Goat Story is a perfect example of a "so bad it's good" movie. This movie has no right to be as enjoyable as it is, especially with how many flaws it has. And there are a LOT of flaws which I will elaborate on in a bit.
I'll start off with the basic premise and a short description of the movie. The main character Jemmy moves to Prague (Prague is actually a real city in the Czech Republic) with his best friend Goat who is, surprise surprise, a goat. Jemmy meets a woman in Prague named Katy whom he develops feelings for immediately. Goat is jealous that Jemmy catches feelings for Katy and not her (weird I know). Prague is also getting a giant clock built by a character named Clockmaster Hamish. A poor student named Mathew becomes Hamish's apprentice. However Mathew is picked on and tormented by almost everyone in the town. The plans to the clock get ruined and the town freaks out.
Major spoilers ahead for the next part.
Now I will go more in detail of the plot and the chaotic nonsense it contains. Mathew is at a bar and some mean rich guys scribble on the clock plan that Hamish gave Mathew. This all happens while Mathew tries to impress them and buy them drinks. Mathew then gets humiliated in front of town as he is chained to one of those wooden boards that have a hole for the head and arms in the town square. Someone smacks Mathew with a fish and says "ol' fish in the mouth." Mathew afterwards makes a deal with the devil because he is fed up with everyone. I don't really understand what the deal was but afterwards Mathew gets a cool fit from the devil.
Some very offensively portrayed Chinese men ask for a clock from Hamish, Hamish shows them the clock but refuses to build them one. Mathew was spying on Hamish, and feeling betrayed, he lets the Mayor know that Hamidh showed the clock plans to others. Hamish is punished by having his eyes cut out. Hamish asks Katy to show him the clock one more time, while there Hamish takes out a part and screws the clock up. Hamish dies shortly after. Since Katy was there when it happened they think Katy did it, they then sentence Katy to a hanging. But actually they didn't hang Katy, they hung goat dressed up as Katy. Katy and Jemmy find goat hanged but goat didn't die because she stuck a pipe in her throat (I don't understand either). And that is the end.
Now I will go on about the major flaws this movie suffers from. First off, the plot is confusing to follow and makes no sense. The movie jumps from scene to scene without making any sense and it is just a jumbled mess and it's hard to follow along. The movie suffers from being way too detailed with the textures and extremely taxing to look at. It looks like I can see every pore on Jemmy's face. The way characters act is very strange, it doesn't make sense. And the movie is very chaotic. Every scene is messy and has too much going on. There are inconsistencies in the logic and plot. But despite all these flaws, the movie still is enjoyable.
The whole movie feels like a fever dream and the plot feels like it was written when all the writers were high. It is strange and absurd and I love it. I recommend watching the movie even just to see the weirdness.
I'll start off with the basic premise and a short description of the movie. The main character Jemmy moves to Prague (Prague is actually a real city in the Czech Republic) with his best friend Goat who is, surprise surprise, a goat. Jemmy meets a woman in Prague named Katy whom he develops feelings for immediately. Goat is jealous that Jemmy catches feelings for Katy and not her (weird I know). Prague is also getting a giant clock built by a character named Clockmaster Hamish. A poor student named Mathew becomes Hamish's apprentice. However Mathew is picked on and tormented by almost everyone in the town. The plans to the clock get ruined and the town freaks out.
Major spoilers ahead for the next part.
Now I will go more in detail of the plot and the chaotic nonsense it contains. Mathew is at a bar and some mean rich guys scribble on the clock plan that Hamish gave Mathew. This all happens while Mathew tries to impress them and buy them drinks. Mathew then gets humiliated in front of town as he is chained to one of those wooden boards that have a hole for the head and arms in the town square. Someone smacks Mathew with a fish and says "ol' fish in the mouth." Mathew afterwards makes a deal with the devil because he is fed up with everyone. I don't really understand what the deal was but afterwards Mathew gets a cool fit from the devil.
Some very offensively portrayed Chinese men ask for a clock from Hamish, Hamish shows them the clock but refuses to build them one. Mathew was spying on Hamish, and feeling betrayed, he lets the Mayor know that Hamidh showed the clock plans to others. Hamish is punished by having his eyes cut out. Hamish asks Katy to show him the clock one more time, while there Hamish takes out a part and screws the clock up. Hamish dies shortly after. Since Katy was there when it happened they think Katy did it, they then sentence Katy to a hanging. But actually they didn't hang Katy, they hung goat dressed up as Katy. Katy and Jemmy find goat hanged but goat didn't die because she stuck a pipe in her throat (I don't understand either). And that is the end.
Now I will go on about the major flaws this movie suffers from. First off, the plot is confusing to follow and makes no sense. The movie jumps from scene to scene without making any sense and it is just a jumbled mess and it's hard to follow along. The movie suffers from being way too detailed with the textures and extremely taxing to look at. It looks like I can see every pore on Jemmy's face. The way characters act is very strange, it doesn't make sense. And the movie is very chaotic. Every scene is messy and has too much going on. There are inconsistencies in the logic and plot. But despite all these flaws, the movie still is enjoyable.
The whole movie feels like a fever dream and the plot feels like it was written when all the writers were high. It is strange and absurd and I love it. I recommend watching the movie even just to see the weirdness.