Many of the spoof movies that have been made in the last few years have not been as great as they were cracked up to be. Movies like Epic Movie, Scary Movie, Walk Hard, and Not Another Teen Movie; were all supposed to be big hits that never reached their intended target. However, a new spoof movie is in theatres and actually provides some big laughs.
Superhero Movie, which pokes fun at Batman Begins, Fantastic Four, and most notably, Spider-Man, is successful because of the fast-hitting nature and delivery of jokes.
By Chelsea Oliver,
Sports Editor
Many of the spoof movies that have been made in the last few years have not been as great as they were cracked up to be. Movies like Epic Movie, Scary Movie, Walk Hard, and Not Another Teen Movie; were all supposed to be big hits that never reached their intended target. However, a new spoof movie is in theatres and actually provides some big laughs.
Superhero Movie, which pokes fun at Batman Begins, Fantastic Four, and most notably, Spider-Man, is successful because of the fast-hitting nature and delivery of jokes. The script works in countless pop culture references, such as Facebook friends, creepers on MySpace, Tom Cruise’s love outburst on Oprah Winfrey’s show and the never ending Britney Spears gossip. The movie is able to tell the jokes that seem overdone with a whole new twist, unlike other spoof movies that spell out the joke for you.
The movie gets most of its inspiration from the first Spider-Man by directing the main character Rick Riker (Drake Bell) on a class trip where he ends up being bitten by a mutant dragonfly. Meanwhile, a well-meaning scientist (Chris McDonald) turns into a villain when his experiment backfires. While Rick tries to take on the world and stop evil, his love interest, Jill, (Sara Paxton) and his quirky aunt and uncle (Marion Ross and Leslie Nielsen) do not make his life any easier to handle.
Though Superhero Movie was hilarious, it pushes its PG-13 rating and should probably be considered an R rated film. Not only are the cracks against Stephen Hawkins a little more than agonizing, but this movie is overflowing with sexual innuendoes, drug references and profanity, and what might possibly be cinema’s longest-ever flatulence gag.
Superhero Movie is high-powered fun and brings witty humor to over told jokes. It is sure to bring some knee-slaps to audiences over 13.