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Killing the Dream (2003)
Paging Dr. Bob
After seeing this movie at the Temecula Valley Film Festival, I don't think I can look at independent film-making the same way as I did before. This is a world class Mockumentary that can hold its own with some of the greats like Spinal Tap and Best in Show. I can only hope that no one like these characters ever get their hands on a project, or we might see the end of western civilization as we know it! Kudos to all involved, it rightfully deserved the best feature film award.
Not Another Teen Movie (2001)
Clearing the Air on a Good Parody
First off I would like to address to the unemployed idiot critic who wrote a review before me. He states that parody is the laziest form of comedy. Not only is that wrong, parody is one of the most DIFFICULT forms of comedy. A parody for any other genre is much more simple due to its seriousness. Comedy is very hard on the simple fact that the jokes have to be more outrageous and outlandish than the original jokes. And as far the filmmakers not relying on us to get the jokes, they expected us to have seen the 80's cult classics, which would have made no sense to anyone who did not see them, plus they are jokes that a generation before us would understand from their theater going experiances in the 80's, not just the "permanently ironic generation" he tell us that we are. As far as stealing parts from other movies being jokes, scenes or ideas, maybe this guy should realize that there is hardly anything original now a days, besides, a parody isn't supposed to be anything we havn't seen before. As stated by Louis Giannetti in his book Understanding Movies (which is a textbook for college students) he states, "parody is the final stage in a genre." He goes on to say that parody points out the steryotypes in the usual devices asociated with a genre. When it is comedy, it has to outdo jokes that are funny while reminding the audence of the origin. It's the same with all parodies, regardless of genre. This guy seems to think that all parodies have to live up to Airplane and Naked Gun. I also noticed that this guy didn't mention any Mel Brooks or Woody Allen flicks as classics, only Zucker and Abrahms, how much trust can we put into a guy that has such a bias on classic Parody. Don't get me wrong, Zucker and Abrahms are good, but c'mon, Airplane isn't comparable to Blazing Saddles. And in the end, whatever this guy tells us, he should walk into the middle of a showing and stand there for a few minutes. The audience's roaring laughter proves that this shmuck isn't a very good at judging what is good and not. It took this guy a really long time to tell us that this movie isn't good, so, I took my time in proving that his opinion is biased and should be disregarded.