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I think it’s about time for that parody of parody movies.

Parody movies used to be good - when political correctness didn’t exist. People lost the ability to laugh at themselves, got all “sensitive” and out went the really good parody jokes of any Mel Brooks movie or the people behind Airplane. Think about it - what kind of stink would have happened if Mel Brooks decided to produce Blazing Saddles now instead of over twenty years ago?

I watched this movie for free while at work (I work at a cinema) with some other staff. They cackled the whole way through, every single joke landed big time and they had an absolute ball with it. And then that came out saying it was crap! I don’t get it.

For the record, I absolutely detested it, but after seeing Epic Movie (also free again) I wasn’t as shocked by its complete lack of substance and creativity. I was suprized by how incredibly cheap it was. Failed effects shots (vacuum to the sandman foot being one). It musta had like 4 sets. Most of the movie took place in one set than felt like a tiny little shitty ass set. This movie had cash grab written all over it, more so than I would have imagined anyone would have the balls to do!

Yeah my bad on the parody of parody films should have said spoof of spoof films.

NBAKid2000:

I LOVED Scary Movie 3. The Zuckers truly do have genius in their blood. However, their job on Scary Movie 4 didn’t faze me as much, mostly because it seemed as though they were trying TOO hard to ensure their film didn’t differ too far from what had become the standard Spoof. I call attention to the scene where Carmen Elektra takes a shit in front of the hall of Villagers. Didn’t seem very Zuckerian to me.

PS: Shaun of the Dead was fantastic.

PPS: I replied to your comment in Serena’s post, if you’re interested.

The scary thing is that tracking is showing that this movie has a legitimate chance at coming #1 at the box office this weekend.

lol well i have seen airplane a few times….and well ass much as people complain about these movies yet they praise airplane….airplane sucked IMO …i mean what have a bunch of shitty actors and celebs….wtf is this…same thing….fuck all spoof movies….get over them all!

doug your biased on biasedness! i am now biased upon all your biasednesses!….bye

An Awesome review by the great Doug Nagy. I never planned on seeing this and with this review strenthes my decission.

best review….EVER! I was dying watching poor Doug get worked up over this shitfest of a movie. Kudos sir!!

Hear! Hear! Spread the word Mr. Nagy! Spoof movies suck!

Hard!

@Nec and Basstard:

Hot Shots! Part Thrice will one day be here before you know it.
Okay, maybe not. It was a thought.

******

There was a time when spoof films, such as the ZAZ-ness of Airplane or Hot Shots!, or the Wayans’ I’m Gonna Git You Sucka was pure gold. But the problem today is that there are simply one too many trips to the well, and the spoofness has thin focus. You know it’s trouble when they need to resort *exclusively* to bathroom humor. You know it’s a serious wreck when they get off track of the genre they are spoofing, and go all over the map. It’s taking a gag and repeating it until it isn’t funny anymore.

How many jokes about hygine (or lack therof) can one take in one film? Is that all there is?

It is time these films be given a rest. Wait a few years when there is something to spoof-and spoof well.

It really wasn’t that bad of a movie compared to others of the same genre, I think Doug is overblowing it.

And I’m pretty sure this will be the number one movie this weekend. Cloverfield will fall off, and that Diane Lane shit isn’t going to do well. This thing has been marketed to death, so don’t be shocked to see this get bigger than expected numbers this weekend. 25-30 million this weekend.

I kind of wish that Doug would see more terrible movies because his reviews for them are so fucking funny.

As sad as it is to say i could see this being #1. i teach high school and this movie is right in the wheel house of those kids. I’ve had to listen for months about how this is going to be the ‘best movie ever’, with one girl commenting that shes ‘been waiting her entire life’ for this movie. I can see it being #1 this weekend just based on the throngs of teens and tweens that don’t know any better and think it the next coming of christ….. With any luck once they lay eyes on this cinematic abomination they’ll come to their senses, but I doubt it…. this will be #1 on DVD when it comes out too….. This is truly a sad time for film fans.

