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NOTICE: SPOILERS ARE GOING TO BE MENTIONED. IT IS A P.O.S. COMEDY, PEOPLE. IT DOESN'T RATE SPOILER WARNINGS.
Dunno if anyone on my flist has seen the ads for Vampires Suck. It's by the same people who have done a whole string of spoofs (such as 300-Meet the Spartans, and others). This one, of course, spoofs on Twilight. The only problem was, except for sections here and there, the comic pacing was slow; seriously, if you're going to mock a movie series, then please, STUFF your comedy with jokes. Neverending, nonstop jokes.
In this case, the movie stuttered and halted as much as the actress playing the Bella (Becca) role. She was exaggerating the inarticulate Bella from the Twilight movies, and okay, yes, that's a big point. But move on, please? Matt Lanter, who played Edward's twin spoof, Edward Sullen, was spot on. In fact, most of the actors were pretty much right there with their roles. The costumes were great, and the cheesiness of the stunts was, unfortunately, about on par with the original Twilight movies.
That's not to say there weren't funny bits in it (and I was about the only person in the theater who dared laughed out loud at certain points, but hey, I'm 45 and have no shame these days). But damned if I can remember off-hand what they were! Aren't you supposed to remember those things after you walk out of a funny movie?
I can remember my mother pulling over after we'd gone to see Movie Movie (1978) because we were laughing so hard we couldn't stop for about half an hour! And I still remember some of the dialogue!
One thing I kept expecting during the Prom scenes in Vampires Suck was a scene referencing Carrie, but alas, it was not to be. I guess that would have been TOO obvious, even for this team of movie makers. Vampires Suck could have been so much funnier with more intensity, less faithfulness (!!) to the original Twilight series--that's right--and more twisting of the characters. And better editing. But with better, tighter editing, the movie would have been about a half hour long, instead of the hour and a half it already is.
Ah well.
PS: Click on the IMDB Vampires Suck link--the featured reviewer on the page (scroll down past the cast list) pretty much nailed my objections, and got my positives, but also knows more about these filmmakers than I do. He's right--they got the sets *perfect*. To the point that I wondered if they found the house from the first Twilight movie and rented it!
PPS: David DeLuise has a cameo, and of course, they reference The Wizards of Waverly Place shortly after. That was cute. He had one of the best scenes in the entire movie.
Dunno if anyone on my flist has seen the ads for Vampires Suck. It's by the same people who have done a whole string of spoofs (such as 300-Meet the Spartans, and others). This one, of course, spoofs on Twilight. The only problem was, except for sections here and there, the comic pacing was slow; seriously, if you're going to mock a movie series, then please, STUFF your comedy with jokes. Neverending, nonstop jokes.
In this case, the movie stuttered and halted as much as the actress playing the Bella (Becca) role. She was exaggerating the inarticulate Bella from the Twilight movies, and okay, yes, that's a big point. But move on, please? Matt Lanter, who played Edward's twin spoof, Edward Sullen, was spot on. In fact, most of the actors were pretty much right there with their roles. The costumes were great, and the cheesiness of the stunts was, unfortunately, about on par with the original Twilight movies.
That's not to say there weren't funny bits in it (and I was about the only person in the theater who dared laughed out loud at certain points, but hey, I'm 45 and have no shame these days). But damned if I can remember off-hand what they were! Aren't you supposed to remember those things after you walk out of a funny movie?
I can remember my mother pulling over after we'd gone to see Movie Movie (1978) because we were laughing so hard we couldn't stop for about half an hour! And I still remember some of the dialogue!
One thing I kept expecting during the Prom scenes in Vampires Suck was a scene referencing Carrie, but alas, it was not to be. I guess that would have been TOO obvious, even for this team of movie makers. Vampires Suck could have been so much funnier with more intensity, less faithfulness (!!) to the original Twilight series--that's right--and more twisting of the characters. And better editing. But with better, tighter editing, the movie would have been about a half hour long, instead of the hour and a half it already is.
Ah well.
PS: Click on the IMDB Vampires Suck link--the featured reviewer on the page (scroll down past the cast list) pretty much nailed my objections, and got my positives, but also knows more about these filmmakers than I do. He's right--they got the sets *perfect*. To the point that I wondered if they found the house from the first Twilight movie and rented it!
PPS: David DeLuise has a cameo, and of course, they reference The Wizards of Waverly Place shortly after. That was cute. He had one of the best scenes in the entire movie.
