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Superhero Movie (2008)
- IMDb page: Superhero Movie (2008)
- Rate: 4.3/10 total 29,698 votes
- Genre: Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi | Thriller
- Release Date: 28 March 2008 (USA)
- Runtime: 75 min | 82 min (extended edition)
- Filming Location: Brownstone Street, Backlot, Universal Studios – 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
- Budget: $35,000,000(estimated)
- Gross: $25,871,834(USA)(20 July 2008)
- Director: Craig Mazin
- Stars: Drake Bell, Leslie Nielsen and Sara Paxton
- Original Music By: James L. Venable
- Soundtrack: Oh No You Didn't
- Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
- Plot Keyword: Dragonfly | Hero | High School | Orphan | Rainstorm
Writing Credits By:
- Craig Mazin (written by)
Known Trivia
- Not screened for critics.
- According to the commentary, actor Rip Torn was to play the “Lunatic Editor” but for some reason, not disclosed, was replaced.
- Michael Papajohn, who plays the mugger who ends up gunning Rick’s parents down, originated the role of Carradine – the man who steals Uncle Ben’s car after shooting him – in Spider-Man.
- David Zucker (producer) works again with two actors that have appeared in previous movies of him: Airplane!’s star Robert Hays and The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!’s star Leslie Nielsen.
- It’s the second film with Leslie Nielsen and Robert Hays (who plays Blaine Riker, Rick’s father). Previously, they played together in Airplane!.
- Was originally called “Superhero!”, because of the other David Zucker movies Airplane! and The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!. It was changed to “Superhero Movie” because of the success in the box office of Date Movie and Epic Movie.
- Earned four out of four stars from the Daily Bulletin Newspaper.
- Craig Bierko was cast as Wolverine, he appears in the poster and in the cast credits, but his scenes were finally cut. In the final cut, only Richard Tillman appears as Wolverine.
Goofs: Continuity: Rick's dad is wearing the ring when they get held up. When Dad tells Rick to reach into his pocket to get the ring, he isn't wearing it.
Plot: Orphaned high school student Rick Riker is bitten by a radioactive dragonfly, develops super powers (except for the ability to fly), and becomes a hero. »
Story: Orphaned high school student Rick Riker is bitten by a radioactive dragonfly, develops super powers (except for the ability to fly), and becomes a hero.
Synopsis
Synopsis: Rick Riker (Drake Bell) is an unpopular student at Empire High with his only friend Trey (Kevin Hart), living with his uncle Albert (Leslie Nielsen) and Aunt Lucielle (Marion Ross). His crush Jill Johnson (Sara Paxton), who hardly notices him, is dating Rick’s bully Lance Landers (Ryan Hansen). Rick and Trey are then shown to be on a school trip to an animal research lab. In the lab Rick meets Lou Landers (Christopher McDonald) who coughs up blood because he is terminally ill. Dr. Strom, the head researcher at the lab, then shows his seven mutated dragonflies, though there are only six there because one has escaped which then bites Rick, and causes his neck to swell.
The scene then goes to Rick’s house where his Aunt Lucille and Uncle Albert are talking on the couch when Rick comes in. He is very sick, and throws up in a fish tank because of his illness and goes up to his room. Albert and Lucille believe Rick is acting strange, so Albert proceeds to talk to Rick. Rick then passes out from the bite.
He wakes up the next morning, with a strange video sent to him from a man wanting to speak to him, later adding Rick as a friend on Facebook. Meanwhile, Lou Landers gets into a scientific accident, transforming into the Hourglass who feeds on human life. At a science fair, with a comically rude and mean-spirited Stephen Hawking who gets physically hurt throughout the film, Rick gets into mishaps, such as becoming stuck to water fountains. He then realizes he has superpowers such as the ability to walk on walls, has incredible strength, but cannot fly. He tests his strength in an alleyway, then decides to test how he can walk up walls. He climbs up and begins to break dance, then has a lie-down on the wall and a cat walks up the wall beside him. He then sees an old woman about to be hit by a truck in the road, and just as she is about to get hit he pushes her out of the way and the truck collides with him stopping it.