Doug, you sir are a GENIUS!! Loved that ‘public service announcement’ and totally agreed with it!!

I will never darken a cinema’s doorway with the expectation of going to see this crapfest.

Thank you for your review!

I got a¨car accident moment¨as soon as i finished Doug s review.
I know the view will be horrible!but i have to see it!
well…im guilty.
APROPOS MR NAGYS REVIEW,GRADE 1O!

HAHAHA isit really that bad?? i mean cmon. hooly shit that was the most negative review ever! no- dont get me wrong, i totally agree with it its just that its funny as hell

dont worry doug- i will spread the word

This review made my day…I think, actually hope, that this review would make more money than the shit of a movie that is Meet The Spartans.

I bet doug didn’t even see this movie and just gave it a 0

That review is pretty much how I felt about 300.

LOL!

Doug, you really need to work on forming a strong opinion. : )

“This movie excels at being absolutely awful. You have dick jokes, fart jokes, shit jokes, scads of gay jokes”
This could be a review of Superbad which has to be the most over rated comedy of all time

For some reason I said your name was Dave. Probably because I despise a person whose name is Dave, and your names sound alike.

My impulse is to insult you, Doug, but I’m better than that.

@ Mike C

hey- no- ok if i was doug trust me my review would have been worse then that and yes the review was a little harsh towards the people who liked it- but, it was a funny review for all of us who hated it it! and btw- who liked meet the spartans??? but i totally get ur point mike and yes- im sure doug was kidding, if you like that movie- no, you do not have the intelligence of a 5 year old and no you shouldnt drown yourself

i doubt thta anyone that liked this movie read Dougs review and ended up having a crappy day- if i liked it and i read that review, i woulda still laughed

i mean- i doubt doug was serious when he sayd this:
“”Tell them Doug Nagy thinks you and your ilk should be drowned in a murky river because you are stunted mentally at the third grade and your genetics need to be wiped from the collective human pool.”
trust me, if he WAS serious- then doug is a very very very fucking sick person, and he needs years and years of fucking therapy- but obviously hes not and if you think he is- then maybe that means you liked that movie so- kill yourself.

well ive seen the movie and liked it so doug nagy go FUCK URSELF!!!!!!!!

What I was trying to say is, (put out of context) “No one should be above the law.” The rules (although it says “commenting” rules, obviously they wouldn’t post rules about what they can and can’t do) say to have a conversation without randomly insulting each other. Yes it was a joke, but a joke like that is an insult to me (probably most jokes insult someone, but this joke was, if you like the movie - than kill yourself, and you were saying it in a serious tone, which could add to the calamity of it I guess but its still very harsh..).

So basically (I’m having trouble trying to put my thoughts into words, can’t you tell?) i’m having trouble seeing the joke as a joke. Its a joke to the people who agree with you, but an insult to those who disagree with your opinion. I understand “its a joke lighten up but like, whos going to say “oh haha i should kill myself and all my friends should hate me now.” And because of that You are disrespecting anyone who didn’t hate the movie as much as you and that is unacceptable for us the reader to do, and it shouldn’t be allowed for the poster to do so. If can’t insult you, you sure as hell better not insult me or i’m going to be pissed!

I’m trying not to let my emotions get the best of me but they are (notice all the conflicting text, and such). Hope you get my point.

