Saw it tonight.

Suprisingly good being that it comes from a semi-decent pedigree of the "Scary Movie" franchise which was only half-decent at best.

The plot is about as cliched as they come, but then again its supposed to be that way so there isn't anything to complain about there. The film mocks everything from Star Wars and Lord of the Rings to How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and Kill Bill. There really is nothing left sacred, including yes Paris Hilton's "swimsuit" and burger commercial to reality dating shows.

The laughs are constant and non-stop through the beginning and first half of the film. It hits a plateau though about half-way through and gets stuck in a rut until the last 20 minutes or so.

Overall its a decent film, very funny. It certainly could have worked a little better from time to time, but it is enjoyable for what it is.

B

Oh My God! I feel so sorry for Alyson Hannigan right now. I love her to death, but the film is appauling. The film is more generic than the films that are spoofed. I laughed quite a bit in the first half an hour but for the amount of jokes there was, you were probably supposed to laugh more. The rehersal dinner scene in which it turns into a musical is funny and the very last spoof at the end is probably the best part of the movie.

The spoofs themselves needed a lot of work, has a lot of the jokes that were forced an pretty unfunny. The Kill Bill spoof is probably the stupidest thing you will ever see.

I guess I had more fun in looking for the movies they were spoofing. Some obvious, some not so obvious.

A good idea, but we know who the funnier writers were for Scary Movie.

Because I love Alyson Hannigan so much, I can't rate this movie. Because I can't bring myself to type the letter D.

Funny, but not funny enough. Extremely short, too.

Grade: B-

Joy

Absolutely terrible.

I didn't laugh nearly as much as I hoped walking in the door. It's disappointing- even for a B level raunchy PG13 Scary Movie rip-off.

D+

D-

There's a reason there were four other writers on Scary Movie.

Meh.

A few very funny moments sprinkled throughout the production, but the ratio of unsuccessful jokes/parodies to successful ones is probably like 5:1...and it only seemed like they parodied My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Hitch, The Wedding Planner and My Best Friend's Wedding (with brief nods to When Harry Met Sally and Meet the Parents thrown in).

Alyson Hannigan somehow manages to retain her dignity fully intact throughout the whole thing, a large accomplishment.

Overall, good for a few throwaway laughs but one of the least memorable spoofs in a while.

C

I really do not understand the need to spoof romantic COMEDIES. They're funny and laughable (the bad ones) enough on their own.

D+

isn't the fun of this movie really to see how many movies they try to spoof? do they good a job at that????

Yeah, I want to know too. Don't they spoof Mr. and Mrs. Smith and DodgeBall?

They spoof Mr. and Mrs. Smith with a quick Dodgeball references (not even really a spoof). But there are a lot of references I wouldn't even classify as spoofs. A Napolean Dynamite look-a-like shows up in the opening scene... but there's no joke. He's just acting like Napolean Dynamite. And an Owen Wilson wannabe wants to crash a wedding just before the credits... but again, there's no joke. It's like the filmmakers thought, "Remember Wedding Crashers? Wasn't it funny? We thought so too!"

Gee, was I the only person who enjoyed this film?

Seriously just lighten up a bit. Its a stupid comedy, no worse then Dodgeball, which if you really think about it was pretty stupid anyway.

Oh well.

I didn't like it much either.

I liked the spoof of Mr. and Mrs. Smith and a few others, but the rest of the film wasn't funny.

C

You guys could have been relieved of a lot of pain and boredom (not to mention save some money) if you had just sat down, watched a commercial for this thing, and realized the level of idiocy this nonsense is playing on.

I would honestly rather die a horrible death engineered by whoever the fuck was killing people in Saw II than ever sit through something as obviously devoid of wit, intelligence and talent as this.
If you think that sounds somehow overdramatic or silly, let me just say that my mere 1 viewing of Scary Movie 3, surrounded by people laughing (!), sent me into a spiraling existenial crisis from which I am still not fully recovered.

Coming from the prime audience, I can safely say that I think Scary Movie 4 looks much more promising than this ever did. The series has also performed well in (IMO) every edition so far, so I doubt it'll be too disappointing.

Date Movie looked like drivel from the very beginning. And the ads? Awful. I agree with what Dark Shape and the original poster a while back about how it's all centered around "Remember this movie? We do too!". I'm a big fan of the SM series and I won't be seeing DM.

Stupid's fine, but it wasn't funny.

I agree. This movie looked like shite from the beginning. PAINFULLY unfunny shite.

Meh, I thought it was. It certainly wasn't brilliant comedy, but it was good.

Maybe its the fact that I really disliked Scary Movie 1 and 2 (the third was fairly good), and otherwise have avoided spoofs at nearly all cost.

You're smart, we get it!!

I'm not sure I would characterize a person who criticizes a movie they haven't seen, in a genre they don't appreciate, as being "smart"...

*Slaps Mr. X with one of those nifty white gloves*

Sir, I demand satifsfaction!

Actually, point taken, as I do know that some of my posts do indeed come off as more than a bit...snobbish, you could say.

That said, I don't think pointing out the stupidity inherent in this crap sundae is snobbery in the least.

As to accusations that I don't 'appreciate' the genre, the the movie parody has been a good genre for decades. Hell, even Scary Movie (the first) was pretty funny. You know why? It was actually satire, at least to a degree. Useless satire, as Scream had already mined that territory, but satire nonetheless; the idea was still to poke fun at modern slasher films. This and its Scary Movie sequel brethren (8 Mile! Signs! That's actually all I remember!) are more like Greatest Hits albums, no actual comedy required.

Besides those mentioned above >

also Clockward Orange the bum fight with the kicking included and even the way they ran away with the bottle

and Sweet Home Alabama > Tiffany's

and I think Shallow Hal

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anyway, as this was the clear weeks winner in my poll > still not sure why more didn't pick or go to see Eight Below > this movie was exactly how the trailer laid it out.

Did anyone else think the Lord of the Rings spoof was horrible?

Yes. Along with many other failed mockeries in the film.