After his heroic feat he is congratulated by passers-by, but as they are congratulating him he looks to his right and sees he has accidentally pushed the woman into a woodchipper and the dog she was holding the lead of up is slowly getting pulled up into the machine as well. Trey offers to become his sidekick, but Rick resigns. His Uncle and he have a brief fight, which reminds Rick when he was younger and rich with his parents who die in a spoof of Batman Begins. His father urges him to invest of all his money in, not Google, but Enron.
Rick later watches the girl of his dreams, Jill, who leaves with Lance in his car. Rick wants a car, and he sets out to get money from the bank. He fails though, with no credit or payment.
After his uncle is quickly injured, Rick is met by Xavier (Tracy Morgan) at his school for mutants ala X-Men. Rick is told to make a costume, which he does (and later improves), and he becomes known as the Dragonfly. He quickly becomes a sensation, until his fight with the Hourglass, who ends up cutting him with little hourglass blades. The Hourglass then escapes.
Jill is then seen walking in an alleyway and is attacked by thugs, but the Dragonfly saves her. The two then try to kiss, but encounter difficulties as Dragonfly is hanging upside down. They eventually kiss for the first time, and Jill thanks him.
The scene then goes to a Thanksgiving dinner at Rick’s house. During Thanksgiving Landers visits the family (everyone is unaware he is Hourglass). He nearly catches Rick dressed as the Dragonfly, but later manages to figure out his secret identity.
Just as Rick and Jill are about to fall in love, the Hourglass comes in and murders Aunt Lucille. After a comical funeral, Rick decides to throw in the towel as a superhero.
Trey and Uncle Albert find Rick after the funeral, and convince him to find and defeat the Hourglass. At a ceremony, Lou, with the help of a Microsoft "Death Machine Maker" disk, concocts a plan to make himself immortal by killing thousands of people. Rick finds out where he plans on doing this; a convention of all races, right next to a comic-con. Lou Landers is awarded the Douchebag Of The Year award, and encounters Rick who believes someone else is the Hourglass. He returns in costume and critically injures Jill. (If you look closely you’ll see black suit spider-man.)
After a sincere speech given by Stephen Hawkings to Rick (which Rick points out are the lyrics to Celine Dion’s Taking Chances), he dons the Dragonfly suit, and battles the Hourglass on the rooftop. Dragonfly heals Jill, but the Hourglass throws an Hourglass bomb onto Dragonfly’s crotch. Dragonfly then puts his crotch next to Lou Landers’ face, which blows up, killing him. He also saves Jill and himself from falling to their deaths by finally growing wings and being able to fly.
The film ends with the Dragonfly and Jill flying in the air sky high, with Rick giving his final narration, only to be stopped short, as both are hit by a helicopter.
