After the horrible bottom feeders Date Movie, Epic Movie, and Meet the Spartans many people may be turned off from another spoof in the vein of Scary Movie. But in reality New Regency's idiot duo Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, the two who brought us the garbage mentioned earlier in this review, weren't even behind it. Instead it was brought from Dimension film's own Craig Mazin, the mind behind Scary Movie 3 and 4.
But that's not the only reason not to or TO see it, we have the legendary Leslie Nielsen (from Airplane and Naked Gun stardom) co-starring in a role that isn't unlike the films that made him a star. We also have the charismatic Drake Bell fresh off Drake and Josh fame. The obligatory cameos by Pamela Anderson and Tracy Morgan are nothing to get excited about, they make brief, insignificant appearances that aren't what the movie's about. This film is about spoofing SUPERHERO movies, if you already didn't know! And they do a fine job. Even if the attempt is sometimes a hit and miss.
I really can't lie though, even though I had preconceived notions about this flick, I was very entertained. Scene after scene (mostly spoofing the Spiderman trilogy) kept me laughing and laughing until I was actually in pain. Some jokes, most the ones involving flatulence, farting to the simpleton, fell flat and seemed unsophisticatedly forced. But the rest is actually felt fresh and new. I couldn't help but love scenes that provided comedic "What if?" scenarios of scenes from Spiderman and X-Men. The best in which have Drake Bell undergo the sickening transformation into "The Dragonfly", and even a twist of the famous wall climbing scene from Spiderman where he realizes something just isn't right.
But this film likes to stay within a decent realm of pertinence, rather than choose random people in pop culture and play off them like caricatures. With Leslie Nielsen at Bell's side we get an authenticity not usually found in spoofs anymore. We do get a Tom Cruise parody that at first feels out of place, but eventually grows on you. A perfect impression by Miles Fisher is what we get, and he does such a good job of mimicking his mannerisms you could sware he was a skinny version of Frank Caliendo.
Will this film rejuvinate the genre, absolutely not. Will it make lots of money? Yes! But hopefully not only from idiotic, hormonally challenged teenie boppers. Hopefully some people will give it a chance. Even if for only 50 minutes of it's 85 minute running time we get a fun and refreshingly original sleeper. One of the best spoofs in over half a decade!
But that's not the only reason not to or TO see it, we have the legendary Leslie Nielsen (from Airplane and Naked Gun stardom) co-starring in a role that isn't unlike the films that made him a star. We also have the charismatic Drake Bell fresh off Drake and Josh fame. The obligatory cameos by Pamela Anderson and Tracy Morgan are nothing to get excited about, they make brief, insignificant appearances that aren't what the movie's about. This film is about spoofing SUPERHERO movies, if you already didn't know! And they do a fine job. Even if the attempt is sometimes a hit and miss.
I really can't lie though, even though I had preconceived notions about this flick, I was very entertained. Scene after scene (mostly spoofing the Spiderman trilogy) kept me laughing and laughing until I was actually in pain. Some jokes, most the ones involving flatulence, farting to the simpleton, fell flat and seemed unsophisticatedly forced. But the rest is actually felt fresh and new. I couldn't help but love scenes that provided comedic "What if?" scenarios of scenes from Spiderman and X-Men. The best in which have Drake Bell undergo the sickening transformation into "The Dragonfly", and even a twist of the famous wall climbing scene from Spiderman where he realizes something just isn't right.
But this film likes to stay within a decent realm of pertinence, rather than choose random people in pop culture and play off them like caricatures. With Leslie Nielsen at Bell's side we get an authenticity not usually found in spoofs anymore. We do get a Tom Cruise parody that at first feels out of place, but eventually grows on you. A perfect impression by Miles Fisher is what we get, and he does such a good job of mimicking his mannerisms you could sware he was a skinny version of Frank Caliendo.
Will this film rejuvinate the genre, absolutely not. Will it make lots of money? Yes! But hopefully not only from idiotic, hormonally challenged teenie boppers. Hopefully some people will give it a chance. Even if for only 50 minutes of it's 85 minute running time we get a fun and refreshingly original sleeper. One of the best spoofs in over half a decade!
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