| Movie: “Meet the Spartans” |
In Theaters: |
January 25, 2008 |
| MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for crude/sexual content, language and violence. |
Gecko Rating: |
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Wow… I am so glad that I didn’t pay full price to see this movie. Before I tear “Meet the Spartans” to shreds, I want to clearly establish that I actually really like movie spoofs. In all truth, I watched the second half of “Scary Movie 4” just this afternoon for the umpteenth time because it was on when I took a lunch break but “Spartans” did not even come near meeting any sort of expectations.
There was no intelligence to the humor whatsoever. A spoof is usually funny because it takes what already exists, (in this case the fantastic movie “300“) and cleverly pokes fun at it. This movie made tasteless jokes (”you’re dead. Say hi to Anna Nicole Smith for me” or something like that) and had no structure (or budget). Movie stuff was mixed in with regular celebrity jokes which were intermingled with television show and commercial satire. It was really lame, really pointless and, thankfully, really short.
If you are still interested, a preview and trailer for “Meet the Spartans” can be found here.
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