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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)Binding: DVD Brand: SUPERHERO MOVIE (UNRATED) (DVD MOVIE) EAN: 0796019813396 Format: Color, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Item Dimensions: Label: Weinstein Company Languages: Manufacturer: Weinstein Company MPN: 81339 Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: Weinstein Company Region Code: 1 Release Date: July 08, 2008 Running Time: 82 minutes Studio: Weinstein Company Theatrical Release Date: March 28, 2008 Editorial Review: Product Description: The team behind Scary Movie takes on the comic book genre in this tale of Rick Riker (Drake Bell) a nerdy teen bitten by a radioactive dragonfly. Imbued with superpowers Riker assumes a new identity as the Dragonfly. And because every hero needs a nemesis enter Lou Landers (Christopher McDonald) who leads a double life as the villainously goofy Hourglass. Spoof veteran Leslie Nielsen and Marion Ross co-star as Drake's doting uncle and aunt.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY/PARODY & SPOOF UPC: 796019813396 Manufacturer No: 81339 Amazon.com: Adolescent fantasy meets sophomoric humor in the latest cuisinart comedy, Superhero Movie. The story of how frustrated loser Rick Riker (Drake Bell of Drake & Josh) becomes the superpowered Dragonfly is largely poking fun at Spider-Man, but there are a handful of digs at X-Men, Fantastic Four, and other Marvel Comics superhuman flicks. What's disappointing is how few of the jokes are specific to the genre--the abundance of gags about urine, feces, horniness, and especially flatulence (long, drawn-out gags about flatulence) could have been shoehorned into a parody of pretty much anything. The strong point of Superhero Movie is the above-average cast; while there are the obligatory cameos by the likes of Pamela Anderson, the cast is mostly filled out with actual actors like Marion Ross (Happy Days), Christopher McDonald (Thelma & Louise), Brent Spiner (Star Trek: The Next Generation), Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested Development), and Leslie Nielsen, who trots out his trademark deadpan one more time. As Dragonfly's love interest, Sara Paxton (Aquamarine) does a flawless and subtle imitation of Kirsten Dunst's sultry vocal mannerisms. And for fans of Airplane! (the movie that started the whole everything-but-the-kitchen-sink genre of comedy), there's an appropriate cameo by Robert Hays as Rick Riker's father. Superhero is a step above such recent tripe as Date Movie and Meet the Spartans... but sadly, that's not saying much. --Bret Fetzer Average Rating:
 Rating: - Move Over Spider-Man...Meet Dragonfly!If you're over THE DARK KNIGHT and IRON MAN, waiting for what they're going to do to SUPERMAN, and if you need good laugh? Check out SUPERHERO MOVIE. This reviewer was totally aghast by MEET THE SPARTANS (along with the other recent parody EPIC MOVIE), but SUPERHERO MOVIE fares way better. One reason SUPERHERO MOVIE works is because one of the Zucker Brothers (AIRPLANE, NAKED GUN films) is one of the producers and the legendary Leslie Nielsen is in a support role. The film is a total, and shot-per ... Read More Rating:  - Four WordsSometimes it's a single word: "Plastics." Or two words: "My precious." Or "Bond. James Bond." (Is that two words, or three?) For movie lovers, some words or collections of words are magically evocative, forever associated with whatever was immortal about the films that featured them. A few days ago, four more words entered this privileged lexicon for me. My son, who will be 13 in September, wanted to see "The Superhero Movie," starring Drake Bell. My son has been a fan of Drake and Josh on TV. We rented ... Read More Rating: - Gets the movie parody thing right!There's a horrible trend nowadays of movies assuming that stringing together a clump of unrelated jabs at current events & ripping off scenes from all sorts of movies is parody. It's not. For ages it seemed that the art of satire & parody ala Naked Gun & Not Another Teen Movie was lost in a wave of stupid & incredibly unfunny movies such as Epic Movie. Then along came Super Hero Movie. The movie follows after a mild mannered schoolboy who gets bitten by a dragonfly and gains superpowers. The ... Read More Rating:  - A decent and mildy funny parody!Rick (Drake Bell) is your baisc high school nerd who was bitten by a genetically enchanced dragonfly and has the abilities and powers of a dragonfly. He becomes an avenging superhero nicknamed Dragonfly and must protects the good citizens of Empire City from criminals, Rick also wants to win the heart of beautiful girl Jill Johnson (Sara Paxton) and must do battle against the evil Hourglass or Lou Landers (Christopher Mcdonald). Co-starring Leslie Nielsen, Pamela Anderson, Brent ... Read More Rating: - Funny Moive Reminiscent of AirplaneAfter having seen the dreadful Epic Movie and Meet the Spartans (the word "excrement" comes to mind), I was wary of another lousy Airplane wannabe. However, seeing the Zucker name attached to this flick was somewhat encouraging. People who complain about the movie sticking too closely to the Spiderman story apparently never saw Airplane, which stuck very closely to the Airport movies. What differs with spoofs like that 70s classic and this film has to do with the pace of the humor. Whereas Meet the Spartans ... Read More |
