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Reviewed By: Lord High Rikonian ( 10/21/2009 11:25:53 PM)
Rating: 4.00 cheesy movie references
Genre: Movie parody (superhero)
Starring: Some kids, the great Leslie Neilson, that D-bag from all those Sandler movies
Plot: What's this? A "movie movie" in the 4-5 Club? WHY?!!!
Well look, I know that the "__________ Movie" movies tend to suck. Sure the first two were ok despite being parodies of Scream, which was itself a parody. That's like if I got an accordian and wrote "Dare To Be Cupid" about ABC cancelling that show twice (they were probably just jerking the writer around. Or maybe the first show was just part of their evil cult's plot to unleash Jeremy Piven onto the world. A cult of Ari Golds, now that's a scary thought!). Recent ________ Movies had "jokes" like "hey what if Borat was on that beach from Pirates of the Carribean and... well that's it? I think it'd go a little something like this..."
But this movie is actually good. Sure the base plot is a ripoff of Spider-Man, but that's expected. Practically a requirement for this genre. But in Superhero Movie, they did several things to make this movie actually work.
First, they kept the movie refs reigned in so they didn't detract from the actual movie.
Second, since this is a parody of an actual movie and not a genre (or as is more frequently the case, a random clump of movies that happen to be in the cultural zeitgeist the year the parody was made), it actually has a plot that could be detracted from by clumsy cutaways.
Third, they had a fairly original villain. Sure Chris McDonald (the perennial douchebag in so many Adam Sandler movies) is filling the Green Goblin's role as best friend's dad/rich D-bag/supervillain. But the writers didn't take the easy out and just pick a color and alliterative mythological create (although the Lavender Leprechaun would have been funny). They made up a new villain, Hourglass, whose powers and motif are not based on any Spidey movie villains, although he is similar to certain incarnations of the Vulture in his need to absorb life energy.
Fourth, they got Leslie Neilson. The guy who made the Naked Gun movies great. The guy who made Dracula Dead and Loving It great. The guy who made that lame 2001 parody actually semi-watchable. And Neilson is in top form as Not-Uncle-Ben.
Viewing Advice: If you see only one "___________ Movie" movie (and really that's a damn good idea) see this one. It's very funny and well written and acted for a parody movie. And one more thing. Hug it out, bitches. Bwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!
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