FullCast & Crew
Produced By:
- Craig Mazin known as producer
- Robin Mulcahy Fisichella known as line producer: additional photography
- Brittney Nance known as associate producer
- David Siegel known as co-producer
- Matthew Stein known as executive producer
- Scott Tomlinson known as co-producer
- Bob Weinstein known as executive producer
- Harvey Weinstein known as executive producer
- Robert K. Weiss known as producer
- David Zucker known as producer
FullCast & Crew:
- Drake Bell known as Rick Riker
- Sara Paxton known as Jill Johnson
- Christopher McDonald known as Lou Landers
- Leslie Nielsen known as Uncle Albert
- Kevin Hart known as Trey
- Marion Ross known as Aunt Lucille
- Ryan Hansen known as Lance Landers
- Keith David known as The Chief of Police
- Brent Spiner known as Dr. Strom
- Robert Joy known as Dr. Hawking
- Jeffrey Tambor known as Dr. Whitby
- Robert Hays known as Blaine Riker
- Nicole Sullivan known as Julia Riker
- Sam Cohen known as Young Rick
- Tracy Morgan known as Professor Xavier
- Regina Hall known as Mrs. Xavier
- Marisa Lauren known as Storm
- Craig Bierko known as Wolverine (scenes deleted)
- Richard Tillman known as Leg-Shaving Wolverine
- Simon Rex known as The Human Torch
- Dan Castellaneta known as Carlson
- Atom Gorelick known as Stretchy Boy
- Alison Woods known as Stretchy Girl
- Eric Artell known as Sneezo
- Sean Simms known as Barry Bonds
- Pamela Anderson known as Invisible Girl
- Miles Fisher known as Tom Cruise
- Brian Carpenter known as Matthews
- Vincent Larusso known as Bank Robber (as Vincent A. Larusso)
- Michael Papajohn known as "Gimme your wallet"
- Anna Osceola known as "Dr. Hawking, I am such a fan"
- Rod McLachlan known as Actual Editor
- John Getz known as Lunatic Editor
- Charlene Tilton known as Jill's Mother
- Jenica Bergere known as "Mr. Landers!"
- Byrne Offutt known as Reporter Ed
- Vic Polizos known as Undertaker
- Daryl J. Johnson known as "Well, an old guy did get shot over there"
- Kent Shocknek known as News Anchor
- Amanda Carlin known as Principal
- Clay Greenbush known as Dead Blonde Woman's Husband
- Kurt Fuller known as Bank Loan Officer
- Craig Mazin known as "Okay, I come back"
- Jonathan Chase known as Onlooker #1
- Kourtney Kaas known as Onlooker #2
- Karlton Johnson known as Truck Driver
- Charles W. Gray known as "Thanks for the loan, Mr. Thompson" (as Charles Woods Gray)
- Wendy L. Walsh known as Live Reporter (as Wendy Walsh)
- Ian Patrick Williams known as King of Sweden
- Elisabeth Noone known as "Take meknown as."
- Aki Aleong known as Dalai Lama
- Howard Mungo known as Nelson Mandela
- David McKnight known as Bishop Tutu
- Freddie Pierce known as Tony Bennett
- Steve Monroe known as Nerdy Dragonfly
- Jeremiah Hu known as Asian Hourglass
- Matt Champagne known as "Excuse me, there's a line!"
- Susan Breslau known as Mourner (as Susan R. Breslau)
- Nick Kiriazis known as Police Officer
- Aubrie Lemon known as Dead Blonde Woman
- Ajay Mehta known as Convenience Store Owner
- Cameron Ali Sims known as Xavier's Son
- Kimberly 'Lil' Kim' Jones known as Xavier's Daughter (as Kimberly Jones)
- Jordan Rubin known as The Guy Who Wipes Wolverine's Ass (scenes deleted)
- Shanna Beauchamp known as Student (uncredited)
- James J. Burke known as YouTube User (uncredited)
- Timothy Farmer known as Kid in the Orange Beanie (uncredited)
- Catherine Hewson known as Award Presenter (uncredited)
- Hollis Hill known as Tutu Man #2 (uncredited)
- Whitney Ann Jenkins known as Pink Superhero (uncredited)
- Seth McCook known as Paperclip Guy (uncredited)
- Alan Mueting known as Security Man (uncredited)
- Steven Jay Porus known as Hairy Man (uncredited)
- Gene Richards known as Chicken Man (uncredited)
- Marque Richardson known as Xavier's Older Son (uncredited)
- Thomas Rosales Jr. known as Bandit in Alley (uncredited)
- Julie Van known as Neo-Batgirl (uncredited)
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Supporting Department
Makeup Department:- Merribelle Anderson known as key hair stylist
- Patricia Androff known as co-key makeup artist (as Patty Androff)
- J.D. Bowers known as old age dummy sculptor: W.M. Creations Inc.
