Anyone hoping for a ray of sunshine through all the dank, dark clouds that have made up the recent rash of genre spoofs — Scary Movie, Epic Movie, Meet the Spartans — should semi-celebrate. Superhero Movie is not the heinous hunk of landfill those other attempts at humor represent. Instead, it’s a seldom hit/often miss attempt by some former members of the Airplane! While much more successful, there’s still a dearth of legitimate laughs to be found among the filler and failed lampoons.
Aside from the extremely cute Sara Paxton, who could singlehandedly take the sting out of just about anything, Superhero Movie boasts a story that is unlike other parody movies such as Epic Movie or Meet the Spartans in that it does not divert away from the genre that it is spoofing. And when it does throw in a pop culture reference, everything from a Tom Cruise impersonation (see the video below) to a well-placed set of Steven Hawking jokes, they always have something to do with the core story. As well, there are a few key performances that made the movie worth watching — one from “Arrested Development” star Jeffrey Tambor and another from Leslie Nielson, who just proves that he’s still got it.
“Scary Movie” director David Zucker puts a spin on the superhero film genre with his latest spoof movie “Superhero!”. Starring Leslie Nielson, Marion Ross, Jeffrey Tambor and Brent Spiner, the flick.s gags reference classic characters, plots, and storylines from favorites including “Spider-Man” and “Batman Begins”.
Star(s) to watch : Leslie Nielsen (”The Naked Gun”, “Scary Movie”) as Uncle Albert, & Pamela Anderson (”Scary Movie 3?, “Scooby-Doo”) as The Invisible Girl.
Genre : Comedy.
Release date : March 28, 2008
Official website : http://www.superhero-movie.net/
Poster : http://movies-update.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/superhero_movie-202×300.jpg
Trailer :
