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Meatplow
01-26-2008, 05:35 AM
http://au.rottentomatoes.com/m/meet_the_spartans/

K its not a surprise so much but this happened with One Missed Call as well. :(

2008 is shaping up to have a few stinkers.

RunAmokRampant
01-26-2008, 06:37 AM
Yer I think I'll give that one a miss.

aria
01-26-2008, 06:41 AM
yuea idk joe dirt is somethin like 10 percent on rotttentomatoes and thats one of the best movies ever so yea

Gnarmageddon
01-26-2008, 08:25 AM
You could teach a college course on what not to do in a comedy by showing Meet the Spartans.
Made me lol.

cometuesday
01-26-2008, 08:37 AM
Yeah, not surprised.

Pop music sucks
01-26-2008, 08:44 AM
Not that suprised at all.

What's with all of these horrible spoof comedies, it's like the late 80's early 90's all over again.

bradc1988
01-26-2008, 09:12 AM
There was a preview for it when I went to see Cloverfield, and people were laughing.

I felt angry.

Pop music sucks
01-26-2008, 09:13 AM
whoawhoawhoa

[Fear leads to anger]. Anger leads to Hate. And hate...leads to the dark side.

FakePlasticTrees
01-26-2008, 10:38 AM
Nothing wrong with the dark side. ;)

Let's Chop Cats!
01-26-2008, 11:49 AM
Maybe critics will finally start panning movies and studios won't put out so much crap.

beans
01-26-2008, 11:50 AM
does not suprise me, movie looks like the biggest dud

Bordello
01-26-2008, 11:54 AM
Perhaps the most oft-quoted line from 300 is "Tonight, we dine in hell!" Chowing down on a box of Butterfinger Minis during a screening of Meet the Spartans, you will truly understand what that line means.

lol

DanD
01-26-2008, 12:14 PM
well i'm going out on a limb and saying that this totally caught me off guard

planewreck
01-26-2008, 12:16 PM
Maybe critics will finally start panning movies and studios won't put out so much crap.
critic pan =/= box office revenue

Mr. Ron
01-26-2008, 12:18 PM
lmao


http://themovieboy.com/directlinks/08meetthespartans.htm

planewreck
01-26-2008, 12:19 PM
In the year 2008, is this all it takes for something to open wide across the country on 2500 screens? Really? God help us. "Meet the Spartans" is a downtrodden cinematic vacuum—a sickening, derivative, shallow, condescending, utterly worthless piece of ****.

form
01-26-2008, 12:23 PM
when it very first came out the meter was at -1%

beans
01-26-2008, 01:04 PM
In the year 2008, is this all it takes for something to open wide across the country on 2500 screens? Really? God help us. "Meet the Spartans" is a downtrodden cinematic vacuum—a sickening, derivative, shallow, condescending, utterly worthless piece of ****.

that was the best part of the entire review

YDload
01-26-2008, 01:08 PM
these movies are basically the equivalent of two hundred Bud Light commercials stitched together. if you look sort of like a celebrity you could get good money working on these films (because there certainly won't be any real celebrities in them)

cobert
01-26-2008, 01:12 PM
My friends made me go with them to see this last night. Im so glad I didnt pay for my own ticket and they all felt stupid for thinking it would be good.

I tried to stop them, I swear.

Mr. Ron
01-26-2008, 01:14 PM
You know whats sad? You can pretty much 100% predict what kind of people will go see this movie and be excited about it.

Iskandar
01-26-2008, 01:18 PM
The warriors of 300 might have been able to hold their own--at least for awhile--against an army of thousands, but can they defend themselves against this satire? From the minds behind EPIC MOVIE, MEET THE SPARTANS tackles everything from the action movie to YOU GOT SERVED to Britney Spears....

Knifeboy
01-26-2008, 01:26 PM
How many horrible movies must these idiots make before people stop going "I know it looks shitty, but it MIGHT be good!"

planewreck
01-26-2008, 01:46 PM
It has an 8 on metacritic.

