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Why is 'Airplane' funny and this is not?

posted 14 years ago by Diodorino-Rotolo2
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You see, both the movie Airplane and Epic Movie use basically the same technique -- sending up many other films in an exaggerated, overblown fashion. But I've never understood why Airplane managed to be so hilarious and this movie just fails to get the same laughs out of the audience. Does anybody have an answer, please, because I can't put my finger on it.

[–] EleazarHisSon (770) a year ago

I think the main reason is that Airplane! actually respected the movies it made fun of, whereas Epic Movie didn't. As such, Epic Movie relied only on crude jokes, pop culture references, celebrity impersonations and slapstick humour to make fun of the movies it spoofed. Airplane! had more skilled and charismatic actors, a coherent and focused plot, and a more creative and consistent style of humour.