Scary Movie 4
It's funny that very rarely to I ever even consider watching the sequel to a horror movie that I consider to be less than really great. In fact I usually don't seek out too many horror movies because I find most of the mediocre. It's funny then that I keep watching this series of fairly mediocre comedy movies that poke fun at those same very mediocre horror series.
Actually I can't remember why I ever saw the first Scary Movie. I can't even remember if I saw it at a theater or on DVD. I know I have seen Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood and thought that was amusing (although I was wasted and had no idea what it was at the time) which was made by the same people.
I think I found the original Scary Movie to be somewhat amusing, but knew the sequel looked horrible in the previews. Somehow my friend Tom convinced me to go see it with him. I think he even paid for my ticket because no one else would go with him. Scary Movie 2 is certainly the worst of them all. It's certainly the most disgusting which is a big feat.
So I would have never thought I'd be excited to see Scary Movie 3, until I saw that it was being directed by David Zucker and co-written by Pat Proft. Now I did enjoy much of their past work. I convinced a huge crowd to come out and see it with me. And I remember laughing quite hard at the theater. But then when I rented it again later I realized it wasn't necessarily even that much better than the first one.
So now here I am with Scary Movie 4. It just seemed obligatory. Even though I usually haven't seen half of the movies being spoofed in these things. There's no real surprise with Scary Movie 4. Mostly sick gross out humor. You know what to expect by now. But every once in a while there's some bit a brilliance playing with movie conventions. One funny gag has to is when two people try to hide in the bushes and then pull two other people into the bushes to steal their costumes. It's such a common convention. But what ends up happening is that the people with the costumes just come back out with their costumes still on, and the people who tried to pull them in just got beat up. Maybe this isn't that original now that I think about it.
Another good gag is when she brushes away the cobwebs on a framed photo to see that it is a photo of more cobwebs. I love that kind of thing!
But the most inspired portion of this movie has to be the Million Dollar Baby spoof. I'm not sure if it's just because I dislike that movie so much or what, but the scene is just brillaint. The part that they are spoofing is just so retarded in the original movie. How the **** could someone believe someone was able to stick some chair in the ring like that and at just the right angle. So ludicrous. The spoofed it here perfectly!
Rating: 6/10