And metacritic is more helpful than rottentomatoes since they calculate scores instead of giving a percentage of how many positive reviews there are.

even though metacritic gets like twenty reviews featured instead of 100 or whatever




but yes an 8

Danger Bird
01-26-2008, 01:48 PM
Yeah there weren't any bad movie in 2007

planewreck
01-26-2008, 02:05 PM
what

DJ Ducksauce
01-26-2008, 02:06 PM
sarcasmftw

planewreck
01-26-2008, 02:09 PM
i know it was sarcasm

i want to know what brought it about

YDload
01-26-2008, 02:21 PM
prolly this


2008 is shaping up to have a few stinkers.

form
01-26-2008, 02:39 PM
worst movie of 2007 is the comebacks with faggot david koechner

planewreck
01-26-2008, 03:06 PM
no it's bratz

Danger Bird
01-26-2008, 03:22 PM
prolly this

yeah it wasn't in response to the nice gentleman who posted above me

Seriously There Will Be Blood makes up for any and all awful movies that will come out this year.

Buttloaves
01-26-2008, 03:22 PM
I saw this coming.

EightMilesHigh
01-26-2008, 03:38 PM
The worse thing about this is how easy it is to crank out a Meet The Spartans/Little Man/Epic Movie/Talladega Nights/Napolean Dynamite/Anchorman/ad nauseam, yet Arrested Development gets cancelled and actually good original comedies like Juno only come along every four or five years. Ugh.


Comedy isn't that hard to do, it's a classic example of people just being lazy.

iarescientists
01-26-2008, 03:42 PM
yeah it wasn't in response to the nice gentleman who posted above me

Seriously There Will Be Blood makes up for any and all awful movies that will come out this year.

why would a 2007 movie make up for bad 2008 movies

YDload
01-26-2008, 04:07 PM
The worse thing about this is how easy it is to crank out a Meet The Spartans/Little Man/Epic Movie/Talladega Nights/Napolean Dynamite/Anchorman/ad nauseam, yet Arrested Development gets cancelled and actually good original comedies like Juno only come along every four or five years. Ugh.


Comedy isn't that hard to do, it's a classic example of people just being lazy.

i dunno about that. i think you can get pretty lazy by just casting Michael Cera and Jason Bateman because apparently you (EMH) will automatically like it

iarescientists
01-26-2008, 04:14 PM
Yeah Juno was pretty weak

Arrested Development ended exactly when it needed to

form
01-26-2008, 04:18 PM
juno was amazing

so was talladega nights

EightMilesHigh
01-26-2008, 04:18 PM
My point is I don't like how apparently easy it is to knock out these horrible parody comedies yet a good original comedy doesn't come along enough, and I used Juno as an example.

YDload
01-26-2008, 04:21 PM
Juno is just like "BLAH BLAH IM A TEENAGE GIRL SAYING THINGS THAT ONLY TWENTYSOMETHING JEWISH COMEDY WRITERS ARE CLEVER ENOUGH TO THINK UP"

iarescientists
01-26-2008, 04:25 PM
Sonic Youth is just noise

i'm too intelligent to fall for their belligerent nonsense

YDload
01-26-2008, 04:25 PM
sonic youth is smarter than u

also i dont see why you brought SY up

iarescientists
01-26-2008, 04:27 PM
what's that ydload

i was too busy drinking my weight in sunny d and taking some pregnancy tests

Danger Bird
01-26-2008, 04:30 PM
why would a 2007 movie make up for bad 2008 movies

Well I didn't get to see it until 2008 :p

I didn't hate Juno

iarescientists
01-26-2008, 04:33 PM
i thought juno was an okay movie, but i was expecting way more out of it

and i tend to hate movies i'm disappointed by more then generally awful movies

Danger Bird
01-26-2008, 04:45 PM
I never believe the hype I hear about films, the only times I get excited are when I see trailers and think, "That's going to be bad-***!" like No Country and There Will Be Blood.

