and they need to stop it already. i can't believe the shite that is passing for movies as of late. Superhero movie... really? did it need to be made? remember the spartans... oh come on. scary movie1through God how many have they made? date movie, stupid. and epic movie, how could one forget the sewage of that film. They have no original plot, the laughs they garner are far from anything worthy of comedy, and simply play on base low-brow visual gags. detractors would say that Airplane, and the like are the same thing. however, these movies are completely different from those classic comedy movies. parody movies of old had their own story lines, their own gags, their own jokes. this new crap is just that. crap. I have seen snippets from these films, though honestly, could not bring myself to watch them all the way through. The only bright spot is the Simon Pegg movies, hot fuzz and Sean of the dead. Pegg's movies are "like" a parody movie, but at the same time, completely its own. while it pays homage to the genre of zombies and cop buddy movies, it uses elements from movie greats in its own new fun way to make it hilarious. Brittany Spears shaving her head while singing terribly next to the well of death is just stupid. Oftentimes, new skool parody movies have pointless bits, like the spears gag that do nothing to progress story plot, only appealing to the wish that one could kick spears down a well of death.
These are not Chris guest movies either. master of the faux-documentary, and often poking fun of other movies, the chris guest films are completely original.. which is why they are funny. what jennifer coolidge is doing in these new skool parody films is beyond me.
I think the point that films succeed in this is that they are non-specific. Blazing saddles made fun of the spaghetti western, hot fuzz buddy cop movies, sean of the dead the slasher zombie flick. and even Airplane was the disaster movies set aboard an airplane. the non-specific humor is what grabbed. not very specific sight gags that are lame at best. the generality of it also serves another purpose. Timelessness. Blazing saddles remains hilarious and classic to this day, many of the issues it addressed, especially race are topical even today. I seriously doubt the relevance of Brittany spears to the human condition and society even months from now, let alone decades.
Which begs the question, WHY. why do these movies kill at the box office. remember the spartans was a smash hit. so these lame movies will continue to be made. but why do people like these movies? I just don't get it. I'm not saying everyone should go out and start watching documentaries and indiefilms, But this is ridiculous. I just want movies to be funny again. Pretty soon, movies will be like in the Luke Wilson film "Idiocracy"where its just a butt on the screen for an hour and a half. yeah I saw idiocracy. it was research.
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make some noise this year. It was almost a storybook type of game last night when the Nats won on a game winning walk off homerun on opening night at a new ballpark from their only star player. Thats the kind of shit that is only seen in movies...now i look at the Nats news (conveniently located on this here page) and see that the Nats are up on the Phillies 6-3. I think these guys are serious.
