Hollywood is Dumb
Disaster Movie Obviously Has Nothing to do with Anything
Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on June 23, 2008
In general, covering the world of film is much like being a politician in this country — no matter what you say, there will always be people who think you are an asshole. As well, with every statement about a film you are always questioned, never able to bring 100% of people together on any one issue. However unlike politics, our world does have its one great equalizer: the filmography of spoof movie makers Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. Their films have been an amazing unifying force in entertainment in that we can all agree that everything from Date Movie to Epic Movie to Meet the Spartans has been sloppy, unintelligent trash disguised as irreverence. Not to sound like an elitist, but these guys make The Love Guru look like Ghandi - and oddly enough, those movies both shared the presence of Sir Ben Kingsley.
With their next film Disaster Movie, Friedberg and Seltzer have decided to take every ounce of feedback they’ve gotten on their past films and continue to do the opposite. Though critics have drowned them in a sea of negativity, calling out the incoherence of their films — which includes for example, the Paris Hilton and Stomp the Yard scenes withing a sword-and-sandals parody. In fact, Disaster Movie appears to be a spoof on films such as The Day After Tomorrow and An Inconvenient Truth, but you wouldn’t know that from the trailer below, as all we see are a smattering of clips that involve Iron Man, Hancock, The Incredible Hulk, Hannah Montana and the princess from Enchanted. In this instance, should we decide to play a game of “Which One of These Things Doesn’t Belong”, the answer would be easy: Friedberg and Seltzer.
Should you desire to push yourself further into depression about the state of American culture, I would suggest the following clip for your viewing… um, pleasure:
And just when we’d thought we’d had enough of this film today, the studio was kind enough to send over the fourth in a line of posters for the film. It to, does nothing to explain what the hell is going on in the movie. Although, we have an idea that the filmmakers probably haven’t figured it out yet, either. Disaster Movie creeps into theaters on August 29, 2008.
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13 Comments
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:02 pm
I’m definitely going to skip this one!
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:12 pm
I think we’ve hit an all-time low. Now, instead of watching movies being spoofed a year later, we can see them spoofed a month after they are released in the theater. Did I miss something?
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:13 pm
Worst. Movie. Ever. Seriously. WTF. That trailer entirely consisted of recognizable characters being parodied and then hit with some sort of object. My Kill-O-Meter is about to shatter the glass with rage.
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:29 pm
I’m not sure how universal the hatred for these films is Neil… each film’s box office continues to warrant another in the series. They’re averaging $80 million worldwide per film… substantially more than the $5 million they probably cost to make. Someone somewhere likes this crap. Probably mostly folks in middle America…
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:45 pm
I’m not sure its entirely appropriate to point at middle America and make a statement that basically says “You’re dumb and you like idiotic movies and you’re killing cinema.” It reeks of “Coastal elitism.”
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:57 pm
Well I did say “probably”.
June 23rd, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Is it elitism when it’s true? :-)
June 23rd, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Clearly, the people of this country are clinging to Disaster Movie and religion since our economy is tanking, we’re fighting a war forever and Neil hasn’t come back from the store with my Fritos. How long does it take to drive 10 blocks, Neil? Hurry the eff up.
Anyway, my problem with the trailer has nothing to do with the random content. It has to do with the bare-bones sets. Those streets had one or two cars on them, and a lone character saying an unfunny line. I can understand cutting the budget in the script department, but can’t we at least get some day players for a crowd? Or better Styrofoam for the meteorites? Please?
Oh, it doesn’t matter, because no one will see it. Except me because I’ll draw the short straw and have to review it. I hate you, Fate.
June 23rd, 2008 at 10:31 pm
Don’t lump me in with the rest of middle America. Sure, I’m from Illinois, but I’ve never seen any spoof movie aside from the good ones like Top Secret!, the Naked Gun series, and Airplane!.
Okay yeah, I did see the first two Scary Movie flicks (which I’m still very apologetic for, and will do 20 pushups/situps for penance if asked). But surely searching out movies to see in the theater like Grindhouse, Hatchet, and Diary of the Dead (the latter two I had to drive an hour away to find a theater playing them) make up for those lapses in good judgement, right?
June 24th, 2008 at 12:24 am
ummm…WOW. That looks so bad . none of the jokes where funny . And why Would You Make fun Of a DEAD 15 year old. Oh 1 more thing was that Kim Kardashin’s sister ?
June 24th, 2008 at 12:31 am
Just keep telling yourself Friedberg and Seltzer intentionally named this “Disaster Movie” because they know it will be exactly that, a disaster of a movie. If you can’t do that, then I look forward to seeing you in the loony bin.
June 24th, 2008 at 9:41 am
I’ll look forward to seeing everyone in the loony bin regardless, and no, that’s actually Kim Kardashian herself. In the flesh!
June 24th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
I am excited to see this movie…it looks awesome.