DanD
01-26-2008, 04:46 PM
i suspect that the only thing more boring than the There Will Be Blood trailer, is the movie itself

Danger Bird
01-26-2008, 04:47 PM
That's most likely just because you're blatantly wrong.

DanD
01-26-2008, 04:51 PM
i'll be the judge of that when (if) i ever muster up the strength to watch it

iarescientists
01-26-2008, 04:52 PM
I never believe the hype I hear about films, the only times I get excited are when I see trailers and think, "That's going to be bad-***!" like No Country and There Will Be Blood.

i didn't really pay attention to any hype, i just saw Jason Bateman + Michael Cera + director of Thank You for Smoking, and thought it'd be pretty good, and then i started hearing the hype which really just confirmed that i would more-than-likely enjoy it. But then it took me a while until I was finally able to see it, and it kept building up only to lead me to a weak payoff.

Illmatic
01-26-2008, 04:52 PM
My point is I don't like how apparently easy it is to knock out these horrible parody comedies yet a good original comedy doesn't come along enough, and I used Juno as an example.

wait so it's easy to make something crappy that takes no real effort to make but something good takes time to develop

OH MY GOD YOURE A GENIUS

Danger Bird
01-26-2008, 04:58 PM
He means the bad movies have an easier time getting exposure.

planewreck
01-26-2008, 04:58 PM
Everyone always thinks that I go into movies like Little Miss Sunshine or Juno as if I just built up all this expectation from hype. I take into account what I saw in the film and judge accordingly; it has nothing to do with if I honestly though it was going to be some Oscar worthy candidate, which I didn't, and still don't.

EightMilesHigh
01-26-2008, 07:50 PM
He means the bad movies have an easier time getting exposure.

That's what I meant.

Bordello
01-26-2008, 09:27 PM
sonic youth is smarter than u

also i dont see why you brought SY up

talking about the best band ever in a thread about possibly the worst movie ever

Akira
01-26-2008, 09:30 PM
Up to 6%. Just when I was starting to believe in people.

Meatplow
01-26-2008, 11:37 PM
Yer I figured it would go up after I posted it :p

McP3000
01-27-2008, 12:56 AM
Up to 6%. Just when I was starting to believe in people.
Oh come now...im sure it doesn't deserve a complete 0

planewreck
01-27-2008, 12:59 AM
Maybe I'm not entirely sure how RottenTomatoes works, but there's a difference between a "complete" 0% and RottenTomatoes' 0%. A film could get moderate 2/5s across the board and that would end up as 0% positive ratings.

6% means that 6% of the critics gave it a passing grade. It might not deserve a bunch of zeros but it that doesn't mean it deserves above a "bad" grade.

Akira
01-27-2008, 09:02 AM
Yes. Anyone who actually enjoys a movie like this has problems.

The_Berzerker
01-27-2008, 09:04 AM
6% atm

DaveSavesTheDay
01-27-2008, 09:46 AM
Seriously, I don't understand why studios keep making these types of films. Epic Movie was a piece of ****. I seriously doubt anyone thought this would be decent.

Aficionado
01-27-2008, 10:30 AM
at least Date Movie had a few lollable moments, this just looks shitty beyond belief

Akira
01-27-2008, 10:39 AM
6% atm

Reading ftw.

DanD
01-27-2008, 08:07 PM
wtf is wrong with people?


http://www.imdb.com/chart/

stoopkid
01-27-2008, 08:10 PM
That's really sad.

Akira
01-27-2008, 08:39 PM
...

south_of_heaven 11
01-27-2008, 08:44 PM
Ugh the fact that "Meet the Spartans" beat out "Rambo" is nauseating.



Actually, correction, the fact that it is #1 on that list is nauseating.

Danger Bird
01-27-2008, 08:52 PM
**** Rambo it made $4 million more than There Will Be Blood.

Seriously, I don't understand why studios keep making these types of films. Epic Movie was a piece of ****. I seriously doubt anyone thought this would be decent.

It's sad, but it's not a mystery. They make money.

