Diss-Cussion of EPIC MOVIE

CASINO ROYALE was a "MUCH BETTER" movie than the last two James Bond movies, which each "won" a RAZZIE (The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day). CASINO came out on DVD yesterday, and there's a scene in EPIC MOVIE where they're spoofing it (see below):

I don't get this.  Please explain to me how it was "intentional". 

When things like showing stunt doubles are done intentionally in a movie, it's worked into the script.  Spaceballs has an excellent (and funny) example of this. 

When it just shows up, and then it just goes away, it looks as much like a mistake as seeing the boom mic drop down in plain sight for a couple of scenes.  And if it was MEANT to be intentional, then it's yet another joke that fell flat because of poor execution.  And let me tell you, the audience I saw this with wasn't laughing at that scene...

Whether intentional or not, they tried to be funny, and weren't.

As for the Edward D. Wood, Jr. heir, well, Wood was trying not to be funny, and he was. . . .

I said it, and I stand by it.  Glover almost pulled it off, but then he began to dance, and well, there you go.  Hammond, on the other hand, couldn't play Depp playing Keith Richards; he came off as just a goofy, womanizing pirate.  But you're right about the script.  Even if both of them performed their parodies brilliantly, the unfunny script would have done them in.

Perhaps I should agree with Sanndman228715; perhaps in Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, we have finally seen the true heirs of Edward D. Wood, Jr.  First Date Movie, and now Epic Movie.  Uwe Blows, you've got competition!

OK, DATE MOVIE sucked horribly (so bad that it was nominated last year) so what was the point of making this useless sequel? And how was it ever the #1 movie in America?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

My Review (7/10):

4 Children, Peter, Lucy, Edward and Susan, all find tickets to an epic
adventure but they're soon trapped by Willy Wonka. Soon Lucy finds a
wardrobe and steps into the magical world of Gnarnia and eventually the
four orphans are battling to save Edward and stop the white bitch!

For those who have seen "Date Movie" and hated it, you would probably
not watch this one since it was made by the same filmmakers and expect
this movie to be horrible, if not any worse. Well, is it bad? For me,
obviously not. It was much better than "Date Movie" and you can tell
the filmmakers that they actually changed some of their plans to make
this movie funnier. And it is.

I would compare this to "Monty Python's Holy Grail" because this film
has its shares of laughs and unfunny jokes. The good thing is the movie
is really quite refreshing in a way. Why? They never actually spoofed
fantasy movies before. Does it make a difference? Yes, it does.

What gets better in this movie other than the jokes are the elaborate
costumes, the extensive (and wonderful) set designs, special effects,
and score, if you care to know about any of that. Although you may
think it's a bigger budget than "Date Movie", it's surprisingly the
same, if that interests you.

The jokes in here are funny because it mocks other films, makes obvious
clichés and surprisingly turns them the other way, one continuing joke
which I found really funny even if it goes throughout the film, a joke
they continued from "Date Movie" (the obvious stunt double and dummy),
and the randomness.

The target audience is apparent: Those who have and liked "Date Movie"
or have seen the films spoofed in here, including "Nacho Libre," "The
Chronicles of Narnia," "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle," "Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory," the "X-Men" pictures, "Superman Returns",
"The Da Vinci Code", and a lot more. More or less, put that down to
teens.

So, if you're a wise adult, you probably wouldn't be surprised not
liking this movie. I, on the other hand, am a teen, and it's not
surprising enough that I enjoyed it very much so. Also, I like to
applaud Jayma Mays for her very funny role and others like Jennifer
Coolidge and Faune A. Chambers.

If you're a person who doesn't like stupid comedies with some immature
and childish jokes, unlike "Knocked Up", you should stay very far away
from this. Why would you see it? You know what to expect. If you're a
person who's in their teens or just like to have a good short time,
then watch this. There's no harm to go through it for a short 80
minutes.

Response from Head RAZZberry: Yo, moviewizguy, you asked in another posting where we got the idea you wanted to be a film critic (even though you incessantly defend every mediocre movie made).

Here's a Clue: Maybe we got the idea from...postings like this one?!?!?!

My mouth dropped open when I read that comparison to Monty Python and the Holy Grail as well. Moviewizguy, you have GOT to be kidding! Holy Grail was probably one of the 10 best comedy films ever made. Epic Movie was a throw away piece of crap. I won't claim that you have built a lot of credibility with me, but if you ever had any, you sold it with that one.