- Marc Boyle known as assistant hair stylist
- Anita Brabec known as makeup artist
- Carlton Coleman known as special effects makeup assistant
- Kim Collea known as makeup artist
- Lynne K. Eagan known as co-key makeup artist (as Lynne Eagan)
- Ruth Haney known as special makeup effects artist
- Amy Lederman known as makeup artist
- Maynard Matthews known as hair stylist
- Lori McCoy-Bell known as hair department head
- Mary Kay Morse known as makeup artist (as Mary Kay Witt)
- Matthew W. Mungle known as special makeup effects artist (as Matthew Mungle)
- Rhonda O'Neal known as hair stylist
- Robert Ryan known as makeup artist: Mr. Nielsen
- Monica Sabedra known as hair stylist
- Keith Sayer known as key makeup artist
- Janeen Schreyer known as makeup department head
- Laine Trzinski known as hair stylist
- Turner Walker known as special makeup effects lab technician: W.M. Creations Inc.
- Clinton Wayne known as special makeup effects artist
- Crystal Wolfchild known as makeup artist
Art Department:
- Jory Alvarado known as drapery foreman
- Mychael Bates known as property master
- Rupert M. Benson III known as assistant props
- Tony Bohorquez known as model maker
- Mauro Borrelli known as illustrator
- Chris Buchinsky known as storyboard artist
- James J. Burke known as graphic designer: re-shoot
- Marco A. Campos known as propmaker foreman
- Darrin Clubb known as foreman
- Ronald Cox known as propmaker
- Laurence B. Davis known as propmaker
- Derek Dean known as set dresser
- Benjamin Edelberg known as set designer
- Joseph Fedo known as on-set dresser
- Justin George known as art assistant
- Kenneth Heimer known as propmaker
- Bill Holmquist known as construction coordinator
- Peter Jameson known as construction mill foreman
- Jeffery J. Jenkins known as head painter
- Mark Kelly known as property master: second unit
- George Lee known as set designer
- David Loitz known as lead man
- Walt Mikolwski known as general forman
- Richard 'Rocky' Nichols known as assistant property master
- Eric Rosenberg known as graphic designer
- Lee Ross known as lead scenic
- Jessica Samuelson known as props
- Gary Thomas known as storyboard artist
- Taylor Thompson known as art production assistant: reshoots
- Michael A. Truesdale known as art department coordinator
- Pete von Sholly known as storyboard artist
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Company
Production Companies:
- Dimension Films (presents)
Other Companies:
- Act One Script Clearance script research
- Chef Robért Catering catering
- Direct Tools & Fasteners expendables
- Entity FX visual effects
- Frontline Design specialty costumes
- Hollywood-DI film projection
- LCW Props set equipment
- Movie Movers star trailers
- Soundtrack ADR Facility
- Star Waggons cast trailers
- Star Waggons make-up trailer
- Technicolor Digital Intermediates digital intermediate
Distributors:
- Alliance Films (2008) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
- Benelux Film Distributors (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Cinestar (2008) (Philippines) (theatrical)
- Dimension Films (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
- Euforia Film (2008) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Future Film (2008) (Finland) (theatrical) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
- Golden Village Entertainment (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
- Momentum Pictures (2008) (UK) (theatrical)
- Odeon (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
- Pachamama Cine (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Senator Film (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Sidus FNH (2008) (Korea) (theatrical)
- AZ Gems (2008) (India) (all media)
- Argentina Video Home (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
- Canal Film (2009) (Norway) (TV)
- Comedy Central (2010) (USA) (TV)
- Culture Publishers (CP) (2010) (Japan) (DVD) (rental)
- Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
- Genius Products (2008) (USA) (DVD)
- Midget Entertainment (2008) (Denmark) (all media)
- RTL Entertainment (2010) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL5)
- Senator Home Entertainment (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
- Sundream Motion Pictures (2008) (Hong Kong) (all media)
- West Video (2008) (Russia) (all media)
- Wide Pictures (2008) (Spain) (all media)
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Other Stuff
Special Effects:
- Technicolor Digital Intermediates (opticals)
- Animal Makers (animatronics)
- Zoic Studios (visual effects)
- Entity FX (visual effects)
- Neo Digital Imaging (additional visual effects)
Visual Effects by:
- David Alexander known as visual effects supervisor: Entity FX
- Jon Anastasiades known as digital compositor
- Dane Anderson known as visual effects production assistant
- Sabrina Arnold known as visual effects producer: Zoic Studios
- Suzette Barnett known as compositor
- Pharoah Barrett known as 3D artist
- Geeta Basantani known as digital compositor: Entity FX
- Mat Beck known as senior visual effects supervisor: Entity FX
- Madalina Bland known as roto artist
- Christopher Blazick known as pipeline engineer: EntityFX
- Kristen Branan known as head of production: Zoic Studios
- August Coleman known as compositor
- Matthew Collorafice known as digital compositor
- Samuel M. Dabbs known as end credits sequence
- Mike Diltz known as digital compositor
- Saeed Faridzadeh known as digital compositor: Zoic Studios
- Ben Funk known as digital compositor
- Randy Goux known as visual effects supervisor
- Junji Hirano known as 3D artist
- Junji Hirano known as digital effects artist: Entity FX
- Graham Houston known as visual effects artist
- Nathan Ilejay known as technical coordinator: Entity FX
- Eli Jarra known as visual effects supervisor: Entity FX
- John Kearns known as digital restoration
- Annabelle Kent known as digital compositor
- Paulina Kuszta known as visual effects coordinator
- Aaron N. Leichter known as I/O coordinator: Entity FX
- Andrew Lema known as digital effects artist: Entity FX
- Kymber Lim known as visual effects executive producer: entity fx
- Mark Lipsmeyer known as tracker/matchmover: Zoic Studios
- Matthias Lowry known as digital compositor: Entity FX
- Krista Maryanski known as visual effects coordinator
- Jack Noriaki Matsumoto known as digital effects artist: Entity FX
- Steve J. McLeod known as digital compositor
- Vinay Mehta known as digital compositor: Entity FX
- Erin L. Nelson known as digital restoration
- Viet Nguyen known as systems engineer: EntityFX
- Brandy Nightingale known as visual effects coordinator
- Martin November known as visual effects editor
- Alison O'Brien known as visual effects producer
- Midori Otsubo known as digital artist (as Midori Witsken)
- Bethany Pederson Onstad known as rotoscope artist (as Bethany Pederson)
- Brian Petras known as compositor
- Ricardo Quintero known as digital compositor
- Rob Reinhart known as digital compositor: Entity FX
- Jeremy Renteria known as digital compositor: Entity FX
- Dan Rucinski known as visual effects producer: Entity FX
- Harrison Rutherford known as digital compositor
- Gregory S. Scribner known as lead digital compositor: Entity FX
- Andrea Shear known as digital effects artist: Entity FX
- Jesse Siglow known as digital compositor: Entity FX
- Nate Smalley known as I/O manager: Entity FX
- Trent Smith known as visual effects senior producer: Entity FX
- Christina Spring known as digital compositor: Entity FX
- Mike Spring known as digital compositor: Entity FX
- Takashi Takeoka known as digital compositor
- Wilson Tang known as digital restoration
- Mike Tosti known as head of production technology
- Jerry Tung known as visual effects
- Caleb Wagner known as visual effects
- Bob White known as visual effects
- Ian Wilson known as visual effects
