The makers of these parody movies lack brilliant minds like the ones who had a hand in such films as Spaceballs, Hot Shots! Part Deux, and Robin Hood: Men In Tights. Do yourself a favor and rent the good stuff.
I long for the days of the Scary Movies. I cry with laughter whenever I see the beginning of Scary Movie 2. “Lord, help me release this demon!” James Woods’ best role yet.
I’ll probably see Disaster Movie with some friends. I have a taste for really bad parodies. I can’t help it.
I saw the trailer on Youtube PV. I’ll tell ya that it looks really funny. I busted my gut watching it, but I believe that it is just going to be stupid. I love the parodies like you mentioned (Space Balls, Men In TIghts, etc)
Oh yeah. I loved Hot Shots! and Part Deux! And Spaceballs was really a riot.
As for all of these parodies coming out (aka Date Movie, Superhero Movie, Epic Movie, Disaster Movie) they are only out to make a quick buck. None of them are really ever that good. Not to mention all of them have to have some sort of “dance-off.”
Date movie: One movie you wouldn’t want to take your date on. I watched it in theatres and immediately wished I hadn’t.
It’s unfathomable how people still support this piece of cinematic dreck. When my friends went to watch Meet the Spartans (which apparently is equally appalling), I ‘scolded’ them for giving away their hard-earned cash to these scammers. That’s right, scammers. Look, it’s not like these guys are new, or it’s their first spoof comedy. They’ve done this rigmarole before in countless (insert genre) Movies, and this is just the latest in their long line of rip-offs.
Do yourself and these talentless hacks a favour. Don’t go see this cinematic travesty in cinemas. Wait for rental. Or if you really must see it, buy a ticket for another movie (there are others who deserve better) and sneak into the theatre in which it’s playing. Heck, I hate to say this, but just torrent it. My rationale is this: if you’re going to illegally download movies (which I don’t condone, I prefer mine to be on the big-screen or at least a rental), don’t download the good ones like Iron Man, Dark Knight and Wall-E. They worked hard and deserve your full support, so give these studios a reason to make more (hopefully better) sequels or films of similar quality. What you should be doing, is stopping these guys from earning a cent instead, that way we won’t see any more of this garbage. Simple demand vs supply, if we keep getting these uninspired films, it’s because we asked for it.
Better yet, don’t watch it. And don’t feel bad, cos’ unlike other bad movies, where the director and cast are just plain deluded, these losers are actually admitting it’s horrible.
And you thought Beverly Hills Chihuahua was bad… [/end rant]