This is so true!
I used to laugh everytime I died in large scale halo battles, since what usually followed was hilarious ragdoll physics combined with unnecessary and oversized explosions, needless to say, it had a pleasant end result.
The quality of the animation itself was a little jerky and rough to begin with, but really came into it's own once you started animating the ragdoll. Naturally though, the humour and its relatability (I'm pretty sure that's a word, but my computer disagrees.) is what makes this so entertaining.