I saw the preview ad on TV about a minute ago, it looks pretty good.

But I wonder,

with with all the parody films out there based on the different genres, do you think in a year or so they'll make one called "Video Game Movie?"

From the people who brought you "Epic Movie" and "Date Movie."

This movie has the word "suck" ALLLLL over it.

hahahaha yeah velcrohead i love your post

Actually, "Date Movie" and "Epic Movie" were created by only two of the six writers of "Scary Movie" (which is probably why they didn't do so well at the box-office). "Superhero Movie", however, was written by Craig Mazin, who also wrote the screenplay(s) for "Scary Movie 3" and "Scary Movie 4". Therefore, I think it's safe to say that this one will do fine in theaters.

you can say what you want here velcrohead,
but please, defend your comment.

I ask in a nice way, tell me why the idea for a movie like this would suck.
Unless I misunderstood you.

The idea itself doesn't suck. The track record of the people making the movies does suck, however.

I wouldn't say Scary Movie 3 and 4 were all that great either. The ONLY reason I'd give it a chance is because Leslie Nielsen's in it.

Well its good to know Leslie Neilson wasn't the issue.

Man he's getin' old too, what would these films be like without him, I guess we knew in the first scary movie film. Which wasn't too bad

so are any of these jackwipes responsible for "Meet The Spartans" as well?

Also my vote is that this'll suck hard.

If Hollywood ever produced a "Video Game Movie", I'd be betting it'd have a pimped out, black Supah Mario with bling-bling and gets high off of super mushrooms. However, I'd love to see Hollywood take a stab at "Not Another Animated Movie" where it parodies classic Disney films. I know it was sort of done with Disney's "Enchanted", but the idea of parodying animated films where there are cheesy musical numbers and what usually goes on in animated films has yet to be pulled off in my honest opinion.

REVIEW:
by Steve Ekstrom

It’s a personal belief of mine that if you cannot make fun of yourself—then you should not be allowed to make fun of anyone else. For years, audiences have embraced spoofs of horror movies, police dramas, John Hughes’ movies—you name it…Hollywood has found a way to spoof it. Now, with the advent of the comic book comeuppance in Hollywood, it’s our turn. You kind of have to look at this kind of “standard” spoof movie like you would any other kind of generic concoction. It even had a quirky yet generic tag line: “The greatest superhero movie of all time. (not counting all the others)”

Superhero Movie overtly covets Sony’s Spider-Man with sprinklings of Batman Begins, Fantastic Four, and X-Men. Throw in some pretty standard sight gags from the scores of other spoof movies, a glimpse at a comic book convention—complete with oozing fanboys in homemade costumes—and you can pretty much skate through this average film. Superhero Movie centers on the teenage Richard Riker becoming ‘The Dragon Fly’ (Drake Bell) and doing battle with his nemesis Lou Landers (Christopher McDonald) a.k.a. ‘The Hourglass’, a science mogul on his deathbed with the ability to drain humans of their lives—only to prolong his life by 24 hours. Richard pines over the girl-next-door Jill Johnson (Sara Paxton) while he deals with his gassy Aunt Lucille (Marion Ross) and his cantankerous Uncle Albert (Leslie Nielsen).

Alliterative names aside, Superhero Movie has its funny moments—if you don’t like spoilers, you may want to avert your eyes…and scroll down a bit.

The opening sequence was a cross between the older Batman movies from the 90’s and Spider-Man—with the displaying of the fibrous material of The Dragonfly’s costume; complete with a moment of pause as he adjusts the tightness of his suit around his groin. There is the infamous clip from the trailer with Tracey Morgan playing Professor X and Pamela Anderson as Invisible Girl. I laughed pretty hard during a scene where Richard Riker spills a powerful pheromone mixture on himself and about 100 different kinds of animals dog pile on top of him, dry humping him—with a snail, on one of his lace holes on his tennis shoe, squirming and saying, “Take the whole thing _____.”

However, I think that the most notorious moment of the movie was a little off the radar. Lou Landers accepts an award for a medical breakthrough and receives a golden hot water bottle and applicator and is deemed “the Douchebag of the Year”—complete with a catchy lounge act number that will probably haunt me for the rest of the weekend as I serenade my friends with its glorious schmaltziness.

Other than just being not-so-impressed by the movie, there just wasn’t enough “smart” superhero gags. If you’re going to make fun of this genre specifically, in the immortal words of George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic, “TEAR THE ROOF OF THE SUCKA!” There were too many easy gags that didn’t rely on the subject material—in essence, you could’ve seen half of the jokes in a Naked Gun movie—they were just too vague. I guess you could say I’m partial—these spoof movies have never held a candle to any of the classic Mel Brooks spoofs like Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, or History of the World, Part I. I think what troubled me most was the fact that the best gags in the movie were shown as outtakes midway through the credits.

Looking ahead to what is sizing up to be the best summer for superhero flicks ever—I’d save your money on this one and wait for a lazy Sunday on HBO eight or nine months from now. Superhero Movie is fun and all, but with wallets tightening up and gas prices going up, I’m saving up so I can devote every last one of my movie dollars to the superhero movies that are going to really bring down the house this summer.

i agree dude

Nope. I saw superhero movie. I friggin loved it. I enjoy all the "Scary movie" movies. Ive never seen epic movie though, and date movie sucked.

you know whats funny... my little guy wanted to see superhero movie more than he wanted to see horton hears a who

Horton hears a who sounds dumb anyways LOL

it's a movie for 2 year olds.. seriously... my little guy thought it was boring and he's 4.

of course he loved bee movie tho.. so did i.

LOL!!! I guess Superhero movie appeals to him more because maybe he likes super heros?

just a wee bit yeah.. favorites are superman,batman, spidermanand green lantern and i buy him marvel legends and dc figures all the time.

it's too bad i thought it wouldn't be appriote for a four year old or i might have taken him to it.

Theres only a couple sexual references in the movie, like for instance in the beginning of the movie the main characters in this science place with all of his classmates, and he accidentally spills H209 on himself, and all the animals start jumping on him, and humping him LOL. This movie is more potty humor than anything. But I still wouldn't take a 4 year old to see it! lol.

yeah, esp. considering he hasn't even seen the first spiderman movie.,