Product: Date Movie [UMD for PSP] (2006)
Rating: 1.0
Hollywoods GREEN LIGHT... just turned RED
Years ago, David & Jerry Zucker came on the scene and gave us such classics as Kentucky Fried Movie, Airplane, Top Secret, Scary Movie 3 & Naked Gun. Many have tried and failed miserably to copy their formula. Movies with low concept and many off-the-wall side stories that may or may not have anything to do with that concept. Jokes flying around like a whirlwind. Never knowing what tangent their going to go off on next.In my mind, there has only been one successful duplication of the Zucker comedy niche, possibly 2. I'm GONNA GET YOU SUCKA! and the first 2 SCARY MOVIEs. Both by the Wayans brothers.All of these movies, especially those by the Zucker's are masters at setup & execution. There's a method to the madness. There's a reason for the joke, and the performers are just as surprised as we are.DATE MOVIE on the other hand, is so bad, it's shocking. How does this movie EVEN GET MADE? WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS FUNNY? What Executive read this script and gave this thing the green light anyway!The movie, has LITTLE TO NO EXECUTION whatsoever! Imitation alone is not funny. Yet that is what you get with DATE MOVIE. One movie imitation after another. No set up. No reason. Just here's a reference... and here's another etc. etc. etc.For example, in a reference to HITCH, little person, Tony Cox takes Julia (Alyson Hannigan) to make her over and make her DATEABLE... so he takes her to a shop chop in a reference to MTV's PIMP MY RIDE, where they hammer away and when their done, they raise her up in a DARTH VADER suit and a five second shot of Tony is used painted up like YODA. END OF SCENE.This is pretty much how the entire film goes. One lame reference after another. A guy imitates NAPOLEON DYNAMITE. So? Hobbits pawn the ring and kick a lame looking wizard in the nuts. Michael Jackson is seen in an alley trying to get a young boy to come home with him. Frankly, the real life Michael Jackson is funny enough. A goof ball with a horribly constructed fake nose shows up as the wedding is getting over and yells, "Hey is there a wedding to crash?"Funny huh? Dear god. Avoid. I wish I did. Instead of renting this trash, re-rent Airplane, Top Secret or I'm Gonna Get you Sucka... and for godsakes don't BUY! Are you goofy?