- Johnny Wilson known as visual effects compositor: Neo Digital
- Doug Witsken known as digital compositor
- Jessica Woods known as digital compositor
- Terron Pratt known as digital effects producer: Entity FX (uncredited)
- Emily Sage known as assistant visual effects coordinator (uncredited)
Release Date:
- Russia 27 March 2008
- Canada 28 March 2008
- USA 28 March 2008
- Greece 3 April 2008
- Denmark 4 April 2008
- Sweden 4 April 2008
- Australia 10 April 2008
- Israel 10 April 2008
- Finland 11 April 2008
- Iceland 11 April 2008
- Philippines 16 April 2008
- Thailand 17 April 2008
- Brazil 18 April 2008
- Norway 18 April 2008
- Czech Republic 24 April 2008
- Singapore 24 April 2008
- Hungary 8 May 2008
- Italy 16 May 2008
- Mexico 30 May 2008
- France 4 June 2008
- Ireland 6 June 2008
- Poland 6 June 2008
- Turkey 6 June 2008
- UK 6 June 2008
- Hong Kong 19 June 2008
- Romania 19 June 2008
- Belgium 25 June 2008
- Lithuania 11 July 2008
- Austria 24 July 2008
- Germany 24 July 2008
- Switzerland 6 August 2008 (French speaking region)
- Switzerland 14 August 2008 (German speaking region)
- Portugal 21 August 2008
- South Korea 21 August 2008
- Netherlands 28 August 2008
- Argentina 8 September 2008 (Buenos Aires) (premiere)
- Argentina 11 September 2008
- Spain 28 November 2008
- Philippines 24 June 2009 (limited) (re-release)
- Japan 2 May 2010 (DVD premiere)
MPAA: Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content, comic violence, drug references and language
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Filmography links and data courtesy of The Internet Movie Database
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30 Mar 2012, 3:34 pm
It doesn't make any sense, Date Movie, Epic Movie, Meet the Spartansare all candidates for my worst movie of all time. So why did I enjoythis movie so much? I don't like the cast but they work incredibly hardto make a half decent script into something highly amusing. A welcomereturn for Zucker style silliness and less pathetic attempts atparodies, there are also hints at intelligent humour and nods to otherclassic spoofs. There is also a truly hilarious moment involving TomCruise played to perfection by Miles Fisher.
Seriously it is truly hilarious in places, I am surprised but by nomeans ashamed to recommend this for anyone in need of a topical orsilly laugh.
30 Mar 2012, 3:34 pm
I really liked this one. I wasn't expecting much, being worn out onspoof movies lately because of the layer of crap that's been dropped onus, the movie-going public. "Epic Movie","Date Movie","Meet theSpartans" all sucked.
That being said, the people who made this, made the latter-day Zucker-styled comedies(a la Airplane, The Naked Gun) Scary Movie 3 & 4, andnot those other "Movie" movies (which are the domain of Jason Friedberg& Aaron Seltzer).
There were parts of this movie where I laughed so hard I could barelybreathe. And that happens SO rarely with comedies lately. Seriously, Ilaughed hard.
But, it was one of those things that will entertain but never be aclassic you'd bother watching again. It was a bit forgettable in thatway.
30 Mar 2012, 3:34 pm
If "Superhero Movie" gives you the same giddy, guilty-pleasure feelingas "Airplane!" and the "Naked Gun" movies, it's no accident. Some ofthose movies' personnel – who were also involved in two lesser "ScaryMovie" sequels – show up here. (Those include writer-director CraigMazin, who happily has come a long way from 1997's abysmal"Rocketman.")
The movie's title says it all. It's a comedy that takes a well-knownhit (in this case, "Spider-Man"), turns it inside out, and uses it as aclothesline for gags. In this parody version, nerdy Rick Riker (amiableDrake Bell of cable-TV's "Drake and Josh") gets bitten by a mutantdragonfly, turning him into…well, take a guess. Meanwhile, awell-meaning scientist (Chris McDonald) turns nasty when his experimentbackfires and he finds he must sap others' life-blood in order to keephimself alive.
