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By dint of the inexplicable popularity of their send-up of movie genres in the parody movies Scary Movie and Date Movie, writer/director duo Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer probably got an epic-sized bucket of cash for this hastily stitched pastiche of drive-by entertainment. There's no particular variety of movie they were sent to send up this time, unless big box-office grossers has now become a genre in and of itself. If so, Epic Movie may well qualify as part of that league itself. Very little expense has been spared to make so-called "comic" references to a slew of mostly recent blockbusters--The Chronicles of Narnia, Borat, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the X-Men and Harry Potter series, Superman Returns, Nacho Libre, and The Da Vinci Code to name a few--and it's assumed we've seen them all.
In a goofy thread of a story about four orphans plucked from some of the above, battle must be done through various bastardized plots from same so that a prophecy can be fulfilled and they can assume their rightful place as rulers of a sacred land. Lots of crotch kicks, fart, urine, and vomit jokes speed by as we pass through Willie Wonka's factory and a magical wardrobe with an unusually interesting assortment of look-alikes and name actors caught up in the gag mix (some of it legitimately funny). Darrell Hammond, Crispin Glover, David Carradine, Kevin McDonald, Carmen Electra, Kal Penn put on game (and sometimes gamy) faces, and it's definitely a hoot to watch comedy improv alums Fred Willard and Jennifer Coolidge as Aslo the Lion and the White Bitch do battle in a Narnian good vs. evil character smackdown. As lame as you already expect a movie like this to be, anything that can throw together an homage to C.S. Lewis alongside MTV's Punk'd in less than 90 minutes can't be all bad. --Ted Fry
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I don't mind Scary Movie type films I wouldn't choose to go and watch them myself but I have friends who love them. So I end up going along to the cinema to watch such movies with them. And to be honest I quite like Scary Movie it has some really funny moments I could easily watch it again.
Epic Movie, however, is actually the worst film I have ever seen in my whole life and I include in that the films students in my A-level Media Studies class used to make. It's the only film I have considered walking out of and demanding my money back.
Not a single moment of it was funny in any sense of the word, unless you have some sick masochistic sense of humour where you enjoy subjecting yourself to a badly written piece of trash. None of the actors seemed to have done more than blankly read their own lines out in a sudo-funny style. They seemed to have no idea what was going on in the plot or why they were dressed in costumes from other films, nor did anyone else involved in the production. Nobody evolved in the making of the film appears to have any love for it. It was made to fill a gap in the market without any real thought. Someone was hired to write it told what film references to include, told to add some random surreal bits. Then when they handed in what they thought was their first rough draft they were told that would do and it was used in the final film.
Don't watch this!!!! unless someone actually pays you to do so, and if they do make sure your getting at least £5.80 an hour.
Epic Movie, however, is actually the worst film I have ever seen in my whole life and I include in that the films students in my A-level Media Studies class used to make. It's the only film I have considered walking out of and demanding my money back.
Not a single moment of it was funny in any sense of the word, unless you have some sick masochistic sense of humour where you enjoy subjecting yourself to a badly written piece of trash. None of the actors seemed to have done more than blankly read their own lines out in a sudo-funny style. They seemed to have no idea what was going on in the plot or why they were dressed in costumes from other films, nor did anyone else involved in the production. Nobody evolved in the making of the film appears to have any love for it. It was made to fill a gap in the market without any real thought. Someone was hired to write it told what film references to include, told to add some random surreal bits. Then when they handed in what they thought was their first rough draft they were told that would do and it was used in the final film.
Don't watch this!!!! unless someone actually pays you to do so, and if they do make sure your getting at least £5.80 an hour.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I am sat here watching this dvd and it is so unfunny its untrue.I loved the naked gun films and even the scary movie films were funny but the script in this film has no comedy at all.i slightly laughed once when he was shot in the eye as superman - the rest was ridiculously unfunny.do not waste your time with this. 0 stars.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This has got to be the worst film i have ever seen in my life. I actually saw it in the cinema and i hated myself for days afterwards for mot walking out and demanding my money back. This films sucks and whoever created it should just retire and work for a fast food chain nor something.
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terrible!!!!!!!
my god this film is just rubbish!! please don't waste your money. if you want a proper spoof by something else that doesn't say movie at the end of the title
Published 4 days ago by Dan
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this film is a load of rubbish!! No gripping storyline, got bored after 5 minutes, waste of money, would strongly advise not to buy this film!
Published 13 days ago by Mr. Karl Simmons
"..VERY STUPID BUT VERY FUNNY.."
This is a funny film DONT listen to people slagging it off! YOU DONT NEED YOUR BRAIN FOR THIS I MUST SAY but its great for sitting down with a group of mates and having a good ol... Read more
Published 1 month ago by S. Drury
This film should crawl back to the gutter
This is one of the worst films I have ever seen, a lazy, boring pastiche of recent bigs hits, badly directed, badly scripted, badly paced, badly acted and very badly socred,... Read more
Published 2 months ago by hatinthecat
beyond awful
walked out on this movie at the cinema. I love some spoof films like scary movie. They have a story you can follow and acting is ok but this? Read more
Published 3 months ago by J. Lindsay
HILARIOUS!
EPIC MOVIE was much better than i expected! It's funny, stupid and has no bounds! Just how i like it! Read more
Published 12 months ago by G. Stephenson
Usual Rubbish...
Nothing to like at all. Same as all the others (Date Movie, Disaster Movie etc). Rubbish Coemdy and Joke's and the acting is woefull. DO NOT BUY IT!!!!!
Published 13 months ago by T.Unwin
Epic movie? pfft... More like epic fail
This movie parodies a lot of other movies but it is very un funny.
I loved the Scary Movie series. It was funny and entertaining. Read more
I loved the Scary Movie series. It was funny and entertaining. Read more
Published 16 months ago by oliver male
Far from epic
this movie is terrible the jokes are just rubbish aswell as the acting and saying joke which is a joke on another movie won't make it extra funny on this film. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Mrs. C. M. Oliver
shockingly cheesy
This is shockingly cheesy and awful but at the same time gives you a laugh. It's something you can watch when you're really tired as you don't really need to pay attention. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Rebecca
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