8/28/2008
Review: Disaster Movie
Plot: Spoofs of recent major films set against the backdrop of a world ending catastrophe.
The Ups: You know, honestly I didn't think I would have anything to put in this section other than the fact that the flick had a short run time. I did however think the 'Enchanted' character was funny, and the send up of 'Alvin and the Chipmunks' did have me laughing a bit. It also didn't hurt from a guys perspective that they had plenty of eye candy.
The Downs: Whew, where to start? First off 'Disaster Movie' is a misleading title, it should be called 'Movies that came out in the past six months and oh yeah there's asteroids falling'. Just about every single joke falls flat on its face and the only ones that don't are ruined by the filmmakers need to draw the skit out for 5 minutes longer than it should be. I'm not even going to comment on the lack of any kind of plot because lets be honest the only aim in these flicks is to find a way to link Amy Winehouse to '10,000 BC' so that they can transition between jokes. As if these latest spoof movies weren't bad enough, we now get to sit through takes on current pop culture “stars”. I mean Christ...they even managed to work in Wolf from American Gladiators. This seemed to be a joke even to those who were starring in it. When Z list celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Carmen Electra perform like they are better than the script you know it has to be complete shit.
The Final Word: Please....please...PLEASE do not give these people your money. They keep making more of these because we keep going on opening day. If we show them that this pathetic excuse for a movie just isn't gonna cut it then maybe we can get back quality spoof's like 'Airplane' 'The Naked Gun' and 'Hot Shots'. Well, at least it lived up to it's name it was most definitely a disaster of a movie.
1/10