I watched this for the first time the other day, and thought it was absolutely awesome.
While it’s a comedy film, it surprisingly touched on a lot of areas seen in David Graeber’s ‘Bullshit Jobs’ concept, 14 years earlier.
Well acted, supremely funny and well written, and a particular joy to anyone who’s worked in an office, or had a family member who did. There’s not really any low or slow point in the film, it’s steadily excellent the whole way through.
It’s one of my favorite movies. I was still a pre-18 teen when it came out, in fact 1999 was an amazing year for western media, not just amount of amazing movies, but also music and games.
But I always found it odd how it resonated with me so well when I was barely old enough to work in an office, perhaps besides as a telemarketer or intern or something.
Anywho, to be an old man yelling at clouds here, I wonder if it’s worth straining archive.org’s servers by watching full movies from them. I’m thinking of this specifically because they’re currently being sued for 700 million dollars by the music industry and it might not survive this time around.
PS: Speaking of Mike Judge, he’s made some other amazing things like Beavis and Butthead, King of the Hill and Idiocracy. I just watched Common Side Effects which was amazing as well.