This isn't my usual genre of film, but I got a delightful suprize when I gave up my inhabitions and watched it. Not only were the costumes fun and the scenery very brilliantly dark and cartoony, but these characters actually had some depth and their goal, to be superheroes. Ben Stiller (one of my faves after watching "Meet the Parents") was hillarious and his supporting team were funny and unique, they even had a chick, played by one of my ultimate faves, Janeane Garofalo.I loved how the popular superhero endorsed popular products and was about as real as a Ken Doll compared to the band of wanna-be, more lovable outcasts. Wonderful film to watch late at night with friends after being out all night or on a rainy day. Kudos to Stiller and his wonderful supporting cast of misfits!