DanD
01-27-2008, 08:54 PM
I went to go see Cloverfield last night and the guy buying tickets next to me got like 3 for Meet the Spartans and I gave him a dirty look

Danger Bird
01-27-2008, 09:12 PM
well okay but you were seeing cloverfield

Kingofdudes
01-27-2008, 09:50 PM
Cloverfield was good though

Psyclone
01-28-2008, 12:34 AM
Actually, correction, the fact that it is on that list is nauseating.

fix'd

Knifeboy
01-28-2008, 08:37 AM
wtf is wrong with people?


http://www.imdb.com/chart/


Jesus ****ing christ, **** you! every single one of you who paid to see this movie!

JumpTheF**kUp
01-28-2008, 09:02 AM
original comedies like Juno only come along every four or five years.

Bullshit.

Last year had Knocked Up, Superbad, Juno and Hot Fuzz as well as a few others that I've probably forgotten.

Although I agree with your point about shitty comedies getting too much exposure whilst far better films earn far less.

talk show host
01-28-2008, 09:30 AM
You can't really blame the studios for making these films, they're a guaranteed profit maker right now and I imagine very cheap to make. They'll die out soon enough.

Against Miik!
01-28-2008, 10:19 AM
Yeah it's not studios fault. They just make what people will buy. Crap movies come out all the time, and you can go to the theater right now and see There Will Be Blood or Cloverfield or Juno and those are all quality movies so don't complain.

I really can't believe it was the highest grossing movie over the weekend though.

Aficionado
01-28-2008, 10:57 AM
No one should honestly feel surprised that people flocked to the theatres to watch this movie tbh.

Mr. Ron
01-28-2008, 11:28 AM
Fact: America is dumb.

planewreck
01-28-2008, 11:45 AM
I was talking about the Best Picture candidates with my Math teacher since I just saw Atonement, and the girl working the problem on the board next to me chimes in, "Oh, I just saw Meet the Spartans this weekend. It was pretty funny."

iarescientists
01-28-2008, 11:51 AM
I went to go see Michael Clayton last night, and the ticket lady was like "What'll it be?? Spartans?" and i was just stunned, and then finally i was like like "uhh, Michael Clatyon" and then she seemed taken aback and impressed.

i should have slapped her.

planewreck
01-28-2008, 11:58 AM
should have yes

CarnageFairy
01-28-2008, 12:00 PM
Basically, if you saw the previews/heard about this movie and didn't instantly think "just another piece of **** cinema to add to the ever-growing pile" you should probably just go ahead and see it.

You'll probably like it.

AA-12
01-28-2008, 12:37 PM
Anyone who uses RT to decide if a movie is good or bad is a ****ing idiot.

Anyone who thinks MTS is anything more than a brainless comedy is a ****ing idiot.

Tillius
01-28-2008, 12:41 PM
My guitarist tried to get me to go see this with him and some other people last night.

God I'm so disappointed.(in him, not the movie which I obviously refused)

beans
01-28-2008, 12:47 PM
yeah i had a few of my friends say that it was supposed to be really funny and that it was this movie they wanted to see, being the one who was driving i told them no...

BobJoHankins
01-28-2008, 12:51 PM
the only i'd go see now is Rambo. Mayeb atonement MAYBE

beans
01-28-2008, 01:15 PM
the only? wtf

nobodyblossomsforever
01-28-2008, 02:49 PM
all my friends want to see it, even after they saw epic movie which everyone thought sucked. f'uck this movie, it doesn't look the least bit funny.

I was talking about the Best Picture candidates with my Math teacher since I just saw Atonement, and the girl working the problem on the board next to me chimes in, "Oh, I just saw Meet the Spartans this weekend. It was pretty funny."

she was prolly fat, amirite?