As is typical of such parodies, the movie's approach is as subtle as aspitball gun. Some of the gags are terrific, and some are groaners. Butthey're all fired at such a rapid pace that after a while, you have nochoice but to give in to the silliness. The characters are likeshooting-gallery ducks waiting to have parody lobbied at them. Best ofthe bunch are Rick's well-meaning but dotty uncle and aunt(delightfully played by Leslie Nielsen and "Happy Days'" Marion Ross).The most pitiable is a take-off on disabled genius Stephen Hawking, whoseems to push Mazin's bad-taste button over and over ad nauseum.
This leads me to the movie's most required caveat. While the flick ismostly silly fun, it pushes its "PG-13" rating right up to the edge ofthe "R" cliff. The movie is larded with sexual gags and profanityabound, and what might possibly be cinema's longest-ever flatulencegag.
But if you can bear up under the cringe factor, "Superhero Movie" ismostly high-powered fun. Nifty comedy here runs neck-and-neck with badtaste. It's a close race, but the comedy wins.
"Superhero Movie" is rated PG-13 for countless sex and drug references,crude humor, and adult language.
30 Mar 2012, 3:34 pm
I came to my movie theatre wanting to see the movie, 21. But sadly, itwas sold out, so I settled for Superhero Movie. Hearing that one of myfavorite stars, Sara Paxton was in it, I figured why the hell not? Iwas with my friends, so if it was awful, I could just make fun of itwith them.
I was expecting stupid cheesy jokes, like Meet The Spartans, but I haveto admit, there were some quality laughs in this! (I loved how theyspoofed Perez Hilton for that one second.) This is actually a veryfunny movie with some good humor in it, and even though they have theoccasional stupid fart or crotch joke, even a very mature person whodoesn't enjoy "bathroom humor" found some of it actually kind oflaughable.
30 Mar 2012, 3:34 pm
This is way better than most films that spoof other films. It's amillion times better than the likes of Epic Movie, Disaster Movie andmany other pathetic attempts to parody other films. Unlike most filmsthat spoof others this one gets the job done without overdoing it andat times it even felt like an actual Superhero film as well as talentedcast members that fit their roles perfectly and the villain "TheHourglass" was good considering it was a parody film. It also hasvarious comedy elements of its own such as Lucille's funeral and manymore moments that I would mention but I don't want to spoil the film.At the funeral The priest says "We are gathered here today to saygoodbye to Lucille" then all the people at the funeral shout"Goodbye!".If you plan to watch this film do not judge it on the lowrating. It's a pity most parody films weren't as good as this.
30 Mar 2012, 3:34 pm
The "movie" movie series was really going for a while there (All theScary Movies had me in stitches) it bombed for a while when Adam Seltzand Jason Friedburg took over and here is a brief show is a list ofratings of some of the other "movie" movies: Date Movie: 57% EpicMovie: 50% Meet The Spartans: 48% But with this one the series getsbetter with Superhero films being sent up in a playful way and it isactually really funny. It is a little hit and miss but I think thatadds to the final feel to the "dumbness" to the film. I think that thisis worth a view for the fans of Scary Movie and haters of the later"movie" movies. Overall this is a good and funny film good for a laughonce or twice and I give it a fair rating of 65%.
30 Mar 2012, 3:34 pm
Watching Superhero Movie feels like you're re-watching one of the NakedGun movies, only there are "deleted scenes" which unfortunately featurepop culture references and fart jokes. It's a fun movie if you're intothe genre but overall falls far too short of being as good as theclassics.
The cast is great for the material they're working with, with someexceptions being those who are given too little screen time to showtheir talents. Musician/actor Drake Bell's comedic timing isimpressive, as is that of spoof legend Leslie Nielsen.
The humor, a combination of slapstick, wordplay and sex/toilet humor,is hit and miss, but hits more often than one would think. The spoofsrange from clever to cringe-worthy, but the story and resultant gagsfollow the source material (mostly 2002's Spider-Man) very well, asopposed to the "Hey, look! It's -insert character- from -insert popularmovie-!" style other recent spoofs have adopted. The only roadblocksare the childish fart jokes (one of which spans minutes) and dated popculture references (Tom Cruise? Barry Bonds? Really?).
