Mystery Men had the potential to be truly funny, but my feeling throughout was that it was a wasted opportunity. The script has some funny lines, but a combination of poor delivery and truly bad direction dooms this movie to being so-so.
Most of the problem can be lain at the feet of the director. For some reason he likes to shoot characters saying their lines straight to the camera from eight inches away. Not once, but all through the movie and it looks terrible. Add to this some wasted set pieces, dodgy special effects and the movie constantly sags.
Still, the dialog is not bad and it's fun to watch a bunch of very stupid heroes take down the master villain.
Most of the problem can be lain at the feet of the director. For some reason he likes to shoot characters saying their lines straight to the camera from eight inches away. Not once, but all through the movie and it looks terrible. Add to this some wasted set pieces, dodgy special effects and the movie constantly sags.
Still, the dialog is not bad and it's fun to watch a bunch of very stupid heroes take down the master villain.