Epic Movie

In 2000, the SCARY MOVIE franchise was started, making fun of the latest horror & thriller movies. In 2006, came DATE MOVIE, a satire of popular romantic comedies. Now, in 2007, because of movies like Cronicles of Narnia, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and the X-Men movies, we have EPIC MOVIE.

The unfortunate thing about these movies is that the filmmakers are just not trying anymore. The SCARY MOVIE franchise was carried mostly by comedic actress Anna Faris. By the time DATE MOVIE came out, the writing had been so watered down, the movie had to be carried by the comedic talents of Alyson Hannigan. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a fan of satire, but with EPIC MOVIE, it was just too obvious that they were catering to the lowest common denominator. The few funny parts I found myself laughing, was at some of the slapstick/physical comedy and the great dumb girl acting by Jayma Mays (who some may recognize her as Charlie from NBC’s HEROES sci-fi drama).

If you go to a theatre and find everything sold out, it’d still be a bit hard to recommend this movie.