Mike C

aaaaaahhh i guess so i mean if u look at it that way
it is kinda sick if it were the case that hes serious. but yeah i see wat ur saying
and to answer the “how can a joke about ending ur life” question- that was pretty funny TO ME im not being an ass to u dude but im saying I found it kinda funny and i might be slightly crazy i dont kno u tell me dud.
i mean if this were the fridays “showtime” section of the newspaper- then people would be pissed- but its an opinion website so..and yeah wat he sayd can be offensive to some people out there and that sucks but this isnt a web site that aims to have middle schoolers as the potential viewers/commentators.

but yeah man its your view and other different opinions and thats different then other peoples which is wat makes comenting about movies and this country so great (sorry Katskachioslavania)

I’m not a little kid who’s complaining about all the cursing and what not, I don’t give a shit about that. I can take many jokes, but this pushed me over the edge. If your going to write a review saying the movie, “Fucking Sucks,” Fine. But don’t say, “This movie sucks and if you like it you suck.” Thats what he was saying, he was joking about the “kill yourself” part, but he wasn’t joking about the “if you like this movie you suck.” That is borderline racism (which is probably why it offended me so much).

“that is borderline racism”….LOL
wow…..whatever harsh ur smokin on pass that shit over here….LOL….
humor like this is stupid and retarded…..i liked the scary movie movies….i loved anchorman…..but movies like this and epic movie are bottom of the barrell……come on now a deal or no deal spoof in a spoof of 300 come on……a transformers knock-off were the guy shows a video of the chick cryin abour brittney spears…….kickin brittney spears in the pit of death…..stomp the yard? really? thats funny? wtf this is just a movie version of best week ever…..

humor based on pop culture has been murdered by movies like this…..a regular 300 spoof is a good idea….so many things u can talk about……but then u gotta add every little thing that is seen on youtube or the internets and call it funny……thats what i hated about epic movie….spoofin shit just because it was on tv……epic movie failed on every spoof it attempted……the pale guy from da vinci code said im rick james bitch…..come on!! thats funny? really?…or the mutant who went to school with the x-men…..or the cribs and punk’d parts…..God i fuckin hated epic movie and this looks like its gonna be the same thing….

@ Mike C

It should be apparent and obvious that I am joking.

I use extreme examples for comedic effect.

If you like this movie, I am confused, but will not LITERALLY hate you. Nor do I actually want anyone to die. That was also a joke.

Mike, people make fun of movies I like all the time. It is part of the fun of of the site, even when people bust my chops. See The Bucket List Review

I am concerned that you would pull the race card because racism involves race, and none were mentioned in the review

I hope this clarifies any confusion.

This movie is still a 0/10 and that is no exaggeration.

@doug

please no racist jokes dude- keep it clean.
i have to admit i was offended when you sayd that 3rd graders are dumb considering i was once a third grader, are you saying im dumb?? is that what you are implying?? are 3rd graders dumbasses? and do our mothers spoon fe4ed us? no! were just like you- you make me sick and honestly, i hope ur sons turn out to be 3rd graders one day.
but its ok!!! i accept youre apology

Yea I don’t know, it just really angered me (and you know the stupid shit people say and do when they’re mad). And I’ve been sitting here all day with basically nothing to do (except computer it up), and mull over it.

“but will not LITERALLY hate you.” - Yep that cleared it up, I thought you were actually being serious about this part…

People (I’m referring to me) can be stupid sometimes.

@ mr Nagy
i just hope you never get to watch a custodian wash elephant assholes at the zoo for a whole entire day- if those ARE the circumstances- i think id have to watch meet the spartans.

and- really?? a 1/10? isnt that like a…zero percent?? jeeesus it musta been bad…

i meant to say 0/10 in my last message (shit 1/10 is pretty bad too but whatever)

still i think you have to be stone cold fuck nuts to watch the movie after reading this review and the coments that followed it

I used racism for lack of a better word. I was trying to say, hatred or intolerance of another human being based on their likes and dislikes, which I see now is completely retarded.

I’m not a frequent viewer of Themovieblog (I’ve scene doug do a review twice maybe) and didn’t understand that he was joking about all of it.

And no i haven’t seen Meet the Spartans (but that wasn’t the point I was getting at).

I’m sorry to say that my girlfriend’s sister saw this movie with her friends Friday night. They are all 14 years old mind you, but I told her NOT to see this movie. Then she goes along and sees it any ways. What should I do to make her, and her friends, not see movies like this again?

