but this is just three episodes of South Park reiterating two weak jokes about imagination and sucking balls. So what seemed promising initially ends up lacking the former and doing the latter, unfortunately. Skip it, snarf.

Leave it to fucking Butters to save the day.

ImaginaAaAAAaaaAshooun!

The moral, social and political satires are brilliantly understated and profound. Yes. Profound. As if you sucked all the negativity off of Marquis de Sade's ideology. No, not like that.

Is this really a movie? It was excellent in parts to be sure, but I'm dubious about its inclusion here. What the heck -- I've seen it, I'll rate it.

I'm surprised. SP has been going downhill since the seasons hit the double digits, but this is a return to form - at least in amount of laughs.

I don't mind South Park, but I found this boring, and I didn't understand all the hype. Maybe I was just in a bad mood when I watched it, because it seems that everyone liked it but me.

Became an instant classic in my mind when the Alien exploded through the chest of the mayor of Imaginationland.

Probably the most epic South Park storyline, and it surprisingly works better than a drawn-out cartoon TV show story should.

Not as funny as the original South Park movie, but that is a tall order to fill.

trey parker and matt stone never fail to blow me away with their sheer ingenuity and astute sociopolitical commentary, and imaginationland is one of the sharpest examples of that. hilarious and so smart, it doesn't hold back any punches and makes us see our current situation, especially when it comes to north american perceptions of the middle east in a wonderfully, simple, telling and imaginative way.

South Park at its finest

It's three TV episodes, not a movie, but it shows that Trey and Matt still have it and aren't always "truth is in the middle" shithead libertarians

Not as taut or hilarious as Bigger, Longer, and Uncut, Imaginationland definitely runs on cleverness and charm to sustain it through its 70+ minute runtime. Much like the recent South Park formula, many jokes are run into the ground until they're a beaten dead horse, but some of the cooler stuff like a Man-Bear-Pig appearance, the return of the Woodland Critters, and Butters' disturbed imagination are sure to make your sides hurt.

Crude, rude, and ridiculous, and also very funny. While it may not quite compete with South Park's finest ever moments, "Imaginationland" is laced with just enough satirical edge and intelligent commentry to make it enjoyable on more than one level.

"If enough people believe something, doesn't that make it sort of true?" Oh hey, wait, I know this one! That's, um, uh, ahhhhh-- (snaps fingers) ... horseshit! Yeah, that's it! Horseshit!

A few good laughs.

Still funny after all these years.

Saw this as it aired in multiple parts. Pretty funny.

in a world where "humor" is becoming increasingly aimless, luke-warm, politically correct and thus digestable for everyone...EVERY FUCKING ONE, it's so good to have warriors like parker and stone, who simply don't give a fuck who they offend. thank thank thank thank thank YOU!

I can't help loving South Park, and I admit this is entertaining and sometimes funny, but there was something genuine in the first seasons that is lost on many of the later episodes, such as this one. I do verily enjoy the sort of nonsense humor that Parker-Stone borrow from Monty Python, but episodes like this are marked by over-the-topness that's a bit redundant and doesn't serve the funniness.

It may lack the sharp satirical edge usually present in the latter seasons of the series, but it offers some of the funniest and most quotable moments in a long while.