'Superhero Movie' Trailer

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Going to be like Epic Movie isn't it... *sigh*

Hang on... by the makers of The Naked Gun? Oooo I may like.
 
This movie is chock full of jokes people would crack during a serious movie just so they can chuckle for a sec. That's not enough to sustain a film. Wasn't Spider-man 3 a good enough comedy for these people?
 
Wes said:
Going to be like Epic Movie isn't it... *sigh*

Hang on... by the makers of The Naked Gun? Oooo I may like.
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Yes, it's Zucker who did the Scary Movie 3 and 4 (both with Leslie Nelson, thus awesome).

Early reviews have actually been comparing it to Airplane! and Top Secret in its humor.
 
Suburban Cowboy said:
so basically its entirely a spiderman spoof
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http://www.aintitcool.com/node/35434

“Meet The Spartans” is the worst cinematic experience of the century.

If poisoned Kool-Aid were served at the snack bars showing this shit, I'm sure the aisles would be filled with bodies. Thanks to this extended trailer masquerading as a film, along with abominations like “Date Movie” and “Epic Movie,” the goodwill moviegoers had towards parodies is gone.

Now, we approach these movies with wariness, wondering not if they're any good... but just how bad the latest will be.

I recently attended a sneak of a new spoof that doesn't just reverse the decline, but stops it in its tracks. It was far from finished, but it didn’t matter. The audience had a great time and so did I.

The film is called “Superhero!” Obviously, it’s a send up of every caped crusader picture under the sun, but the thing that makes it stand apart from all the other subprime vendor parody movies out there is that it’s produced by David Zucker, one of the men who gave us the original “Airplane!”

“Superhero!” takes the conventions of the genre and exaggerates them. It’s like watching “Spiderman” in a funhouse mirror.

While “Spidey” is the prime source material, “Fantastic Four,” “Batman,” and every other flick where you believe a man could fly is called on the carpet. Still, this isn't just a succession of dumb gags. The spirit is closer to “Hot Fuzz” where there’s a structure to the piece as well as genuine affection towards the genre being lampooned.

It also helps that Craig Mazin, who wrote and directed, is an aficionado on comic book heroics. (He already directed the clever indie flick “The Specials.”) His spoof apprenticeship was spent working on two of the “Scary Movie” sequels with Zucker, but this time he’s on his own, front and center. The smartest thing he did was make an actual film, not an extended skit like all the other parodies stinking up multiplexes. This movie is technically adroit and while it helps to have some knowledge of the movies being parodied, “Superhero!” stands on its own.

The plot, a novelty for these kinds of movies, follows the adventures of an average guy, played by Drake Bell, who accidentally becomes the recipient of superpowers. The movie adheres to the well established conventions of the genre: Guy gets powers, guy freaks out at powers, guy learns responsibility of powers and guy resolves to fights evil with them.

The romance and villainy of the first and second “Spiderman” provide the template. Sara Paxton is funny and hot as the Mary Jane character. Chris McDonald will make it impossible for you to look at Willem Dafoe’s “Green Goblin” again with a straight face, if you ever had one. Brent “Data” Spiner is delightful as a whacked out scientist and the appearance of Leslie Nielsen as a city official was greeted by applause.

Besides the mock-heroics occurring onscreen, you also get to watch Zucker and Mazin rescue the spoof genre. (It was wise to give the “Scary Movie” franchise a rest and mock fresh turf.)

To start describing some of this movie's gags will destroy a lot of the fun and, to me, that would count as spoilers... so hopefully a trailer won’t give away too many surprises. I will say that one of my favorite sequences is a “ZAZ” style ridicule of the subway scene from “Spiderman 2,” that has a lot of the same technical prowess of the original as our hero, stuck to the front of the train, encounters everything imaginable in harm’s way. It proves the "Airplane!" escalation method still works.

“Superhero!” like “Hot Fuzz” is a reminder that spoof movies don't have to suck when in the right hands. By virtue of sheer competence, this movie will do well.

In “Superhero,” the good guys save the day on screen while behind the scenes, Mazin and company save the spoof genre. I look forward to seeing the finished product.

I recommend that the ads for this film say: From People Who Had Nothing To Do With “Epic Movie” & “Meet The Spartans.”
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Count Dookkake said:
You mean the one where Drebin has to find the evidence to clear Nordberg of bogus uxorcide charges?
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They were planning to do a Naked Gun 4, but then OJ had to go kill two people.
 
It's disheartening to see it compared to hot Fuzz, because, based on the traielr alone, it will be nothing like Hot Fuzz. Hell, based on the title, it's already dead in the water- Hot Fuzz was not called ACTION GENRE MOVIE.
 
I'm going to make a movie called Movie Movie. It will feature no plot, no humor, unknown actors, and cameos by formerly good actors who now need to pay the bills after supplicating their coke habit. My budget will be 900,000 dollars, mostly in cocaine.

It will open to a box office of 30 million dollars, making me the Roger Corman of the 2000s.

I don't like the comparisons to Hot Fuzz because Hot Fuzz wasn't "copy framework of Movie A and then put in jokes as much as possible". Hot Fuzz was "understand and enjoy the genre of film you inhibit, and make something awesome out of it." It was its own movie and, better yet, it was created by talented writers and directors who kept things fresh and interesting. Hot Fuzz never felt like you were watching Point Break but with jokes interlaced. It felt like a film. This will feel like Spiderman with bad jokes throughout.
 
