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Summary: I laughed. Can't argue that.
Review: I'm hardly a fan of bathroom humour in general and watched this movie expecting to sneer at it. But I ended up enjoying it. Quite a bit. It's actually nice to see a movie that's not only totally bonkers and completely no-holds-barred in its crude humour, but also has no pretenses whatsoever to being anything greater -- and therein lies the charm of Scary Movie.The best thing about this movie is newcomer Anna Faris. Despite the presence of comedy stalwarts like the Wayans brothers and Shannon Elizabeth (Dish Dogs, American Pie), Faris easily walks off with the movie with her Katie Holmes impression. By taking some of the more outrageous gags seriously, Faris makes funny gags even funnier, and every time her arrow-straight treatment of scenes metamorphoses into an absurd gag, the contrast is delicious. Most importantly, Scary Movie treats its own absurdity with a grain of salt. Absurdity is an overused device, and many an indie film has sunk to the bottom because of self-importance and a holier-than-thou "hip" factor. Scary Movie never tries to make any grand statements, and instead of trying to pretend to be a satire (eg. South Park), it is content to remain a parody and therefore is easier to warm to. It realizes that nothing this heavyhanded can be truly satirical and succeeds by keeping its ambitions small. My one objection lies in the amount of violence against women. I have to admit, the funniest scene for me is the "I'll kill you myself" scene, but it gets to be a bit much. Was it really necessary to see the broken leg, for example? Or the garage-door gag, which isn't even all that funny? Violence against women is a motif in slasher films, but in a comedy like this, too much of it adds an unpleasant tone. The DVD edition, aside from the ability to select chapters, really doesn't carry much unless you have a DVD-ROM. I don't, so I'm relegated to just one short, fairly obvious documentary about the concept of the movie (not great, though not bad), and some deleted scenes. One of these is terrific, but I can't help thinking this DVD edition a little short on bonus material. Perhaps the bulk of it is in the DVD-ROM -- still, couldn't they have let us DVD-player owners in on it?
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Summary: Surprisingly un-funny.
Review: There are movies that are funny despite being so crude they can turn your stomach. The "South Park" film, and "There's Something About Mary," had lots of big laughs. "Scary Movie," however, is just tedious. If you've seen the trailer, you've seen most of the good moments. The biggest problems: (1) most of the jokes are either obvious or badly set up. If you have half a brain you'll even predict the reference to "Final Destination" at the very end of the film seconds before it hits. (2) Some of the humor travels beyond crude into the land of racism and homophobia. Whoa, yeah, that guy gets turned on by <i>other guys!</i> That's hysterical! Sigh. Don't waste your time with this film -- and whatever you do, keep it away from your young kids, who undoubtedly don't need to see an erect male member shoved through someone's head.
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Summary: WORST MOVIE EVER!
Review: this movie was the poorest made piece of garbage ever. i have nothing against vulgarity or anything but the vulgarity in this movie was used so terribly unfunny. the actors were terrible and couldnt even pull of the poorly written jokes they were supposed to. if your lookin for something funny go buy the south park movie. not this thing. i think i laughed one time when i watched this movie....when it was over! if you have the intelligence of an acorn then you might like this movie, but if you are a normal person then stay away from it.
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Summary: A Top Film
Review: This was a funny film, me being a big scream fan, this was a cracker with a good mix of other films, sex, horror, blood & humor this film is a winner! A must buy for everyone ... This film rules just like Scream 1,2 & 3!
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Summary: Hated it
Review: I've been on this earth for damn near 23 years. I've seen quite a few things seeing as how I've recently entered my third decade of life. Death by penis, however, is one thing I had not seen until I saw Scary Movie. To be quite honest, I could have lived without it. This generally stale movie did have it's moments, but they were all able to be fit nice and snug into the trailer, perhaps one of the funniest of all time. If I was writing this review for the trailer I'd give it two snaps up in a blink. The Wayans brothers, however, manage to take that brilliant trailer, interspersing crude and unfunny jokes with the occasional impaling penis, and turn it into a less than sterling comedy. From now on, the only way I'm watching a Wayans in a movie is if he's dressed up like a clown and hitting people over the head with a toy bat.
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Summary: very disappointing - rent "Student Bodies" instead
Review: This movie was amazing in how unfunny it was...the original "Scream" had more funny moments, despite the fact that 'Scream", of course, wasn't meant to be a comedy. First of all, "Scary Movie" plods through the plot of its main inspiration, "Scream," way too much. I felt like I was watching an inferior version of that (highly overrrated) movie, and boy was I bored. Secondly, the movie made a lot of dated references (think "whassup"? and "I see dead people"). These were funny the first time (in the trailers) but are already quite stale. This is the new trend of movies nowadays, to use very dated pop-culture references to draw cheap laughs out of audience. How lazy! I think they made the trailer for this movie first, and then threw together a movie afterward. Thirdly, this movie totally ripped off "Student Bodies," a much older (and pretty funny) horror movie spoof. Fourthly, I was just plain offended by the gross-out humor, despite the fact that I have a very high tolerance for it (Pulp Fiction and "There's something about Mary" didn't bother me.) Much of the violence is directed toward women (the "siicone implant" scene being especially disturbing), and I found myself cringing instead of laughing. There is so much funny material available for a horror movie spoof--somehow "Scary Movie" managed to avoid including any of it. I'd like to add, for you parents out there, that this movie is extremely inappropriate for people under the age of 18, despite its obvious targeting of the teenage market. I can't think of a worse movie to show to a teenager--and that includes porn!
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Summary: Sucky Movie
Review: Two thumbs up? Please tell me that this is a misprint on the box because this movie was truly awful. Anything that was remotely funny was in the previews and the second time around...well, let's just say it was a challenge to muster up a chuckle. I wasn't even offended by the sex jokes or lewd scenes because they were LAME jokes and LAME lewd scenes. What a waste.
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Summary: What bug is up everybody's arse?
Review: I can't believe all the bad reviews this movie has. I laughed so hard I rolled on the floor in tears. C'mon people, loosen up! It's the 'Last Summer' and 'Scream' movies that were stupid. Scary Movie was by far the best comedy of the year. It's a shame some people just don't get it. Take it from me, if you like stuff like 'Airplane!' and the Naked Guns, Scary Movie is for you!
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Summary: Not the best genre spoof, but worth a chuckle or two
Review: Every genre has it's spoof so it should come as no surpirse that 'Scary Movie' was made. If not for the writing talents of the Wayan's Brothers it could have been much worse, but at least it manages to be entertaining. The DVD offers some nice behind the scenes footage and deleted scenes which make purchasing the film worthwile. All in all, it's worth purchasing (if you have a coupon).
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Summary: They Shoulda Called It "Stupid Movie"
Review: Oh, man, were the Wayans brothers way off the mark with this one. Slapping together parodies of "Scream" and the "I Know What You Did Last Summer" flicks, and even the whole "Whazzup" catch-phrase, I guess they thought it would make for humorous cinematic fodder. The bits were tired, perhaps because they were so lame in the original movies, and the whole deflowering of the Cindy character was handled in such a tasteless, unfunny manner. The one good thing about this whole waste of celluloid was that the Carmen Electra character got killed off way before she had a chance to annoy us with any further character development. Oh, yeah, she totally had to be in her underwear when she got slammed upside the head with a car windshield. I guess that was pretty funny. Save your money. Go in a different direction. Far away from this one.
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