Once in awhile*, a movie comes along that sounds so stupid, you can't help but go see it. Sometimes, it's worth it. You have a good laugh, and end up with a bunch of hilarious new catch phrases to toss around until they wear completely thin, or until another, even more ridonkulous movie presents itself for your viewing pleasure.
And then there are times like tonight. Tonight, my husband and I invested 90 minutes of our lives and $20.00 of our hard-earned cash on a showing of Epic Movie. It wasn't worth it.
We like weird movies, smart movies, movies with lots of guns. Normally, we don't go in for movies involving fart jokes. In our defense, the fart jokes weren't in the trailer.
What was in the trailer was something that looked like a delightful romp through the last 18 months of American pop culture, sort of a 90-minute Mad TV sketch. I was on board, but my husband took a little coaxing. Throughout the movie, he kept leaning over and saying "You owe me. We're seeing at least two serious R-rated movies for this." By the scene with the pirate rap song, we were up to five serious R-rated movies and I was totally on board with that. if nothing else, Epic Movie made me remember how much I appreciate good movies.
In terms of plot, Epic Movie is basically Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe without the Christian undertones (and with more half-naked fat guys). Four orphans from various movie-spoof universes wind up at Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, where it is revealed that Wonka's candy is so fantabulous because it's got bits of humans in it. Oh, and Wonka himself is a sort of Michael Jackson character.
These four orphans stumble into a wardrobe to escape the evil Wonka and end up in Gnarnia (so spelled for "legal reasons") where they meet Mr. Tumnus, his life-partner Harry Beaver, and Chewbacca**. There are a few funny bits, but they're interspersed with slow-paced sketch comedy that left me waiting for the funny to happen.
The bottom line is this: if you're looking for a stupid movie that's worth twenty bucks, may I suggest Mom and Dad Save the World? Eric Idle is in it. It also has a choir and a death ray.
*Who'm I kidding. "Every couple of months" would probably be more accurate.
**Sort of.
3 comments:
'Mom and Dad Save the World' has some awesome musical stylings, too. :) Marge! MARGE!!!
Excellent use of choir. And handlebar mustaches.
That movie rules.
Oh. My. God.
Have you seen "The Wicker Man"? That is two hours of my life, my friend, that I will NEVER GET BACK! What a waste. I actually threw stuff and yelled at the end because it sucked ass so badly.
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