Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Disaster Movie might just be the most appropriately titled one yet.

First of all, I make it my policy to never, ever walk out or turn off a movie. Okay, so just so you know, I have NO intention of ever ever seeing this movie. In fact, I hope to avoid this movie like Disney Channel programing avoids originality. now my first question is "who keeps giving these people money?" Friedberg and Seltzer may very be the Allen Smithees of their time. but when you have 2 minor successes with Scary Movie and Scary Movie 2 then follow those up with about 6 majorly unfunny bombs, one wonders why any movie studio would give these people any money. I truly believe that a pair of Jr high kids with a 3 month subscription to Entertainment Weekly could come up with a movie about as funny as and of the [Genre] Movie movies. Remember Meet the Spartans? you don't? I envy you gentle reader, for you have not stared into the death of comedy as we know it and faced the gaping maw of inane pop culture references that wouldn't be funny if they happened 2 days before the movie was released. I mean i can understand on some stupid level how Rob Schneider keeps getting movie work, if he didn't then TBS would run out of movies to show to lonely people on Friday nights. But this is more about the death of the parody comedy film, lets go back in time to the 70's and early 80's. Remember Airplane? Naked Gun? Kentucky Fried Movie? .... oh c'mon you gotta at least have seen Airplane, on Comedy Central, at like 4:30 in the afternoon, "and don't call me Shirley", yeah that one. anyway those movies stand the test of time, Airplane is still funny, some of the stuff may seem odd because its in a time before airport security and all that but the fact of the matter is that you can still get a good laugh out of it. and what really fries my beans (yeah that's an odd thing to say) is that it sorta uses the same types of gags, in terms of sight gags, reveling frames things like that. But imagine this, Airplane was mare in 1980 that's almost 30 years ago and the movie is still good, does anyone really think that anyone is gonna understand a Britney Spears shaving her head joke, or Amy Winehouse reference in 10 years? well if VH1 has anything to say we will, but i wont be funny and its not funny now. Another annoyance is that this is the third movie of it's type this year, yes that's 3 movies and its only august! i don;t know who keeps giving these two yutz money and i don;t care but when it comes to [Genre] Movie movies, there is only one rating suitable:

5


yes the dreaded Five! A movie that is a chore to sit through, a movie where if a friend says 'i wanna see that' you question your friendship with that person. yes this is a load of pure uncut crap with a topping of faux funny. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

What have you got against 'The Feel Good Movies Of The Year"?

Anonymous said...

Dad, sarcasm is unappreciated.