I'll have to check out the trailer, but The Specials was one of the wrost movies I've seen in years. Screamingly bad. Had a couple moments at best.
 
ManaByte said:
Yes, it's Zucker who did the Scary Movie 3 and 4 (both with Leslie Nelson, thus awesome).
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Scary Movie 3 & 4 were AWFUL

AWFUL

This movie looks retarded. Please stop making spoof movies Hollywood :(
 
Mairu said:
Scary Movie 3 & 4 were AWFUL

AWFUL

This movie looks retarded. Please stop making spoof movies Hollywood :(
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Charlie Sheen's boner in 4 made me fuckin :lol, but other than that.. yeah they sucked.
 
Skiptastic said:
I'm going to make a movie called Movie Movie. It will feature no plot, no humor, unknown actors, and cameos by formerly good actors who now need to pay the bills after supplicating their coke habit. My budget will be 900,000 dollars, mostly in cocaine.
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I have a similar plan. I will make a movie called Spoof Movie. It will consist mostly of B- and C-list celebrities walking into frame and announcing their identity, then being harmed or pooped on. It will have no pretense of a plot to string together jokes, consisting rather of many short scenes of wooden acting. Here's one I've been working on.

[A man stands in a field with a wheelbarrow full of diarrhea. Erik Estrada enters.]

Erik Estrada: Hello, I'm Erik Estrada.
Man: Hi, would you like to give me a hand with this wheelbarrow full of diarrhea?
Erik Estrada: Sure.

[Erik Estrada takes the wheelbarrow's handles from the man. The man walks in front of the wheelbarrow and lies down on the ground. Erik Estrada slowly tips the wheelbarrow over, pouring the diarrhea onto the man.]

Erik Estrada: Oh no!
 
Cymbal Head said:
I have a similar plan. I will make a movie called Spoof Movie. It will consist mostly of B- and C-list celebrities walking into frame and announcing their identity, then being harmed or pooped on. It will have no pretense of a plot to string together jokes, consisting rather of many short scenes of wooden acting. Here's one I've been working on.

[A man stands in a field with a wheelbarrow full of diarrhea. Erik Estrada enters.]

Erik Estrada: Hello, I'm Erik Estrada.
Man: Hi, would you like to give me a hand with this wheelbarrow full of diarrhea?
Erik Estrada: Sure.

[Erik Estrada takes the wheelbarrow's handles from the man. The man walks in front of the wheelbarrow and lies down on the ground. Erik Estrada tips the wheelbarrow over, pouring the diarrhea onto the man.]

Erik Estrada: Oh no!
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I laughed more from reading this than I did watching that trailer, which is to say: I laughed.
 
Judging from the comments in this thread, it seems that a lot of you are willing to dismiss this film along with the other "spoof" films. The other films such as "Meet the Spartans" and "Date Movie" have created a lot of bad will with filmgoers, and rightfully so.

One thing I will say this movie has going for it is, like Airplane, it spoofs the genre/ film type and looks like it stays consistent throughout. It references Spider-man, Fantastic Four and whatnot.

The problem with those other spoofs is they don't try to create anything with a sense of a consistent overall story. All they do is pull current, disposable movie scenes and pop culture references and throw them together in the blender.

I present to you, Exihibit A:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wlvp6mQmP04
 
by the makers of the naked gun and scary movie!? awesome

let's see the credits

writer said:
# Superhero! (2008) (in production) (written by)

# Scary Movie 4 (2006) (screenplay) (story)
# Scary Movie 3 (2003) (written by)
... aka Scary Movie 3.5 (USA: DVD box title)

# Senseless (1998) (written by)
# RocketMan (1997) (screenplay) (story)
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hmmm, uh oh

director said:
# Superhero! (2008) (in production) (attached)

# The Specials (2000)
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hmmm

same guy

edit: oh, wait, the specials was kind of good, actually

check it out on netflix

don't BUY it or anything, but anchor bay did a fairly decent release of this. it's a bit better than mystery men in content but not in production values
 
Eric P said:
edit: oh, wait, the specials was kind of good, actually

check it out on netflix

don't BUY it or anything, but anchor bay did a fairly decent release of this. it's a bit better than mystery men in content but not in production values
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Eh, strongly disagree. It had zero for comic acting or timing. Only the treatment of the premise might be considered marginally better. Mystery Men was actually funny.
 
Hmm, it could end up being alright, some of the humor reminds me of Naked Gun. That trailer alone already made it better than Meet the Spartans.
 
Eh, I give this more a chance to deliver than Epic Movie and Meet the Spartans did(n't).

Should bring some of those 'old school spoof' funny, instead of just hurhur look here is Paris Hilton hurhur she is so annoying.

Leslie Nielsen alone already confirms that much.
 
Wes said:
Going to be like Epic Movie isn't it... *sigh*

Hang on... by the makers of The Naked Gun? Oooo I may like.
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Nah, Epic Movie lacked any narrative. This movie is simply a complete parody of the first Spider-Man film. They have the right idea but they should pull more from other super hero franchises and not just Spidey.
 
The Zuckers did Scary Movie 4.. Who knows how much we can trust them anymore. Now, Scary Movie 4 is leagues less shitty than Epic Movie and Date Movie - but it's still shit. This trailer is also a big pile of shitty gags like running into stuff and losing your pants. Hopes: slim.
 
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