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August 28, 2008
Disastrous
Nikki Finke brings up the fact that DISASTER MOVIE is actually coming out on the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. It's not like Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer's godawful "MOVIE" series could get more offensive, but damn, it seems they've bottomed themselves (I would say "topped," but, y'know, it'd seem wrong).
It's true that the end of August, much like all of January, is the standard dumping ground for shitty movies not shown to press and marketed on very simple hooks. But damn, they couldn't have moved it by one week? Or even called it something else -- based on all the ads, it appears that the main movie being satirized is JUNO. Why not EMO MOVIE?
Eventually, of course, it is inevitable that we'll get MOVIE MOVIE, a bad parody of bad parodies. Maybe the double negative will result in some actual laughs.
Would it be mean to hope for SNUFF MOVIE, in which Friedberg and Seltzer actually die? Yeah. But at least Uwe Boll finally made POSTAL and gave us all a scene of himself getting shot in the nuts. I'd like to see these two as victims in a SAW sequel, at the very least.
And say what you will about Fox, at least they finally dumped this diabolical directing duo, leaving then to Lionsgate. I like Lionsgate as a company -- they're usually good to horror fans, THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN excepted -- but also admit that they know how to market utter crap sometimes.
One small blessing about being unemployed right now -- I GUARANTEE you that if I were still on staff, I would be the one assigned to DISASTER MOVIE.
Posted by LYT at August 28, 2008 4:19 PM [Message Board]
Comments
When I try to envision the width and breadth of MOVIE MOVIE I almost lose my mind. I have to pull back. It's a madness box. You've triggered something. MOVIE MOVIE is, in a way I can't fully realize, the Hollyworld we live in.
Posted by: justin at August 28, 2008 5:50 PM
I don't understand these 'x movie' movies. I mean, it's like a spoof but only the bare bones of one... no plot, no characters, just riffs. I liked Scary Movie and Not Another Teen Movie okay, but the 'round up of last year's movies with bad jokes' movies are just... beyond me.
Posted by: David N. Scott at August 28, 2008 9:28 PM