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Director: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
Synopsis
‘Scary Movie’ duo Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer return with this spoof, filmed supposedly on the set of ‘300’, which parodies, amongst other notable productions, ‘The Matrix’, ‘Ugly Betty’, ‘The Departed’, ‘Anchorman’, ‘Deal or No Deal’, ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’, and unsurprisingly, ‘300’ itself. Watch out for humorous ‘appearances’ from Britney Spears and President Bush.
Movie review
From Time Out London
After the deeply disposable genre send-ups ‘Date Movie’ and ‘Epic Movie’, double-threat comedy duo Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer turn their attention to a single movie, the digitally buffed-up historical slugfest ‘300’, for this virtually unendurable feature-length skit. One might have thought the original’s absurd chest-rippling machismo and cartoonish villainy funny enough in itself, an assessment this pitifully laughter-free farrago does little to alter. The Thermopylae-inspired plot remains the same in outline but the would-be humorous embellishment has little to offer beyond infantile obviousness.So, the Spartans in their leather briefs look a bit gay? Let’s have them prancing around to ‘I Will Survive’! Reckon the Spartan educational regime looks a bit tough? Let’s have some poor child beaten to a pulp for fun! And since the ‘300’-themed gags run dry pretty quickly, let’s fill the rest out with projectile vomiting, defecating giant penguins and lookalike japes involving Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and ‘American Idol’. Its relative brevity is a humanitarian gesture.
Author: Trevor Johnston
Time Out London Issue 1961 March 20-26 2008
User reviews of this film
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- Beebee said...
- Posted on Mar 27 2008 19:57 Well... I haven't seen it yet, I'm seeing it in four days time. My friends all say it's brilliant, and from the trailers and adverts I've seen, it looks pretty funny. Besides, I get amused easily, so I'll probably love it. ^^
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- Jan said...
- Posted on Mar 27 2008 17:45 omg what mockery! you cant just take the mess out of 300 especially when you dont do it well! It was disgusting!
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- Ryan said...
- Posted on Mar 27 2008 17:00 The most rubbsh film i,ve ever seen all the jokes have been done before and most of them can't act.
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- crapmoviereview said...
- Posted on Mar 27 2008 16:31 Spend the 67 minutes more productively by finding a turd to polish.
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- James said...
- Posted on Mar 27 2008 15:49 I havn't seen this film, but from what i can see from the reviews it's a marmite film (u either hate it or love it), please don't just look at the first reviews and decide you won't like it,
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- bizzle said...
- Posted on Mar 27 2008 12:04 rubbish, l forda bizzle recordings bruv check me out!
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- Surge said...
- Posted on Mar 27 2008 09:47 This movie was totally amazing i think the people who rated it wouldn't know funny if it bit them in the arse :P
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- Rab said...
- Posted on Mar 26 2008 19:11 total crap, short and i wanted 2 walk out still
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- fred said...
- Posted on Mar 26 2008 18:42 absalute rubish not even funny :P
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- crazy masch said...
- Posted on Mar 25 2008 18:44 licking your own scrotum would be more fun, i was dragged in by my mate and he is now the proud owner of a black eye. the sooner we stop watching this dog poo the sooner they will stop making it. should have stopped at scary movie 2
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- stardust said...
- Posted on Mar 25 2008 18:36 just been n seen spartons, funny film .. loved it and so did my 2 boys ... omg how fit does sean maquire look??? lol xxx
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- dii said...
- Posted on Mar 25 2008 12:24 love it!!!
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- Peter said...
- Posted on Mar 24 2008 23:07 I for one liked this movie quite a bit, yeah there are silly and repeated bits, and the Rating should be a bit higher, but it really does get funny at quite a few points, but also a bit...disgustin :p
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- ali mairaj said...
- Posted on Mar 24 2008 19:26 they need to take classes to learn how to present laughable humor. It was a shit movie
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- Islap said...
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Posted on Mar 24 2008 15:58
This is the worst movie I have seen ever.
The only thing I can compare it to is listening to Idiots sharing their deepest thoughts with you while your intestines leap out of your mouth and attempt to strangle
you. A dead beaver would feel their intelligence was insulted by this movie.
The Lookalikes looked so unlike their counterparts that the only way you could tell who they were supposed to be was that the actors said their names before they came on.
I could have gotten on this movie by doing a Mister T impression, dispite me being a white 12 year old "I pity the fool who likes this film!"
Jak only found this film inspiring because he treains in Badmovie Fu
Plus please watch the film before you review it mark.
Do not see this movie unless you laugh at somebody saying pudding and eat manure! - Report as inappropriate
Cast & crew
Director: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
Cast: Sean Maguire, Carmen Electra, Ken Davitian, Kevin Sorbo, Diedrich Bader, Method Man, Jim Piddock, Nicole Parker, Ike Barinholtz, Crista Flanagan, Jareb Dauplaise, Travis Van Winkle full cast
Rated: 12A
Duration: 83 mins
UK Release: Mar 21 2008
US Release: Jan 25 2008
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