YDload
01-28-2008, 02:55 PM
all my friends want to see it, even after they saw epic movie which everyone thought sucked. f'uck this movie, it doesn't look the least bit funny.

no guys you dont understand it'll be different this time *Lucy pulls away football just as Charlie Brown goes to kick it*

nobodyblossomsforever
01-28-2008, 02:57 PM
haha, good analogy

planewreck
01-28-2008, 03:18 PM
she was prolly fat, amirite?
no actually she is pretty cute so 8(

Aficionado
01-28-2008, 03:23 PM
lewis get on that

planewreck
01-28-2008, 03:32 PM
I was talking about the Best Picture candidates with my Math teacher since I just saw Atonement, and the girl working the problem on the board next to me chimes in, "Oh, I just saw Meet the Spartans this weekend. It was pretty funny."
uh.

Aficionado
01-28-2008, 03:34 PM
Up here in Canada, we would call her a 'dumb bitch'.

Bordello
01-28-2008, 03:35 PM
man what a bitch

Berner
01-28-2008, 03:36 PM
Up here in Canada, we would call her a 'dumb bitch'.

It's a pretty standard response for us Canadians.

RNR
01-28-2008, 03:37 PM
These are movies for the mentally and emotionally dulled. <_<

Against Miik!
01-28-2008, 03:37 PM
I think the American translation is pretty much the same thing.

But if thats the standard, is she really that dumb?

Think about it.

Aficionado
01-28-2008, 03:41 PM
well if dumb is the standard then ya

considering dumb has become standard

Erratic
01-28-2008, 03:47 PM
I got invited by a friend to go see this with a group of people this weekend. I said no and tried to warn him no to see it either. Apparently it "Looks Hilarious". He liked Epic Movie, so he'll probably like this one.

Mr. Pickle
01-28-2008, 04:43 PM
According to a local radio station, MTS topped the charts this weekend. It beat Rambo...

Bordello
01-28-2008, 04:46 PM
wow really you think

Tillius
01-28-2008, 07:08 PM
I figured it would happen but I really hoped it wouldn't.

RunAmokRampant
01-28-2008, 07:17 PM
I really don't see what people find in this movie. It gets critically slammed as per usual yet people go see it.

Tillius
01-28-2008, 07:25 PM
Yeah but sometimes critics go overboard.

I mean, this is definitely going to be a terrible failure of a film but I don't always agree with the critics.

DaveSavesTheDay
01-28-2008, 07:38 PM
yeah, I usually don't tend to be persuaded too much by critics, but I'll trust them on this one.

YDload
01-28-2008, 07:43 PM
18 million dollars really isnt a lot of money though in box office terms. too bad it was probably really cheap to make :evil:

RunAmokRampant
01-28-2008, 10:39 PM
yeah, I usually don't tend to be persuaded too much by critics, but I'll trust them on this one.

I don't either but when 1 in 30 reviews are positive, then it's pretty clear.

Touch Me Hard
01-29-2008, 12:42 AM
i do generally agree with critics though. I'm usually persuaded on what i want to see by reading multiple reviews.

Evoke
01-29-2008, 05:02 AM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mzynxiOH2DM&feature=related

Funny review of MTS.
Srry if it is posted already.

bradc1988
01-29-2008, 05:19 AM
Probably the best review ever.

RunAmokRampant
01-29-2008, 06:14 AM
I second that. AWesome review.

Knifeboy
01-29-2008, 06:22 AM
i give that review 5/5, would watch again

Spiney_Norman
01-29-2008, 08:30 AM
:lol: I'm not surprised, the other films like this were ****ing **** as well.

g°®†
01-29-2008, 09:02 AM
It beat out Rambo with like 18.7 mil on it's opening weekend. Rambo had 18.2.

beans
01-29-2008, 12:28 PM
thats so stupid i went and saw rambo and it was freakin awesome, im not even gonna waste my time to watch the trailer for this movie...

Rams
01-30-2008, 01:38 PM
I really don't see what people find in this movie. It gets critically slammed as per usual yet people go see it.

Because critics are useless? They are wrong more often than not, this year they said Michael Clayton was a great movie.