Wait, so a bunch of elitist asses, who think they are above this sort of comedy, can bash my opinions all they want and I can’t get riled up over it?

The most ironic thing here is the movie is generating a truck-load of money while you self-righteous “holier-than-thou” types spout your nonsense. Yes it’s toilet humor, yes it’s brash, and yes it’s making more money than you see in a year…. on it’s first day out.

This site also boasts Spiderman 3 as the worst movie of 2007? It, too, made good money.

So, ignore the useless “head-up-their-ass” reviews you find on this site and just experience the damn thing for yourself. Make up your own mind. These ass-hats on the internet that have nothing better to do than deface the image of someone’s work, while not contributing anything better themselves, they are the one’s that need to get a life.

@X-caliber

The movie has 0%. That means no critic liked it…not just this site. Many reviews even bash the directors (rightfully so). I wouldn’t even call this movie a comedy/parody/funny…anything. They don’t even make fun of other movies. They simplely take bits from movies/news/tv and then RE-DO it in their movie. For instance, in 300 the guy kicks someone into that big hole. So what do we see in “Meet the Spartans”…a guy kicking people into the hole. Ummm, that is not a parody…that is plagerism. They did the same thing in Date Movie. I can’t speak for Epic Movie because I never saw it and I only saw Date Movie because I got it free.

In other words X-caliber…drown yourself in a small puddle immediately.

@ downbeat - you did your best buddy, that’s all we can ask.

Eh, formulated opinions take space. Direct assaults such as “omg, yore’ so dmub fer lking tihs movie!!!!111 lOLZ!” on the other hand don’t take quite as much.

EVERYBODY CHILL OH MY GOD WHY DONT WE ALL JUST DO A GROUP HUG!!!!I LOVE ALL OF YOU WHY ARE WE TELLING EACH OTHER TO MAKE EACH OTHER DROWN!!!
lets just ~*hug it out*~ guys! yeeeey! i love you allll!
i think Doug and Mike should seriously hug

X-caliber and funktard should go snorkling to show a sign of world peace

no homo!

@ Mr.T-man

dude- go to ssupload.com and im sure theyll have it there, the only drawback is that 30% of them are bootleged or broken up into pieces but only in lik 3 or 4 parts thats all.

but thats illegal! buy the movies on blockbuster! i didnt tell you about this! no! go to the movies! pay our nice directors the $6.50 they desserve and our writers that just went “we wont write nothing!” on us the pay they desserve for bringing great movies like meet the spartans to our living room
(ha! no im kidding seriously check out ssupload.com)

I think that writers should be paid for pirated movies. They have children.

Well, right now this and Rambo are neck and neck for the number one spot.

And Cloverfield fell HARD!!!!! A 76% drop from last weekend! DAMN!!!!!!

@Kristina

It fell hard cuz it sucks hard….. cock.

I have seen better movies. I would not recommend watching this dumb movie. This movie is so boring I fell asleep in it. You would have more fun doing something else then watching this crappy movie!!!! (Also the jokes were idiotic)

Was there really any doubt this movie was going to suck?

This movie was so bad i took my own time and looked on a site to comment a bad review, this movie was so bad i would not watch it if i was given $100

Hey Mr.T-MAN! You took my name give it back! I got it first! Junior High Basketball nickname!

sniff….thanks jamie God bless u….(salutes)

errrr I meant didn’t care to go see it.

Doug is my hero

107 comments?!?!? SERIOUSLY!?!?! Who has the time to read all these?

oh and doug im tottaly kidding- just makin sure cuz my jokes sound serious sometimes

i saw this movie with a few of my friends today. i dont care what everybody sez. most ppl think 12 yea olds find this funny. me and my friends are twelve and we think that this crap was horrible. there was no plot, it didnt make any sense, the jokes are so old my grea grandpa has heard them millions of times, the acting sucked, and it only took place in like 3 places! whatever you do, NEVER see this movie. i agree with doug i would rather watch an elephants ass hole than c it again

“…I hate spoof movies…”

I think all reviews, all journalism, all sports commentary should have a lead-in like this. Now THAT would be interesting.

