The American Hamburger when it Catches The Mad Cow Disease !

Rating: 1/10 (19 February 2009)

Supposedly (David Zucker) is one of my favorites. His name was over so many so good comedies whether as a writer, director, or producer, such as (Airplane! - 1980), (Top Secret! - 1984), (The Naked Gun's series - 1988, 1991, 1994), (Brain Donors - 1992), or even (High School High - 1996). But the fact of him being the writer, director and producer of (BASEketball - 1998) is totally a disaster; it's the worst of him till 1998!
The basic factor to make you laugh here was the assumption that all the characters is gay, sexually gay. Look closer to understand the very easy method; starting from (Ernest Borgnine), to the silly sidekick, ending with the 2 leads themselves having a sickening kiss (even the cameo of Robert Stack!). This tone isn't the only truly nasty thing. In fact, the whole movie tries to be as die-hard dirty as it can be. And I just can't get it. Why to be dirty in the first place? Why addressing the animalistic side in the human, enjoying showing perverted people and matters, smashing art, ethics, and good taste all at once? These comedies assure something rotten with the moviemakers, and bring no less rottenness to the culture. At any rate, I don't accept dumping their trash into my brain!
The sad matter is not my own annoyance out of the name of a gifted artist being on detestable work like this, but also because the main idea was so smart in its core. The BASEketball sport could've been something creative, especially with the witty satire against the media or the sport industry, but the movie was dead set to not think at all while it deals with thoughtful issues. It was a good idea, however everything else was way lower. This movie doesn't know what it wants to be exactly: a buddy-comedy in the era of post-(Dumb & Dumber - 1994), a cartoony farce, a satire about the sport world. It managed eventually to be something too zany to stand, and too nasty to be droll.
Save (Robert Vaughn), who I've never imagined that I would like him one day and through a comedy, the performance was totally obnoxious. For little example, (Dian Bachar) as (Squeak) was unbearable to the extent that I hated every second he was in. (Trey Parker) looks terrible in this long yellow hair, and (Matt Stone) seems repugnant more than funny to say the least; actually, both as the leads were between weak and average. (Yasmine Bleeth) looked stray; they didn't try to make a laugh out of her ever. I think she's one of the real stars that were never given the chance to be a "real star", and she'll live the rest of her life appearing in TV movies, shows, or idiot movies like this one. It gets on your nerve badly when you watch the movie's posters, and find no presence for her at all. They put (Jenny McCarthy) instead??!!
Overall, there is a hilarious spirit, but the comedy doesn't hit the mark much. The real good parts are few and swift. The details in the background, like (Airplane) previously, weren't well-made, or made in the first place, it's some sign that this comedy was brain-dead itself. If the main point was making a vulgar, squalid, and emetic comedy, then (Zucker) succeeded. Here's what I wrote right after the viewing: "This is paltry, crazy, and sick like a hamburger that caught the mad cow disease"!