Illmatic
01-30-2008, 01:46 PM
really, what makes a critic's opinion so powerful? a film critic is just someone with a journalism degree who has seen a lot of movies.

cobert
01-30-2008, 02:12 PM
Review rules and pretty much sums up my thoughts.

beans
01-30-2008, 02:20 PM
critics are completely useless, thats why i just look at reviews by normal people who saw the movie, or just by word of mouth
screw critics

Iscariot
01-30-2008, 02:25 PM
Fact: America is dumb.

Fact: countries other than America show these films and rake in millions from their viewings. Everyone is dumb.

Knifeboy
01-30-2008, 02:30 PM
Money Epic movie made in america (population: 300 million):
$39,739,367

Money Epic movie made in the rest of the world (population: 6 billion) :
$47,095,430

Money Date Movie made in America :
$48,548,426

Rest of the world
$36,247,230

Obviously America has the higher idiot ratio :p

(Haha, Date Movie was listed as being a "romantic comedy")

Disclaimer : I don't actually think americans are idiots

Akira
01-30-2008, 02:32 PM
The more I think about MtS, the more it's existence angers me.

Erratic
01-30-2008, 02:56 PM
Yeah, it'll do that to you.

Rams
01-30-2008, 03:39 PM
Money Epic movie made in america (population: 300 million):
$39,739,367

Money Epic movie made in the rest of the world (population: 6 billion) :
$47,095,430

Just because Ethiopians weren't trading their monthly meal for Epic Movie doesn't mean they didn't want to see it.

YDload
01-30-2008, 03:51 PM
really, what makes a critic's opinion so powerful? a film critic is just someone with a journalism degree who has seen a lot of movies.

its not just an opinion, they also explain WHY a movie is bad or good. critics are important people too

Rams
01-30-2008, 03:57 PM
its not just an opinion, they also explain WHY a movie is bad or good. critics are important people too

And it's usually artistic bullshit such as how artful the directing is.

YDload
01-30-2008, 04:04 PM
no, you are wrong. critics explain different aspects of the movie depending on who their audience is.

critics are completely useless, thats why i just look at reviews by normal people who saw the movie, or just by word of mouth
screw critics

critics: don't see this movie it's terrible
normal people: $18,000,000 opening weekend

tablespoonful
01-30-2008, 04:46 PM
And it's usually artistic bullpoop such as how artful the directing is.
That's not bull**** though, they're just upholding standards of analysis which serve the purpose of emphasizing discipline in any medium. And a lot of what they write about is opinion, not oppressive objective analysis.

YDload
01-30-2008, 04:53 PM
careful with those big words, someone might accuse you of being... one'a them damn critics

VomitStainedCretin
01-30-2008, 05:02 PM
What critics write is merely subjective opinion. But they usually have considerably more experience of cinema than your average movie-goer, so have greater depth of analysis. Admittedly, they are often writing from a prejudiced, intellectual position, so if you're just an average or below-average joe who just wants some EnTeRtAiNmEnT, ignore them and see whatever appeals to you instinctively. If you've got more of a dicriminating pallette, it's probably advisable to listen to the experts and take what they say into account before you accidentally go see some piece of toss. Not that critics are always right (they often think a film is just plain bad when it's actually so terrible it's brilliant but that's a whole 'nother thread) but they're a useful guide in working out whether a film is worth seeing.

tablespoonful
01-30-2008, 05:06 PM
Yeah this anti-critic thing is dumb. Except rock music critics, those people are imbeciles amirite.

VomitStainedCretin
01-30-2008, 05:09 PM
Yeah this anti-critic thing is dumb. Except rock music critics, those people are imbeciles amirite.The thing is that you have to work out the real critics from the so-called-critics-who-actually-don't-know-their-arse-from-their-elbow. And there are too many of the latter reviewing rock music "cough"NME"cough".

YDload
01-30-2008, 05:18 PM
all critics are the same (except Jay Sherman). if you dont like them then you're either of the deluded mindset that you can only be criticized by someone who can do your job better , or you have a misguided idea of just what criticism is. maybe both. also your gay

south_of_heaven 11
01-30-2008, 05:22 PM
I was making fun of this movie and how bad it looked, and my best friend goes "Well, it looks like it's kinda funny"...

