Epic Movie (2007)
Directed by Jason Friedberg
When the Pevensie siblings each follow their own path, they find themselves at Willy's Chocolate Factory. Walking through a wardrobe, they discover the world of Gnarnia, ruled by the White Bitch. Meeting up with characters such as Harry Potter and Captain Jack Swallows, the newly reunited family must team up with Aslo, a wise-but-horny lion to stop the White Bitch's army.
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The film features Jayma Mays, Adam Campbell, Kal Penn ("Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle") and Faune A. Chambers ("White Chicks") as, of all things, 20-something "orphans" who are plucked out of scenes from "The Da Vinci Code," "X-Men" and "Snakes on a Plane."
Some of the targets are not technically epics: Snakes on a Plane?
Epic Movie, the latest plunge into the bottomless sewer of spinoffs from the original Scary Movie razzfest of 2000, makes fun of Nacho Libre, Snakes on a Plane, Scarface, Click, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Borat, among many others.
The plot is a misshapen amalgam of films like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , The Chronicles of Narnia and The Da Vinci Code , but whenever those zany screenwriters ( Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg ) get stuck coming up with another flaccid gag, they have no problem yanking "inspiration" from Nacho Libre , Snakes on a Plane , X-Men , Mission Impossible and Click .
Having spoofed horror films and romantic comedies, Friedberg and Seltzer satirize mostly summer blockbusters - among them "The Da Vinci Code," "Nacho Libre," "Snakes on a Plane," "Pirates of the Caribbean," "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and the "Harry Potter" films.
Susan (Faune A. Chambers) is menaced by Snakes on a Plane.
Mel Brooks perfected the form in the '70s with pictures like High Anxiety (a Hitchcock spoof), Silent Movie (silent era spoof), and Young Frankenstein (figure it out for yourself).
Mel Brooks perfected the form in the '70s with pictures like High Anxiety (a Hitchcock spoof), Silent Movie (silent era spoof), and Young Frankenstein (figure it out for yourself).
Mel Brooks perfected the form in the '70s with pictures like High Anxiety (a Hitchcock spoof), Silent Movie (silent era spoof), and Young Frankenstein (figure it out for yourself).
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When Jennifer Coolidge first appears as the White Bitch, one character references her role in American Pie by exclaiming: “Whoa – Stifler’s mom!” When someone else mentions White Castle, Kal Penn (he of Harold and Kumar fame) says he feels like he’s been there before.
(The role played by Jennifer Coolidge in American Pie.)
Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer continue spinning off from the Scary Movie franchise, to which they contributed on the original script, in this follow-up to Date Movie .
A few short weeks ago, I placed the spoof Date Movie on my list of the ten worst films of 2006.
Apparently not, since they were equally clueless in their choice of prey for Date Movie, last year's comic misfire.
"Epic Movie" was directed and written by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, who were among the "brains" behind the similar "Scary Movie" franchise (currently in production for a fifth installment) and 2006's "Date Movie."
The ongoing efforts of filmmakers Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer to destroy the spoof genre continue with Epic Movie, as the film is just as ineffective as any of the pair's previous works (including the Scary Movie series and Date Movie).
These two scripted Scary Movie (along with Shawn and Marlon Wayans), which was amusing, and Date Movie, which was anything but that.
Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer continue spinning off from the Scary Movie franchise, to which they contributed on the original script, in this follow-up to Date Movie .
The Scary Movie series (helmed by other filmmakers) has been more successful at this type of spoof, and I’ve come to believe that the secret weapon is Anna Faris.
The perpetrators of the Scary Movie series are at it again, cannibalising Hollywood's fondest cliches in the much-abused name of satire.
Epic Movie, the latest plunge into the bottomless sewer of spinoffs from the original Scary Movie razzfest of 2000, makes fun of Nacho Libre, Snakes on a Plane, Scarface, Click, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Borat, among many others.
"Epic Movie" was directed and written by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, who were among the "brains" behind the similar "Scary Movie" franchise (currently in production for a fifth installment) and 2006's "Date Movie."
The ongoing efforts of filmmakers Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer to destroy the spoof genre continue with Epic Movie, as the film is just as ineffective as any of the pair's previous works (including the Scary Movie series and Date Movie).
Fred Willard, Jennifer Coolidge, and Bad Santa's Tony Cox are among the once and future Hollywood Squares vets in supporting roles, but the biggest surprise is Crispin Glover as the film's Willy Wonka surrogate.
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It was funnier watching Paris Hilton get killed in a serious horror film like House of Wax than it is watching her doppelganger get killed in this movie.
Edward (Kal Penn) has grown up in a Mexican monastery cribbed from Nacho Libre, the unfunny Jack Black comedy, and Peter (Adam Campbell) is a failed X-Man.