I saw this piece of lead-headed "entertainment" after I saw the other major Friedberg and Seltzer bomb "Disaster Movie." And while not QUITE as bad, it is still pretty lame.
The story spoofs (well, references) "The Chronicles of Narnia" by having four orphans (played either annoyingly or blandly by the four lead actors) as they travel through a magical wardrobe locked away in Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory (did I really say that?) where they soon discover they must save Gnarnia from the clutches of The White Bitch. Ha....ha....HA!!
This movie is, quite simply, not funny. The movie (AHEM) spoofs James Bond, "Pirates of the Carribbean", "Snakes on a Plane", Paris Hilton, Harry Potter, The X-Men and also throws in references to MySpace and MTV. Could someone PLEASE TELL ME WHAT ANY OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE EPIC GENRE?! If you were going to spoof the epic movie, what would you choose? "Ben-Hur"? What about "Lawrence of Arabia"? Even "Chronicles" loosely fits the epic genre. Where does Paris Hilton fit into any of these films? Or for that matter, this genre? Well, she is epically stupid but I don't think that counts.
I will be fair. The Willy Wonka parody with Crispen Glover is actually kind of funny. Reimagining Wonka as break-dancing pervert is amusing but it's a pretty fleeting cameo.
This cast reeks of "they only did it for the money." Fred Willard is a funny guy but is made out so ridiculously. I also find another trademark of these two hacks to be wearing pretty frigging thin. The constant references to woman's breasts is just getting tired. What's so funny about them anyway unless you think it's amusing to see a blue colored Carmen Electra have her boobs inflated to three times their size. It's more weird then it is funny.
Bottom line? If your looking for a good laugh fest, rent this piece of garbage but if even your garbage film love has standards, then let this utter disgrace pass you right by.
The story spoofs (well, references) "The Chronicles of Narnia" by having four orphans (played either annoyingly or blandly by the four lead actors) as they travel through a magical wardrobe locked away in Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory (did I really say that?) where they soon discover they must save Gnarnia from the clutches of The White Bitch. Ha....ha....HA!!
This movie is, quite simply, not funny. The movie (AHEM) spoofs James Bond, "Pirates of the Carribbean", "Snakes on a Plane", Paris Hilton, Harry Potter, The X-Men and also throws in references to MySpace and MTV. Could someone PLEASE TELL ME WHAT ANY OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE EPIC GENRE?! If you were going to spoof the epic movie, what would you choose? "Ben-Hur"? What about "Lawrence of Arabia"? Even "Chronicles" loosely fits the epic genre. Where does Paris Hilton fit into any of these films? Or for that matter, this genre? Well, she is epically stupid but I don't think that counts.
I will be fair. The Willy Wonka parody with Crispen Glover is actually kind of funny. Reimagining Wonka as break-dancing pervert is amusing but it's a pretty fleeting cameo.
This cast reeks of "they only did it for the money." Fred Willard is a funny guy but is made out so ridiculously. I also find another trademark of these two hacks to be wearing pretty frigging thin. The constant references to woman's breasts is just getting tired. What's so funny about them anyway unless you think it's amusing to see a blue colored Carmen Electra have her boobs inflated to three times their size. It's more weird then it is funny.
Bottom line? If your looking for a good laugh fest, rent this piece of garbage but if even your garbage film love has standards, then let this utter disgrace pass you right by.