Why I want to see Superhero Movie

[yendi]

Superhero Movie, unfortunately, is saddled with a name that implies it's from the creators of Date Movie and Epic Movie. Jason Friedberg and Andy Seltzer, the "creative" idiots behind those flicks, are possible the least talented folks to score studio contracts in a hundred years, and are so enormously untalented that other filmmakers (up to and including Uwe Boll) lose brain cells just by being in the room with them.

Superhero Movie is actually written and directed by Craig Mazin, who directed my all-time favorite super-team movie, The Specials, and wrote the surprisingly funny Scary Movie 3. Granted, lots of the success of those movies rests at the feet of James Gunn and David Zucker, respectively, but it still gives me some hope. Mind you, I'm not going into this expecting anything brilliant (Mazin is obviously sticking to the Scary Movie 3 formula), but it's likely to be a lot more fun than the Friedberg/Seltzer shitfests that have hit the screen (and I'm a sucker for the parody subgenre anyway, as my oft-watched copy of Wrongfully Accused proves).

The presence of Nicole Sullivan, Ryan Hansen, Keith David, and Robert Hays in the cast also makes me happy. The fact that imdb claims there's a character named Stretchy Boy (a shout-out to any Specials fans) is a bonus.

Anyway, here's a clip, with Yet Another Tom Cruise Scientology Speech Parody, but one that works pretty well:

Comments

[ewin.livejournal.com]

ogod onoz.

There is such a fine line between funny and brain screaming in horrible pain. :)

[yendi]

That line, alas, shifts for me constantly.

[vee-ecks.livejournal.com]

Superhero Movie is actually written and directed by Craig Mazin, who directed my all-time favorite super-team movie, The Specials,

I did not know that. Now I'll have to see it: The Specials is pretty much my favorite superhero movie, period.

And hey, I love Sneaker Pimps, too.

[yendi]

We've made no fewer than a dozen guests watch The Specials over the years. I've honestly lost track of how many times I've seen it.

And I so wish the Pimps had kept Kelli on board.

[vee-ecks.livejournal.com]

And I so wish the Pimps had kept Kelli on board.

Yeah, but the later stuff grew on me.

[dustyskinandall.livejournal.com]

His Tom Cruise impression is pretty right on.

[yendi]

Yep. Scarily so.

[phantom_wolfboy]

I've seen one good review of Superhero Movie, but on the other hand all the ads I've seen for it are wince-worthy. I don't know.

I think if I go see any movie this weekend, it'll be 10 000 BC. I know what to expect from that.

[thegreatjohnzo.livejournal.com]

see i like leslie nielson and all, but two things are turning me away from this whole thing. first, the fact that run fatboy run looks more amusing to me, as i really like simon pegg. secondly, that whole boycott thing in support of fanboys is slightly keeping me outta the theaters for this. but that's letting my judgement of one nerdy thing get clouded by something higher up on my nerd priority scale.

but thats me.