Thumb Wars: The Phantom Cuticle
Thumb Wars: The Phantom Cuticle
| 02 November 1999 (USA)
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The hilarious story of a restless young farm-thumb, Loke Groundrunner, and his tasty companion, Princess Bunhead, who go on an quest to combat Black Helmet Man and the Evil Thumbpire.

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If there were thumbs in space and they got mad at each other, there would be...Thumb Wars!Wow..this was possibly one of the funniest movie I have ever seen. The thumbs have have huge eyes, funny eyebrows, small mouths with crooked teeth...what's funnier than that? I found this movie at the video store and decided it looked really dumb, so I rented it. It turned out it was way funny and way better than Justin to Kelly (which I had watched earlier that same day). My favorite character would have to have been Princess Bunhead...because she had buns glued to her head or something; and she also managed to escape somehow on countless occasions. I also thought Yoda was cool, even though he resembled a rotten pear; but it was pretty funny when the light saber magically came out of his head.After the movie was over there were previews for future thumb-related videos including "ThumbTanic". I almost died when that thumb came on the screen and starting singing "My Heart is a Thumb" to the tune of "My Heart Will Go On". I'm making a point to go and find all six movies in the Thumb Series, because they are just so cool.If you haven't already seen this movie then I don't know what you are waiting for. Go see it right now. Go. Leave. Don't read anymore, you're wasting precious thumb-watching time. No seriously...go see it, you don't know what you are missing.oh yea and PS the guy who wrote thumb wars also made jimmy neutron...but we all know thumb wars is way better =]

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whiteboyroy

I have read some of the IMDb user comments for this "movie" and have come upon the conclusion that some people need to lighten up! It's a comical parody, for Pete's sake - not an Oscar entry! It's not supposed to WOW you over with million dollar special effects - it's supposed to poke fun at our modern film culture.This film was not released in theaters but was made strictly for home entertainment uses. I purchased the DVD box set of all 6 Thumb films for my kids for Christmas and we have laughed ourselves silly at these clever and quite creative shorts. Such titles as, "Thumbtanic", "The Blair Thumb", "Frankenthumb", "The Godthumb" and "Bat Thumb" - each one a hilarious and extremely inventive jab at classic cinema. Who would have ever thought of making films with thumbs as the stars? Only Steve Oedekerk and Co., that's who!Who cares if Star Wars came out in 1977 and the jokes for this film are old and tired? This is good stuff, people! Sure, the characters in the film are all thumbs – that's why it's called "Thumb Wars"! Want a hearty, cheap laugh at a classic sci-fi film? Watch this and you won't be sorry!

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Tintin a Tokyo

Thumb Wars is a nice, odd little parody on the now culturally mythical original Star Wars. The short interview/making of sequence following the filmette added to the enjoyment when you saw the number of people and the amount of effort which went into filming some thumbs (and one foot).It's true that some of the jokes made are pretty much standard fare (Leah is Princess Bunhead - with cinnamon buns for hair, a Stormtrooper comments on Darth Vader's "cool" voice). However, the curious effect of faces superimposed on thumbs, some of the attention to detail and references to the original (the bar scene), and some of the just plain whacked out humour (the naked X-wing pilot) are what maintain the pace.2 minutes longer and I think I would have begun to lose interest, but for something different and a good laugh Thumb Wars does the job. The preview for Thumb Tanic looked good too.

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quincunx-2

I will have to agree and say that this is the best Star Wars spoof I have ever seen. I didn't catch the whole thing when it was shown on TV, and I was glad to be able to buy it on video. The same folks are working on Titanic as well as other parodies. If they are anything like Thumb Wars, they should be hilarious.

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