LoganSnake

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I mean, WOW! I actually cringed. Okay, the first Scary Movie was awesome. It's still one of my favorite comedies. Second one was iffy. Third sucked. Fourth sucked a bit less. Then there were Date Movie, Epic Movie and Superhero Movie. None of which I saw out of self respect. This one seems to top them all in pure retardation. Have we really sunk that low on the humor meter and are so easily amused that movies like these are profitable and are eaten up by the masses?

What happened to Men in Tights, Blazing Saddles, Naked Gun, Don't Be a Menace, Police Academy?

I feel dirty.

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RetroGunslinger

It costs no money to make and comes in the top 5 at the box office without any doubt and almost definitely make #2, if not #1. That's how it gets approved and that's why I don't trust humanity.

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Willravel

Yeah that's pretty much it. As long as there are idiots, there will be movies marketed to them. Same thing with white people:

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Seanland

OMG A GREAT NEW MOVIE!

im so excited!

KellyC

I like that they make fun of movies that didn't even come out yet, and the very recent ones, too.

Still not watching it.

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Fotzlid

Who? I've heard of Carmen Electra but who are these other 3?

Hain

I am just going to have to say that I hated the first two Scary Movies and thought the third was funny. Only later did I find out that David Zucker directed, and I also find his movie Airplane! funnier than hell no matter how many times I watch it.

Otherwise, I agree with your assessment- those other movies suck and I've yet to see them. This one will suck. I might still see it if I happen to visit the theater my friend works at.

spindles

yep - definitely another one to add to the "don't ever watch" list.

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Lasereth

Usually I can see how some movies like Epic Movie would be funny to people who have a low IQ (literally) but this movie pushes way past that into so unfunny that even stupid people wouldn't like it status.

EDIT: Wow, already proven wrong. Just check out the comments below the movie, some people are already saying how funny it looks.

Cynthetiq

These movies are just social commentary towards the rest of the entertainment industry.

You have very successful shows The Simpsons, Futurama, The Family Guy, and American Dad all doing about the same thing.

As an aside, many comedy shows pull similar type things, Planes, Trains and Automobiles was spoofed in Tommy Boy.

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Punk.of.Ages

I hate spoofs....

They're never funny. Ever.

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Willravel

Young Frankenstein
Blazing Saddles
Spaceballs
This is Spinal Tap
Airplane
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

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Baraka_Guru

Many of these films are aimed at teenagers. What do you expect?

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Manic_Skafe

Uh, what? I don't know what your post is supposed to mean. But I thought The Darjeeling Limited was rather good.

And as for Disaster movie, surely it looks terrible and I'd never spend money on it but that Zohan/Sex & The City/ Juno scene looks hilarious...these movies are marketed to teenagers and inebriated adults for a reason.

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fresnelly

In one of Kevin Smith's Q&A DVDs an audience member asks him (rather brazenly) how he keeps getting to make movies after such bombs as Mallrats.

He points out the simple fact that if your movie produces at least +$1 of profit for the Studio and investors, you'll get to work again.

Why would anybody produce the tacky crap sold at flea markets? Same reason.

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Willravel

I was sorta being sarcastic.

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sapiens

There are a lot of factors other than American box office that likely influence whether or not a director continues to make films. There's the cost of making the films. There's profits on DVD sales. There's the international market. There's product placement. There's merchandising. There's narrowcasting (to a greater extent in television and radio). If a film is cheap, makes money on DVD, makes money internationally, sells advertising, sells merchandise, and hits a demographic of interest, the American box office dollars might not be as important.
I disagree with Kevin Smith. One dollar of profit is an outrageous waste of money on millions of dollars of investment. If his movies only made one dollar for the studio, he wouldn't be making movies.

EDIT: I should say: If his movies only made one dollar for the studio, he wouldn't be making movies for the studios.

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Willravel

Kevin Smith got lucky with Clerks and that success managed to undo the horrible train wreck that was Mallrats so he could make Chasing Amy, one of his more popular films to date (and I think his best). After he did Chasing Amy he earned the leeway to make movies like Dogma. Had Mallrats been Kevin's first film, he'd be thin and possibly homeless.

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sapiens

Regarding the OP: Yes, American and international moviegoers have interesting taste in comedy. Yes, those movies do make a lot of money:

Look at the scary movies:
Movie Nameomgomgomg US Grossomgomgomg Worldwide Grossomgomgomg Budgetomgomgomg
Scary Movie $157,019,771 $277,200,000 $19,000,000
Scary Movie 2 $71,277,420 $141,189,101 $45,000,000
Scary Movie 3 $110,000,082 $155,200,000 $45,000,000
Scary Movie 4 $90,710,620 $178,710,620 $40,000,000


If you look at the others you listed, they made a lot of money as well.

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RetroGunslinger

Gee, thanks.

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Baraka_Guru

I meant that in a purely marketing sense....

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Bill O'Rights

Ok...so they can't all be Casablanca, or Gone With The Wind. These "spoof" movies are popular and succesfull in their own right. That's why they make 'em. I don't go see 'em. But, then again, I'm about 30 years removed from their target audience. Hell, I didn't even bother seeing Date Movie, starring that delectable morsel, Alyson Hannigan. I allowed her that bit of dignity.

Airplane is classic, though. It has stood the test of time. Will these? I don't think so. They're to reliant upon current pop culture. The references will be lost in just a couple of years. But...so what. They're being made to make lots of cash, not an artistic statement.

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Xazy

I find that we have made over time fewer and fewer comedies that can stand the test of time. I am a huge fan of good classic comedies, I just find these movies are good for at most one viewing, if that. Sadly Doc (my wife) this is one of the points we disagree on... Hopefully I can teach our daughter the joys of some of the classics.

LoganSnake

Speaking of classics, are there any comedies that have come out in the past 5 years that would stand the test of time 20 years from now?

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Cynthetiq

oh god, why did you ask that, i fear someone is going to say Napoleon Dynamite....

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Willravel

To be honest, I suspect that Ratatouille will be a favorite for a long time. 40 Year Old Virgin will also likely be popular for years to come.

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