According to that one review posted on here earlier, I guess I should stop talking to him.

chronopops
01-30-2008, 05:22 PM
goo goo gah gah ah ah

Rams
01-30-2008, 05:24 PM
That's not bull**** though, they're just upholding standards of analysis which serve the purpose of emphasizing discipline in any medium. And a lot of what they write about is opinion, not oppressive objective analysis.

They approach it as if it is for film class when their readers generally aren't suited for that.

tablespoonful
01-30-2008, 05:33 PM
They approach it as if it is for film class when their readers generally aren't suited for that.

Should they dumb it down? And aren't you insulting the movie-going population? And I think the kind of person that actually makes an effort to read a review prior to going to a movie is not part of that whimsical movie-going population that could not understand that review... the people who read those probably understand them or they wouldn't read them. Publications tailer their content to their readership, that's pretty obvious, they're a business.

fingers mccoy
01-30-2008, 06:04 PM
Just because Ethiopians weren't trading their monthly meal for Epic Movie doesn't mean they didn't want to see it.

dumbest thing i have ever read

Tyrant21
01-30-2008, 06:10 PM
i was at a party and some some kid laughing at the trailer for this and felt a strong urge to go punch him in the nuts

i wish mel brooks would make another movie and show these clowns how to do a satire

beans
01-30-2008, 06:11 PM
true dat

Tyrant21
01-30-2008, 06:15 PM
maybe ill just write a deliberately terrible screenplay, it's bound to be picked up by someone

Iscariot
01-30-2008, 06:17 PM
i was at a party and some some kid laughing at the trailer for this and felt a strong urge to go punch him in the nuts

i wish mel brooks would make another movie and show these clowns how to do a satire

History of the World: Part I ftw

beans
01-30-2008, 06:24 PM
loved the caveman scene

the birth of the critic
classic IMO

YDload
01-30-2008, 06:24 PM
i was at a party and some some kid laughing at the trailer for this and felt a strong urge to go punch him in the nuts

i wish mel brooks would make another movie and show these clowns how to do a satire

no, mel brooks is actually part of the problem. he convinced people that you could make movies with fart jokes in them and they would always be funny, even though when Brooks did it in Blazing Saddles it was new and offensive. now its just stupid.

plus his newest movies werent all that great either.

tablespoonful
01-30-2008, 06:32 PM
He's a Jew leave him alone.

Tyrant21
01-30-2008, 06:39 PM
no, mel brooks is actually part of the problem. he convinced people that you could make movies with fart jokes in them and they would always be funny, even though when Brooks did it in Blazing Saddles it was new and offensive. now its just stupid.

plus his newest movies werent all that great either.

he is infinitely more insightful then these new tards that are putting out this crap these days though

YDload
01-30-2008, 06:41 PM
he is infinitely more insightful then these new tards that are putting out this crap these days though

yes i know :confused:

im just saying he makes it look easy. so today's parody filmmaker thinks he doesnt have to try as hard to make a funny movie

Tyrant21
01-30-2008, 06:44 PM
i agree, satires are actually hard to do well, but apparently that doesn't matter because these guys keep making money off of horrible movies

Akira
01-30-2008, 08:58 PM
I hate hearing the word satire connected to this movie. This is too low for satire, and no where near insightful enough.

fingers mccoy
01-30-2008, 09:04 PM
it has strong satirical qualities, i don't care how good it is. a lot of satire is complete trash, in fact satire is a pretty terrible genre if it's played entirely for laughs

YDload
01-30-2008, 09:16 PM
which is why its more of a parody than a satire. its just poking fun at celebrities and crap (however poorly) instead of trying to make a point

DanD
01-30-2008, 09:23 PM
i think we all hate it because the 300 and the Spartan jokes already rose and then died on the internet




but for the real world

oh god help them

Ficus
01-30-2008, 09:23 PM
they should have had jack white do a cameo so Rolling stone would give it five stars

