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Scary Movie

Scary Movie

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Scary Movie is too funny
Review: I would recomend this movie if you like the nasty, rauchy, ridiculous comedy. It had me rolling on the floor at the movie theater and tears were coming out my eyes. Please no children should see this one only 18 and up

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Funny funny funny!
Review: This was just the best movie I've ever seen! It's just hilarious! I loved all the jokes, and they made a good job, with parodies on lots of movies, not just one or two!

This is a must-buy!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Classic
Review: I love this movie so much I pre-ordered it - I'm unfortunate enough to live in Australia. But all five of these stars could easily go to the take off of the Bathroom scene in Scream 2. I won't tell you what sort of weapon (or tool ;) is used, but this is the funniest spoof of a scene in movie history. Buy it just for that - God knows Amazon needs the cash.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: generally amusing parody
Review: Like most movie parodies, "Scary Movie" starts out well then begins to head downhill as it exhausts the possibilities of its limited material. Certainly, few genres are as rife for self-satire as the teen slasher films that have proliferated in theatres ever since the early 1980's. Seeing, however, as even some of the earliest "Friday the 13th" and "Halloween" films seem like ancient history to today's core movie going public, "Scary Movie" draws upon more contemporary examples of the genre like "Scream" and "I Know What You Did Last Summer" as its source of inspiration. In its opening stretches, "Scary Movie" has a great deal of fun parodying the many ludicrous conventions that have long defined these films: the use of 30-year old actors to portray empty-headed, nubile adolescents; the heavy emphasis on teen sexuality and partial nudity; the inane actions of the killer's victims who seem to do everything possible to hurl themselves into dangerous situations; and the oh-so-predictable false scare (usually caused by a leaping cat) followed immediately by the inevitable killer's attack.

Directed by Keenan Ivory Wayans and boasting a screenplay concocted by no fewer than six (count 'em SIX) writers, "Scary Movie" establishes a high speed rhythm and pace that the filmmakers manage to sustain through most of the film's 88-minute running time - though there is a noticeable tendency on the part of the film to lag in the last half hour. Part of the problem could be that, as with most films made up essentially of sound and sight gags haphazardly strung together, it is inevitable that some of the bits will succeed better than others and that, as the movie rolls along, the inspiration will run a little dry and the humor will become less spontaneous and more forced. Indeed, this type of movie genre parody has always worked best when applied in small doses on TV series like "Saturday Night Live," "In Living Color" and even the "Carol Burnett Show." Stretched out to full length, such concepts often suffer the curse of diminishing returns.

Occasionally, the screenplay edges so close to the limits of good taste that one may question whether or not the material is truly appropriate for the age group at which the movie is obviously targeted. The crudity is actually much more comically effective when it is merely hinted at than when it is so openly spelled out and displayed. But then subtlety is not exactly a strong suit of the straight horror movie genre either.

"Scary Movie" is, at least, blessed with a winning, game cast made up of appropriately post adolescent actors who understand well the mannerisms and speech patterns of the stereotypes they embody. The overall good-natured quality of the film and its fairly high laugh ratio of gems to clunkers make "Scary Movie" an imperfect but generally likeable popcorn entertainment.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Scary Movie
Review: Well it was funny but not funny enough. We see Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Matrix and The Sixth Sense all mixed into one. During the movie there are parts you wouldn't want to see unless you are gay. But even though Scary Movie was funny that in some ways its worth watching and in other ways you wouldn't care to see. Scary Movie 2 shall hit theaters 2001.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Disgusting, sad excuse for a movie
Review: I am usually very open to spoofs and parodies but Scary Movie disgraces the genre. It could have been done really well, since it is an interesting idea for a movie but the use of nudity, sexual inuendoes, and crude bathroom jokes makes the movie unbearable to watch. If you really want to see a good, funny movie, buy Robin Hood, Men in tights or anything by Mel Brooks

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: The silliest movie of all time!
Review: This one should have been rated R. It's stupid, disgusting and not scary at all. I got to laugh a couple of times and that was it. I value my time at theaters, and movies like this one really upset me.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Wicked
Review: This has got to be the funniest film of the year. I've seen it 3 times coz each time I missed loads coz I was crying with laughter. From the same goys who brought you Don't Be A Menace this film is an absolute screamer. If you've seen the films parrodied you, if you possess a sense of humour, will be laughing from start to finish. The male nudity is done in the best possible taste, well maybe not but it definitly is funny. The only problem is that it made me laugh too much, I thought I was going to die.

I wanted to put 6 stars but the tyrants would let me only have 5.

You have to watch this film and that is an order...

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Weird but good
Review: Wooww! This movie had some goary and explicit scenes... GREAT spoof on Scream 1, 2, 3, I know what you did... and I still know what you did.... etc Made use of some effects from Matrix.

Overall a must watch movie. I am strongly considering buying it when it comes out on DVD.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: It may be crude, but it's hands down the best
Review: I saw this movie in the theater and it was the funniest I have ever seen. I was totally shocked when the male nudity was shown, but it just made the movie that more funny. I went to see the movie with one of my friends and during a scene, he was literally rolling down the aisle. If your in a mood to watch a nasty, crude, crass, and down right dirty movie, go get Scary Movie.


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