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You guys are pretty stuck up... It's a parody-hating bandwagon

posted 16 years ago by IC_Gwame
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Epic Movie sucked, a lot. Date Movie wasn't very good either. Movies like that build up on people and make them think "Omg, stop with the dumb parodies, they all suck except for Scary Movie". You're not wrong, but Meet the Spartans deserves more than just 2/10. Everyone loves to rant about how this movie was just a terrible hour of advertisements. It's not that bad, wow. If you'd all just stop hating on dumb parodies and appreciate movies for what they are, you'd have a much more enjoyable experience. Here's a quick list of parts I enjoyed.

Funny parts:
1. Leonidas beating up his son with various weapons
2. The Rocky scene
3. "Their vast numbers won't count for sh*t!"
4. "Let's talk by the giant pit of death!" "....ok" and then the way Traitoro was saying "Stop kicking people into the pit of death..."
5. Traitero's "Hehehe, I'm evil!" (the way he said it was hilarious)
6. When Leonidas came back with the penguin skin around his neck
7. "This will be the day you die..." Then the part where he corrects himself like "That's what I meant to say". Priceless delivery IMO
8. Leonidas's "take them from the rear" strategy speech
9. The whole "open-mouthed tongue kisses for the men!" skit, where Sorbo then just looks awkwardly at Leonidas
10. The acne cream scene

There. Ten funny parts from the top of my head. Stop being so stuck up and actually allow yourselves to enjoy the movie! Granted, many of the jokes were dragged on for too long (e.g. the dance-off and the pitt of death scenes), but it's not nearly as bad as people love to proclaim. I can't even tell people I enjoyed it without them calling me an immature idiot. I have an IQ of 142; I generally get A grades in English; I intend to study Media in college. I'm not stupid, and I loved The Dark Knight, The Godfather, Sin City, and even older films such as The Maltese Falcon and Double Indemnity. So please, stop.

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[–] IC_Gwame 16 years ago

No one should have to "allow" themselves to enjoy a movie, the movie should do it for them. This didn't with many many people, so you're just going to have to suck it up.

But when people judge a film before even seeing it, that can change how they think when they actually do see it. If you play the movie expecting it to be terrible, you probably aren't in a laughing mood

I've never seen the movie, and I've never been bored to the point where I would want to. You really need to do something more productive if you're wasting over an hour for that few laughs.

Sorry, but you're not allowed have a valid opinion on the movie since you haven't actually seen it. What are you doing on this forum anyway? Did you just come here to bitch about a movie you never saw? Oh and "that few laughs" proved to be enough obviously.

[–] xMartyMcFlyx 16 years ago

-bows to the OP-

Thank you!! Finally. Seriously, grow up you douche bags. Meet the Spartans was actually pretty funny. I agree the dance thing was dragged on alittle too much, but other than that, why can't you just sit back and enjoy it for what it is!? Date Movie, though, I thought was horrible. Epic Movie had some good laughs, but kinda felt dragged on. Spartans was a breath of fresh air. Disaster Movie looks even funnier. So sue me for going and "wasting my money" on these movies. OH WELL! You know how you guys want them to stop making these movies... well, STOP MAKING 350 MILLION THREADS ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU HATE THEM!!!

"Give me the password, Mr. Bond."
"Who the hell is Mr. Bond!?!?!"
-random blood squirts from his cheek-

Why is everyone so uptight about these movies? live alittle, jeez!

LAST MOVIES SEEN:
Tropic Thunder 7/10
Pineapple Express 7/10
Mirrors 4/10

[–] IC_Gwame 16 years ago

Good to see you agree, but I gotta say I didn't like Epic Movie at all. 95% of it was boring. And Disaster Movie is already the lowest rated on IMDB, but then again, The Dark Knight was number 1 for a while too. They eventually settle into place.

I forgot about that Mr. Bond scene in MtS by the way. That was hilarious. "Who the hell is Mr. Bond?! I'm Leonidas!" The ten moments I listed were just off the head so it's not like they were the only funny parts.

[–] xMartyMcFlyx 16 years ago

Let's not forget the entire pit of death scene had me in stitches.
Especially the American Idol singer, when I first hear him singing I always lose it.

"Ohhhaaaaaaawaaaaaayyyyaaaaaaaaaaaa! --I'm not gaaaaaaay!"

LAST MOVIES SEEN:
Tropic Thunder 7/10
Pineapple Express 7/10
Mirrors 4/10

[–] Bens_Basement 16 years ago

I went in with no expectations and 'tried to take it for what it was' and i came out feeling disgusted.
This wasn't a film.
They took the plot of every major Hollywood film and crammed in pop culture references around them.

I actually LOVE stupid comedies e.g Harold and Kumar, Dude Where's My Car etc, but this was way below the belt. Everything dragged on for so long, the timing was way off and the acting was amateur.

