The summer movie season is almost here! But until then we have to make do with April releases. With a few rare exceptions, April tends to be a dumping ground for movies that the studio's have no faith in. Today, I will be reviewing "Scary Movie 5" which is a very good example of this. As usual I'd like to give a shoutout to the Free Gamer's Alliance YouTube channel. Their videos cover everything from walkthroughs, glitches, easter eggs, and various amusing video game related content, all of which is delivered with some colorful commentary while they have buckets of fun doing it. Here is the link:
https://www.youtube.com/user/FreeGamersAlliance/.
For those of you unfamiliar with the trailer, here it is:
- Honestly, I've got nothing...
The Bad:
- For a movie that is clearly advertised as a spoof of modern movies, they tend to reference and make jokes about some outdated material. Don't get me wrong, I loved Inception, but by spoofing it now they are essentially beating a dead horse.
- The writing is incredibly lazy. A parody really needs a certain amount of wit to work and this had pretty much none.
- The jokes are very repetitive.
- The fact that the jokes are repetitive is surprising as they really aren't funny to being with. I did not laugh once watching this movie. I think that a major reason for this is that the jokes are non-sensical.
- The biggest problem with this movie is that they rely on the most juvenile toilet humor as a crutch. They never try for anything smart, relevant, or better in any way.
The Verdict:
There really is no way to sugar coat this so I'm not even going to try. This movie sucked and it sucked big time. I highly recommend not seeing this movie as I felt as though I needed a lobotomy after watching it.
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