And it’s fascinating to connect this review to John’s post ‘ADMITTING THE FLAWS IN THE MOVIES WE LOVE’. ‘HATING A GENRE AND MAKING ARBITRARY JUDGEMENTS AGAINST THOSE WHO LIKE SOMETHING I ABHOR: IT’S A COMIC’S RIGHT’.

Still, lots of hits -and comments- from this one review (sic). Well done.

Bassturd,

Not showing the Monster at all would have made people More angry. Remember that movie where they find an alien structural design, build it, than some radical blows it up, than they rebuild it, than she drops down and goes through all these worm holes to meet the alien, and the alien WAS HER FATHER.”I’m too complex for you too see me so I look like your father.” That ruined the entire movie for me.

it is the shitty movie i have ever seen in my life

ridiculous

For anyone who gets pissed-off as to why movies often don’t have content the trailers do, here’s a column that addresses this issue…

…and make sure you read the response from the director of ‘National Treasure’ contained within.

To Jamie:

‘Dude’…I wanna be there when you have your next (first?) job interview.

Absafuckinglutely hilarious.

Ok, the movie may suck, but WHY send someone who hates spoof movies to REVIEW A SPOOF MOVIE? Very objective, Movie Blog.

Antonio,

He doesn’t hate spoof movies, he hates bad spoof movies.

Me and my boyfriend have very different music tastes. Basically, he likes bad movies, and I like good movies. Everytime the commercial comes on for this movie he laughs and I’m just like… this movie is trash! You can look at it and tell that it’s trash! But anywho. . . I hate spoof movies too. :)

well, the only thing i can say, withou seeing this film, is that I totally undertand you, because justo like you, i think that all spoof films are shit even the first one, the fucking Scary Movie… One question… Why is the fucking hot Carmen Electra is in almost all of those kind of movies?

“…well, the only thing i can say, withou seeing this film…”

LMFAO

This affords you about the same credibility opinion-wise as the reviewer…who, due to his declaration, shouldn’t be writing reviews of films in genres he hates. Maybe you guys should start a club! : )

actally i turned 17 this week

im a grown ass man. i can drink in England bitches.

no actually im from caral springs florida- but i dont like to mention this often…because when you say youre from coral springs florida…you sound like a pussy.
so im like “yeeeaah im from fresno..” so im cool like that

ts’ how i roll

JAIME.

I wrote on here with regards to my feelings about the movie. I understand that there are people that have nothing better to do than surf the internet and focus all there brain cells about peoples screen names, however, I am not going to put one ounce of energy into thinking up a screen name so some numb nuts like you can think about how lame it may be. I find you comical, I hope you had fun spending your time and energy on a ‘no one’.

@ no one (that feels so funny to say!! “to no one”)

dude when i say “drink” i mean alcohol not cranberry juice or condensed milk- or of course water (thta would be horrible, ud be dehidrated for the 1st 16 years of ur life)
whats a wanker??
no youre allowed to drink in elgland unless ur 16 (or older- that would be funny if u could only drink if ur 16…)
and youre message was to long for me to comprehend and now i am stunned- im rebooting please give me a secound.
ok im good.
i got the massage the 1st time but you wrote it 2ce and when i was lik almost done with ur secound one i was lik “youre energy to no one…hey thats the same exact messa- does he think im stupid!? heey!”

@ probitionate
DUDE ur such a nerd! i was lik half way done with ur mesage and i was lik “i was kidding about the drinking thing people! jesus!”
guys- i was kidding. i do not drink. please- just- im sorry im not an alcoholic.

