Meet the Spartans (2008)

Directors:

Jason Friedberg
Aaron Seltzer

Writers (WGA):

Jason Friedberg (written by) &
Aaron Seltzer (written by)

Release Date:

25 janvier 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedie

Accroche:

The Bigger the Hit, The Harder They Fall

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

American Idol | Beard | Transformer | Scene During End Credits | Shield

Avis des utilisateurs:

Terrible in every way possible.

Ensemble

Sean Maguire	...	Leonidas
Carmen Electra	...	Queen Margo
Ken Davitian	...	Xerxes
Kevin Sorbo	...	Captain
Diedrich Bader	...	Traitoro
Method Man	...	Persian Emissary
Jareb Dauplaise	...	Dilio
Travis Van Winkle	...	Sonio
Phil Morris	...	Messenger
Jim Piddock	...	Loyalist / Simon Cowell
Nicole Parker	...	Britney Spears / Paris Hilton / Paula Abdul / Ellen DeGeneres / Hunchback Paris
Ike Barinholtz	...	Dane Cook / Bond Villain / Prophet
Crista Flanagan	...	Spartan Woman / Ugly Betty
Hunter Clary	...	Leo Jr.
Emily Wilson	...	Lindsay Lohan

Autre(s) titre(s) :

13 Spartans (USA) (working title)
Epic Movie 2 (USA) (working title)
Epic Movie 2: A Story of Spartans (USA) (working title)
Hunting and Fishing (USA) (working title)
Not Another Scary Epic Teen Date Movie (USA) (working title)
Spartatouille (France) [fr]
Voici les Spartiates (Canada: French title) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content throughout, language and some comic violence.

Durée:

UK:84 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Son:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Classification:

Finland:K-13 | Sweden:11 | Singapore:NC-16 | Malaysia:18PL | USA:PG-13 | Australia:M | Netherlands:12 | Ireland:15A | Brazil:14 | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | UK:12A | Norway:11 | Germany:12 | Portugal:M/12

Company:

New Regency Pictures

Anecdotes:

Not screened for critics.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Leonidas asks Queen Margo to marry him by writing "Marry Me" on her chest with a sharpie pen, the camera changes positions a couple times during the scene and you can see the words magically disappear each time the camera switches to the wider shot.

Guillemet:

Leonidas: Adjust you sword boy, it's digging into my back.
Sonio: But I'm not wearing my sword.
Leonidas: [pause] Carry on then.

Connexions De Film:

Spoofs Transformers (2007)

Soundtrack:

Swing It

Terrible in every way possible.

A dismal failure of a spoof with only the slightest bit of funny. This dreck breaks all the rules of good spoofing.

1. Be timely. A joke about Ellen in Mr Wrong? Really?

2. Be funny when offensive. Accident prone kid in Scary Movie 3, mildly funny. Assault on a kid by Spartian, not funny.

3. Be subtle sometimes. Not everything has to go to the extreme.

4. Be broad. Go everywhere for your spoofs, not just the same wells over and over.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY....

5. DON'T EXPLAIN EVERY RIFF AND SOURCE MATERIAL. If you have to tell your audience where it comes from, chances are it's not funny.

The fact that this film is only 60 odd minutes plus one of the longest credit sequences loaded with even more unfunny deleted scenes (seriously can't those wait for the DVD no one should buy either), that's just adding insult to injury.