Friday
29Aug
Movie Review - 'Disaster Movie'
Friday, August 29, 2008 at 11:00AM Disaster MovieStarring Matt Lanter, Vanessa Minnillo, and Crista Flanagan
Directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer
Rated PG-13
As a critic, sometimes
you can treat a movie more harshly than it probably deserves. That's not
possible with
Disaster Movie. I may have a hard time
describing how unmistakably and unrelentingly bad this motion picture is.
In a weird way, I've been
waiting for Disaster Movie for years. I can say without hesitation
that it is one of the very worst movies I've ever seen, and the worst
example of the medium I've reviewed since Swept Away back in 2002.
It's probably worse than that film, in fact, because while Swept Away
had terrible acting, a script that went nowhere, and a very questionable
morality, at least it seems to be unaware of how bad it really is.
Disaster Movie, on
the other hand, comes across as almost proud of its lack of entertainment
value and original thought. I do not share its pride.
Spoofs have fallen off in
recent years. When you look at the best comedies ever, three of them are
outright genre spoofs - Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein,
and Airplane! This generation is stuck with the Movie movies,
a collection of lowest common denominator efforts like Epic Movie and
Date Movie that send up particular films in their chosen genres and
take aim at the fragile nature of tabloid celebrity to fill the gaps.
But Disaster Movie
isn't about disaster movies. The first "disaster" happens 25 minutes into a
90 minute film. (That is, if you don't count the existence of this movie as
a disaster on its own.) Instead, we're...uh...treated (?) to a parade of
unfunny movie and pop culture references, with everyone from Amy Winehouse
to the Sex and the City girls being lampooned. Iron Man, Batman, The
Incredible Hulk, and Indiana Jones get pie in the face, too, none of which,
of course, has anything to do with the story. To be fair, there's no story
to have anything to do with.
Colin Boyd | Permalink | in Bad Movies, Disaster Movie, Spoofs | Print Article | Email Article | 3 Comments
Reader Comments (3)
Great review. This movie is bound to be a disaster.
Notice that Ms. Flanagan is in both "Epic Movie" and "Meet the Spartans" as well. She seems to be building an impressive resume...
Hers is a career we will have to watch blossom!
i really have to see this flick.
Why?
because it hit no.1 in imdb`s database for the worst movie ever made - hence my need to watch it.
i think i`ll grab some cheap, crappy beer and some stale crisps to not enjoy it with, hell, i may even stab myself in the face once in a while to enhance the experience.
woohoo!
cheers
steve