“guys i can drink in england now”
“well acording to the laws # onehundred and fourty four of the english constitution you can drink when ur 15 years and threehundred and fourty seven days old and you must own at least two goblins and a knome-” AAAHHHRG I WAS KIDDING

but yes i might find that handy sometime if i ever go to london so..thank you probitionate :p

i love it how steadily we are no longer talking about meet the spartans
now its like illegally drinking in england, the fact that chris killed the original one and now uses “the real one” to not arouse suspision, and how no one has “no one” as his name, and how im from coral springs, how i use the word “dude”
and somehow i got to “goblins and knomes”
dougs lik “what the fuck are they talking abotu?!”

“I am going to give you a break since your just a baby at age 17. (…) Maybe in time your typo’s will decrease with intensity also.”

LOL

your = you’re?
typo’s = typos?

Kettle, meet pot.

i love it how the “untraceble review” has 4 reviews, thats so pussy. this one has like 200 of them

and thats wierd considering untracable was like eighteen times better then met the spartans

so if the director of meet the spartans goes in this web site and sees 300 comments and skims it or doesnt read it- hed think we loved it.
“they loved it! the other movie only got 4! HAHA i odnt even have to read them…”

Jaime, I find you slightly just a bit more wierd than I’m used to and Im not wasting anymore time on here resonding to you. Have fun and take care.

Someone - no one - who cares! lol!

@ chris

NOOOOO I KNO U WER GOING TO SAY SOMETHING THAT STARTS WITH GU!! IM NOT A CHILD!

gu- gu- guitar, guest,gut, gum (bubble gum perhaps?), guard (u have a fukin guard? ur not chris tucker right? lik ud have to be famous 4 a guard)

cuz its not “hat” that would be wierd who says that “hey yeah im about te meet with youre son in a dark alley- let me just get my hat” cuz ud be gay if u say that

i never imagined doug to lok like that. he doesnt lok like a doug- he looks liek a chad or a ted. all of the dougs i know are fat and short
like wen i saw the review im like “he doesnt look lke a doug! he should be…chad”
cuz i just played it (and only half of it played idk why?)
all the teds and chads i kno look like doug

i look like a jamie ( a male jamie) see jamie fox doesnt lok like a jamie tho he looks like a tyrome

@ Darren J Seeley

FUUUUCK YOUUU! WHATEVEEEEEER!

Oh, fuck! Meet The Spartans is #1. I am really losing faith in the public. I’m watching Spaceballs…ah, good times.

“I am really losing faith in the public.”

Right. As opposed to who they put in office?!?

People see the trailer…which, when I’ve been at movies and it’s played, has gotten a good reaction…and make a decision to go it. They pay their money, they takes their chances, they contribute to the box office haul.

Where does the ‘faith’ come in?

Mr. Nagy ‘hates’ these films. Are you in this camp, too? Are you suggesting that they should never be made? By extension, are you suggesting that they shouldn’t want to go see this ilk in the first place? Sorry to sound crabby, but what would you have preferred their monies have gone to? ‘No Country’? ‘Blood’? ‘Juno’? ‘Rambo’?

Why do people take it so personally when a genre film gets the Number 1 BO spot? Do you do the same thing with music?

‘Different strokes for different folks’.

It’s one thing to ‘hate’ something because of its genre. It’s one thing to ‘hate’ something because you’ve seen it and you thought it stunk.
But this bit about ‘I hate the idea of this and I hate ANYONE wanting to go see it, and I especially hate the fact that it’s tops at the box office!’…isn’t this a little schoolyardish? What’s next, spitballs?

Ah… But of course, this review kindasorta set the tone, didn’t it…?

: )

DUDE IM SEVENTEEN WTF!?
oh my god why would you say “jamie is not 17″
i just turned 17
DOUG OH DOOOUUUUG tell this person i am 17! i am offended!
pizza is my favorite food, i like to watch espn, i dont care about politics and i want to be a pirate a cowboy or a super austronaut when i grow up. TRUST me- im seventeen.