It's due to all of this that the movie, although flawed, can appeal tofans of any kind of spoof movie, be it twenty years old or two. It'salso able to fulfill the expectations of the average moviegoer whilegiving some clever surprises to those who don't see them coming. Simplyput, if you're a fan of any type of comedy, there's bound to besomething in this joke-a-second spoof for you.
30 Mar 2012, 3:34 pm
With all these bad Spoof movies like Date movie, Not Another TeenMovie,Epic Movie and Disaster Movie (which is the worst spoof movieever).
So i was thinking will be the same, but my god this movie made me laughso much, This movie better then others listed above better then Scarymovie 4 and 2
Plot: In this spoof of Hollywood blockbusters, director andscreenwriter Craig Mazin (THE SPECIALS) tackles the age-old story of aregular guy who suddenly finds that he possesses super powers. RickyRiker (Drake Bell) is a typical teenager, except that his luck is worsethen most. Basically, he's a loser. He's been in love with beautifulJill (Sara Paxton) for years, but is sure she doesn't know he exists.Even his best friend, Trey (Kevin Hart), is willing to throw him overfor another clique. But Rick's life changes dramatically when agenetically enhanced dragonfly bites him during a school field trip. Ina flash, he becomes the Dragonfly. He can scale buildings, and hasimmense strength–though he's still a klutz. Rick isn't sure he haswhat it takes to be a superhero, but it's up to him to save the cityfrom the villainous Hourglass (Christopher McDonald), who literallysucks the life out of people, and threatens to harm those dearest toRick. Mazin, The main spoof is spider man they also spoof Batman, theFantastic Four, and the X-Men.
I love this movie so, well the last spoof movie I Saw was Disastermovie that oh my god, that movie was SO bad ) (That one the reason likethis movie more then I Should) The superhero movie is one best spoof tocome out last year, I am not saying it the best spoof EVER! Love it7/10
30 Mar 2012, 3:34 pm
When a loser teen is bitten by an insect, he becomes the superheroDragonfly…
Superhero Movie is the latest spoof movie to hit the screens. Sadlyhowever, despite the presence of David Zucker (who was involved withAirplane!, Top Secret and The Naked Gun movies) it still suffers fromthe fault most recent spoofs have…mainly it's more dumb than fun! Thefault mainly lies with the gags. It's simply not funny enough. Some ofthe jokes do work, such as the nail gun scene, but other parts simplyfall flat. The X-men spoof for example, or the whole farting sequence.Blazing Saddles this isn't! One of the key things about the best spoofmovies, like Airplane is that although the dialog is extremely funny,the cast for the most part play is completely straight. This makes iteven funnier. Even when there is simple dialog in the foreground, theremay well be funny things happening behind the cast. Again funny. Theother key thing is that they all have a plot of sorts, to hang the gagson.
The recent trend seems to be to take scenes from various movies, THENtry and spoof them. As a result the so-called plot of these movies veryrarely exist. Another flaw these movies have, is that some of thescenes were actually funny in the original versions, and in most caseseven funnier than the spoof scene! The cast try to get into the spiritrequired, but with a lot of unfunny dialog and scenes, it's hard to getworked up about it.
As recent spoof movies go, it's not as bad as Epic Movie, Date Movie,or the awful Meet The Spartans, but considering that some peopleinvolved here have made good, funny movies in the past, it's nowherenear good enough.
30 Mar 2012, 3:34 pm
So I went to the Superhero Movie yesterday and I wasn't sure if it wasgoing to be any good because most of the reviews and ratings on herewere very poor and normally these types of movies aren't very good atall. So anyway I went in there with doubts but in the first 20 secondsI was cracking up even just with the start where there is just sayingwho's in the film. From that point on to the very end I had neverlaughed so hard in my entire life. This movie was absolutely fantasticand I would see it over and over again. There are jokes every 30seconds! I highly recommend everybody to see this fantastic movie, youwon't regret it.