[–] IC_Gwame 16 years ago

Sounds like you don't know the difference between a regular comedy and a parody...

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[–] draggy 16 years ago

you want to see a decent parody? the first scary movie. the second was ok too, but the others went overboard. not as bad as meet the spartans, but still overboard. I got sick of every minute a gay joke appeared. it's like david letterman's writers he fired were on this movie. same joke over and over.

[–] mega_droogie777 16 years ago

There will always be a place or stupid comedies. I love then. Even as far back and "Weird Al" is UHF. Also, being a fan of Kevin Sorbo and I had to see this movie. It was great.

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[–] IC_Gwame 16 years ago

Well, "It was great" is an overstatement. I thought it was OK... It had its funny parts, but wasn't consistent, and some of it dragged on.

[–] WTFCinema 16 years ago

I truly believe that if anyone sticks up for this abomination of cinema... and plans to go to film/media school... they deserve to have their degree taken away.

This movie was just... aweful. No structure, no clever jokes, no substance.

Like someone said... you should have to allow yourself to like a movie...
A movies job is to take you out of reality, take you into the story... and take you through the journey of the protagonist.

Even spoofs do this (or at least try to)

If you go to a professional media institution... NEVER... EVER... stick up for this when talking to a professor... if you do... more power to ya.
I'm all for free speech....
But dont expect to get any jobs with people you say that in front of.

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[–] entry-1 16 years ago

Easily one of the worst movie I've ever seen. It wasn't funny at all.

Funny parts:
1. Leonidas beating up his son with various weapons

No, this was not funny.

2. The Rocky scene

Why is having Rock show up randomly supposed to be funny?

3. "Their vast numbers won't count for sh*t!"

Uh... no, not funny.

4. "Let's talk by the giant pit of death!" "....ok" and then the way Traitoro was saying "Stop kicking people into the pit of death..."

This entire scene was painfully stupid.

5. Traitero's "Hehehe, I'm evil!" (the way he said it was hilarious)

No, it wasn't. Diedrich Bader is a funny guy, but even he couldn't make this godawful material work.

6. When Leonidas came back with the penguin skin around his neck

I did chuckle at this. The penguin scene, though, is an infected boil on the ass of comedy.

7. "This will be the day you die..." Then the part where he corrects himself like "That's what I meant to say". Priceless delivery IMO

Nope. Still dumb.

8. Leonidas's "take them from the rear" strategy speech

This might have been cute if it wasn't the 400th gay joke of the movie.

9. The whole "open-mouthed tongue kisses for the men!" skit, where Sorbo then just looks awkwardly at Leonidas

This might have been cute if it wasn't the 300th gay joke of the movie.

10. The acne cream scene

This was just gross.

[–] IC_Gwame 16 years ago

You can argue all you want saying that the parts I laughed at weren't actually funny - it's pretty much irrelevant. I thought it was funny, you didn't - fair enough. I like the movie for it's simple humour. It's not intelligent or very well-written, but that does not mean it can't be funny. By the way, I do agree with entry-1 on the penguin fighting scene. That was annoying.

Someone above was saying the following...

I truly believe that if anyone sticks up for this abomination of cinema... and plans to go to film/media school... they deserve to have their degree taken away.

This movie was just... aweful. No structure, no clever jokes, no substance.

Like someone said... you should have to allow yourself to like a movie...
A movies job is to take you out of reality, take you into the story... and take you through the journey of the protagonist.

Even spoofs do this (or at least try to)

If you go to a professional media institution... NEVER... EVER... stick up for this when talking to a professor... if you do... more power to ya.

You're right, on some level. I wouldn't argue my point with a media teacher/professor on the merits of this movie. These professors specialise in intelligent cinema. They're obviously not going to like this movie, which is perfectly fair.

But you really think the fact that I enjoyed this movie (well, half of it anyway) is enough to take away a media degree? That's pretty dumb; we all like different things. Maybe the fact that I'm Irish has something to do with it. We seem to have a broader sense of humour. A lot of our comedians would be considered downright rude and disrespectful in America, as seen in Tommy Tiernan's DVD, where he asked if they'd allow him to make jokes about 9/11.

I don't get mad at people who hate this film. I respect their opinions fully. The only problem I have is with people who just bitch about how bad it was without really saying why. "Lolz teh jokes wer dumb n stupid!!1!". Sure they were, but what's wrong with people laughing at stupid jokes anyway? It doesn't make you stupid yourself, it just means you have a broader sense of humour.

So now, all I ask is that you respect my opinion as I have respected yours. I hope you can tell from my posts that I am definitely not an idiot. Don't insult me or pseudo-discriminate against me for something as trivial as enjoying a movie you didn't.

Peace

[–] SydneyIz 16 years ago

I didn't think it was good movie, but it took some great shots at 300.

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