>>150018895
The plot was functionally sound, hitting all the beats, but it was bogged down with its compulsion to prove every minute that this is adult. It had already earned its R-rating with the sex scenes and balls. Defenders are right to say an adult comedy doesn't need heavy, mature themes like Fritz The Cat, but half the swears could've been swapped with more visual gags or characterization. The weed scene probably existed as an excuse for Genndy and Scott Wills to get visually experimental, only it didn't go far enough, so it just came across as another "we have this R-rating, let's put drugs in there". During the 14 years Genndy spent trying to sell this, I would've expected him to plan each sequence to perfection, rather than merely indulge in being "for adults" with jokes that felt peppered in at the last moment. It's the parts everyone seems to be mad at that hold up the movie, like the gay rape, because that's when it's being original and therefore memorable with its humor.