Akira
01-30-2008, 09:27 PM
which is why its more of a parody than a satire. its just poking fun at celebrities and crap (however poorly) instead of trying to make a point

Yes. You cannot simply take scenes in a movie and replace characters with people pretending to be celebrities and call it a satire.

planewreck
01-30-2008, 09:29 PM
i think we all hate it because the 300 and the Spartan jokes already rose and then died on the internet




but for the real world

oh god help them
a bad joke is bad no matter how many times it's been said

even the first time

MoonlightBleeding
01-30-2008, 09:47 PM
Scary Movie
Scary Movie 2
Scary Movie 3
Scary Movie 4
Date Movie
Epic Movie
Meet the Spartans

Chronological order

or

Progressively Failing Franchise?

SubtleDagger
01-30-2008, 09:51 PM
Scary Movie
Scary Movie 2
Scary Movie 3
Scary Movie 4
Date Movie
Epic Movie
Meet the Spartans

Chronological order

or

Progressively Failing Franchise?
I hate all of those movies but I guess the first Scary Movie is not near as bad as MTS

It still sucks though

Tyrant21
01-30-2008, 10:11 PM
I hate all of those movies but I guess the first Scary Movie is not near as bad as MTS

It still sucks though

he was just saying each one is worse and worse, not that they are equal

SubtleDagger
01-30-2008, 10:13 PM
I dont know, I didnt see Date Movie but I really cant imagine it being much better than MTS

I'm saying I dont think a lot of them are that much worse, just theyre all awful

McP3000
01-30-2008, 10:18 PM
I actually thought that Scary Movie 3 was better than Scary Movie 2

but that's beyond the point, SM 4 reaked...and so on

DaveSavesTheDay
01-30-2008, 10:24 PM
I hated the Scary Movies

Seafroggys
01-30-2008, 10:27 PM
SM 3 rocked because it had CHarlie Sheen.

planewreck
01-30-2008, 10:31 PM
Scary Movie
Scary Movie 2
Scary Movie 3
Scary Movie 4
Date Movie
Epic Movie
Meet the Spartans

Chronological order

or

Progressively Failing Franchise?
Scary Movie 3 kind of ricocheted in the right direction so it's slightly better than Scary Movie 2 (though still awful), but otherwise this is an accurate list.

YDload
01-30-2008, 10:34 PM
i only remember the first Scary Movie and it was kewl because Shawn and Marlon Wayans hadnt run out of ideas yet (even though they used up most of their parody-movie-creativity in Don't Be A Menace...)

Spiritofmosa
01-30-2008, 10:39 PM
oh boy the last few spoof films i watching like scary movie 3 and 4 , sucked so much. Epic movie is the last spoof movie i'll watch,i cant even be bothered to watch the trailer for meet the spartans.

SubtleDagger
01-30-2008, 10:39 PM
Don't Be a Menace was pretty friggin' good for a spoof movie

planewreck
01-30-2008, 10:40 PM
It was smart-dumb and then Scary Movie 2 was just like "hey guys i heard the funniest bits in scary movie for people were the sex jokes so put more of those in"

Knifeboy
01-31-2008, 01:48 AM
Don't be a menace... Is the only truly funny movie the wayans brothers have done

beans
01-31-2008, 11:26 AM
^ agreed, funny stuff in that movie

VomitStainedCretin
01-31-2008, 03:16 PM
which is why its more of a parody than a satire. its just poking fun at celebrities and crap (however poorly) instead of trying to make a pointExactly, satire usually has some greater purpose to it than demonstrating what 300 would be like with more gay jokes.

ATM
01-31-2008, 08:39 PM
Don't Be a Menace is amazing.

The Mickey Finn Special
01-31-2008, 11:28 PM
I saw a bootlegg of it; its rating is well deserved.

However, the penguin coming after Leonidas (like when the wolf was coming after young Leo in 300) -- I laughed at.