Disaster Movie (2008)

User Rating:

1.6/10   

Directors:

Jason Friedberg
Aaron Seltzer

Writers (WGA):

Jason Friedberg (written by) &
Aaron Seltzer (written by)

Release Date:

29 August 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Not another shallow Hollywood movie

Plot:

Over the course of one evening, an unsuspecting group of twenty-somethings find themselves bombarded by a series of natural disasters and catastrophic events.

Plot Keywords:

Disaster | Natural Disaster | Batman | Indiana Jones | Michael Jackson

Awards:

6 nominations

Cast

Matt Lanter	...	Will
Vanessa Minnillo	...	Amy
G. Thang	...	Calvin (as Gary 'G Thang' Johnson)
Nicole Parker	...	Enchanted Princess / Amy Winehouse Look-A-Like / Jessica Simpson Look-A-Like
Crista Flanagan	...	Juney / Hannah Montana
Kimberly Kardashian	...	Lisa (as Kim Kardashian)
Ike Barinholtz	...	Wolf / Javier Bardem Look-A-Like / Police Officer / Hellboy / Batman / Beowulf / Prince Caspian
Carmen Electra	...	Beautiful Assassin
Tony Cox	...	Indiana Jones
Tad Hilgenbrink	...	Prince
Nick Steele	...	Underwear Model
John Di Domenico	...	Dr. Phil Look-A-Like / Love Guru
Jason Boegh	...	Male Carrie
Valerie Wildman	...	Samantha
Abe Spigner	...	Flava-Flav Look-A-Like

Also Known As:

Goodie Two Shoes (USA) (working title)
Meet the Spartans 2 (USA) (working title)
Meet the Spartans 2: The Story of McLover & The Kingdom of the Crystal Beer Can (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content throughout, language, drug references and comic violence.

Runtime:

87 min | 88 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | Ireland:15A | Australia:M | USA:PG-13 (certificate #44502) | UK:12A | Singapore:NC-16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Brazil:12 | Japan:PG-12 | Malaysia:18PL | Finland:K-13 | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:G (Québec) | USA:Unrated (unrated DVD version) | South Korea:15 | Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) | New Zealand:R13 | Mexico:B15

Filming Locations:

Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

Company:

Lionsgate

Trivia:

In the movie, the world will end on August 29, 2008, which was the date the movie was released.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The website on Amy Winehouse's I-Book is 'FaceNook', but it is called 'FaceBook' in the dialogue.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Will: [after falling face-first into a pile of feces in his dream] Oh, shit.

Movie Connections:

References "South Park" (1997)

Soundtrack:

Pump Your Fist

Never EVER make a bet with your "friends"

If you saw the other previous spoof movies by these two horrible gentlemen, then you should know that this already will be bad. I'll tell you the truth, if you want to watch it as a brainless person (ironically meant for the stereotypical teenagers, which I am not) then you will laugh at it a bit. But if you judge it, even a little, the movie automatically fails. Why? Never ask that when it comes to these two men.

Remember the good old Hollywood days whenever making a movie was about showing people a type of art, and also a story that kept you on the edge of your seat? Well whenever word hit that making films earned you loads of cash, then all these greedy people came in the picture and its quite pathetic. These two are no exception. We still have movie artists (most notably the genius that is Christopher Nolan). But these two guys just...well I've been writing so big words, let me put it in simple terms for these guys...These guys suck, they are not artists, but instead money craving whores. And their latest movie proves this even more so.

The movie fails so easily its mind blowing. I mean nothing was funny in the trailer, and people usually put the best stuff in them (like idiots sometimes).

I knew it was going to be bad, but I made a bet with my "friends" and that wasn't a good idea at all. I have to write movie reviews in a paper and tell everyone whats good and whats bad, same for my friends. We flipped on who has to review it...Why me? Well I'm warning you at least. It shouldn't even be called a movie, nothing about it is artistic or original. The jokes..I'm sorry, the references are made throughout at pretty much random, like the Hannah Montana or the Juno gig (they were actually close to spoofing it, but failed by referencing instead of joking and twisting it).

Oh and please, the random wrestling scene? I don't know about you other guys, but I have high respect for women, and I have a high respect for film-making. What I do know is you shouldn't have something in a movie that doesn't add up to the story or anything. Nudity is not really needed (Titanic was the closest exception, but still you would've gotten the idea if you only saw her bare legs.) Now I hate it when a girl says all guys are the same, perverts and brainless (and if you disagree with what I said about the nudity in a film, you might be one of them unless you actually believe it has a point), and sadly this film just makes that stereotype a little bigger. Thats if anyone watches it, which hahahaha!!! By the way, when I said movies should have scenes and only scenes that add up to the main plot, that was the ticket right there to say that this movie fails. Yup, just like that. Perhaps I'm grading too hard for these guys. I mean its a brainless movie...Nope, they deserve it. Besides thats the best part about reviewing a bad movie, you get to rip it inside out. Thats if you know how to grade a movie correctly.

But lastly (well I've got about 4 scores worth of bad movies I need to write about, but whatever) the main idea about spoofing was brand new when Airplane! came out. Same with Naked Gun. And whenever something random came into play, the story was still progressing. For example, the arrow in Airplane! shooting out of nowhere: random, yes, but the story was still movie and no one was distracted except the audience. Perfect. Naked Gun, not only was it spoofing cop films and others, but it also had its own jokes. Same with Airplane! Anyways this movie was made for money, not to tell people a story. Simple as that, and never flip a dang coin to determine something that could be life threatening.

I give it a 1 out of a 10. Just do yourself a favor and watch good movies, or mediocre for that matter.