Meet the Spartans, a movie review

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I just caught this latest opus in the movie-parody genre.

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"Painful" is a start to how I felt about it. "Insulted" is where I left it.

Most of the bits were...Ok, provided they stayed on the topic of the movies. EVERY time it sidetracked to make fun of some other bit of pop culture, i.e. American Idol, Paris Hilton, Lindsey, Brangelina, Grand Theft Auto, Deal or No Deal, America's Next Top Model, etc. The movie ground to a complete stop and ceased to be even a little bit amusing.
This seemed to be the bulk of the movie, but each time I studied the clips to see if they could be seamlessly removed for the benefit of the film. The first few seemed to be possible, but after awhile, they went on too long and plot actually needed them, sadly.
The WAY too obvious product placement was apparently how they financed this trainwreck. So, I think I may just write a script like this, making it actually FUNNY and get Gatorade, Dentine, etc. to finance it.

How much worse could I do?

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My condolences  :lol:

A friend of mine who saw it said that in terms of non-sequiturs and pop culture references, it's something akin to the logical extreme of a Family Guy episode.

[Protomorph]

Excepting that Family Guy is actually funny.

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Oh, not dissing the entirety of Family Guy (I like the Brian and Stewie-heavy episodes myself), but I always thought that the "like that time I... " sequences (almost always featuring Peter Griffin) were examples of weak comedic writing, since they pretty much depend on the audience's familiarity with the cultural reference, and not because there's anything inherently funny about the actual situation (outside of the absurd juxtaposition of elements, which sometimes, can actually be enough to carry a joke).

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Oh, not dissing the entirety of Family Guy (I like the Brian and Stewie-heavy episodes myself), but I always thought that the "like that time I... " sequences (almost always featuring Peter Griffin) were examples of weak comedic writing, since they pretty much depend on the audience's familiarity with the cultural reference, and not because there's anything inherently funny about the actual situation (outside of the absurd juxtaposition of elements, which sometimes, can actually be enough to carry a joke).

Yeah, the pop culture references get old at times. Thankfully I just fall into the demographic that should understand around 90% of them. Personally, I prefer their humor when they go all out in their attempts to offend people. Drawn Together also tries to do that, but they just try too damn hard. When Family Guy does it it's often out of the blue and completely unexpected.