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Epic Movie (2007)
Better than the last one...
I was very reluctant to watch Epic Movie. Quite contrary to how excited I'd been to see Date Movie, featuring my favorite actress, Alyson Hannigan, but even she could not save that movie. Date Movie was an atrocious film that is a disgrace to spoof movies everywhere, so, naturally, I wasn't expecting much out of Epic Movie.
I was pleasantly surprised.
While it is nowhere near the level of some of the great spoofs of the last 3 decades (Airplane!, Wrongfully Accused, Mafia, Hot Shots, Scary Movie, etc.), Epic Movie certainly has it's moments.
Though it contains a lot of the unfunny, ridiculous drivel that is apparently a feeble attempt at spoofing that we saw in the last film, it has quite a few worthwhile, funny moments.
It starts off quite unfunny, but don't give up on it too early! It does go somewhere, and the film really gains steam as it progresses.
The highlight of the film is Darrell Hammond's GENIUS spot-on parody of Captain Jack Sparrow from the Pirates of the Caribbean. He truly does a masterful job spoofing the character.
Please note that you will have to be sitting through the numerous spontaneous hip-hop numbers that appear in Date Movie, but they're mercifully few and far-between.
Over all, I'd give Epic Movie a 6, purely for it's spirit, and Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg's drastic improvement in quality from the last film.
I'd say that the next one might actually be a decent comedy film.
Punk Rock Holocaust (2004)
It has it's moments
I just finished watching this movie. I was very excited since I'm a big fan of Punk Rock, Horror films and Spoofs. I was very surprised at what I saw. I knew it was low budget, but I wasn't expecting it to be taped with a video camera. It opens with a good song and a great, very underrated band, The Horrorpops, reforming their song, Where They Wander, and promptly getting killed in various gruesome ways. It's a great opening. But the problem is the fact that, up until the end, this was really all that the movie was. A live performance, A death. Another live performance, A death. It gets old. And there is a gross(literally) overuse of intestines in the death scenes. Why doesn't the killer use other body parts, like legs, or eyeballs, or brains? Don't get me wrong, this movie has some parts that are awesome. Like the hardcore French band, known simply as BERET, the prospect of a band named Atticus, the scene containing a performance by members of the The Used and Simple Plan playing together, since neither bands had enough members to play their show, and Bowling For Soup's Overweight-and-proud-of-it guitarist getting killed in a truly hilarious manner, that I will save for the future watchers of this movie. But the big problem I have with this movie is the at first comical, but after a while, terrible lack of acting talent in a lot of the "actors". Especially Warped Tour creator, Kevin Lyman. He tries very hard, but I suspect that he didn't want to make the film, but was contractually obligated or something. In addition to that, the sound quality is terrible and there are no subtitles on the DVD. The Movie's resolving plot is very hazy and very random. something about a magic sword and Lloyd Kaufman as the devil. Bottom line, this movie has a lot of good qualities, but not enough to be anywhere near a decent Horror, Music, or Comedy film. Although I have to credit it with turning me onto a few bands that I would never have listened to, otherwise. Such as Tsunami Bomb, and the Phenomonauts(an insane, Psychobilly band). I recommend that you rent this movie, watch the first 10 or 20 minutes, if you like it, watch the next 20 or 30, if you still like it, then watch on. If not, just go to the special features and watch all the music videos and live performances. They rock! Long live Punk Rock and Horror!