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Nov 23, 2007 · 'Enchanted,' a Spellbinding Self-Parody from Disney The film, about an animated princess thrust unprepared into the gritty reality of New York City, is what happens when wised-up meets happily ...
1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail. 8.2 (571K) 91. King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table embark on a surreal, low-budget search for the Holy Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles.
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- Best: This Is Spinal Tap
- Worst: Fifty Shades of Black
- Best: The Naked Gun: from The Files of Police Squad!
- Worst: Disaster Movie
- Best: Team America: World Police
- Worst: Meet The Spartans
- Best: Blazing Saddles
- Worst: Vampires Suck
- Best: Airplane!
- Worst: Date Movie
Although The Office is often credited with birthing the mockumentary, it was actually This is Spinal Tap that introduced the genre to the world. Throughout the 1970s, so-called rockumentaries had become very popular, with movies like Gimme Shelter and The Last Waltz. Director Rob Reiner took the tropes of those movies and notched up the absurdity w...
Rather than take elements of the Fifty Shadesfranchise that could actually stand to take a satirical beating – e.g. some of Christian Grey’s behavior– this parody took trivial moments, like Ana exiting the elevator, and gave them a slapstick twist, like the elevator doors closing on her. Fifty Shades of Blackis just a huge, tasteless missed opportu...
The police procedural spoof series Police Squad!was under-appreciated in its time and canceled after just six episodes. The Zuckers weren’t done with the adventures of Leslie Nielsen’s bumbling detective Frank Drebin just yet, however, so they adapted him for the big screen. The Naked Gun is a hysterical parody of neo-noir police thrillers of the 8...
At this point in the _____ Movie series of parodies, the film-makers had stopped bothering to adhere to their chosen genre. If you’re going to name a movie after a genre, then the least you can do is stick to that genre. Disaster Movie is a disaster movie in name only. Instead of parodying movies like Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow, Di...
In response to Michael Bay’s bombastic, militarized, patriotic action blockbusters, South Park’s Trey Parker and Matt Stone made Team America: World Police. It’s about an actor named Gary who is recruited by a secret international police force to go undercover in a dangerous group, which isn’t much more absurd than the plot of Bad Boys II or Armage...
This parody of Zack Snyder’s 300 is so completely devoid of what can technically be considered a joke that one has to wonder if the film-makers were even going for laughs. Instead, they appear to be trying to incite a groan of familiarity at lazy pop culture references like the AllSpark from the Transformersfilms. South Park brought us a much bette...
Mel Brooks’ parody of the western genre is a quintessential example of a spoof that works, because it deconstructs its genre and the cinematic form as a whole. It starts off with the premise of a town in the Old West hiring a controversial sheriff, in an attempt to get the town so up in arms that they’ll allow an industrialist to build a railroad t...
On paper, a parody of The Twilight Saga might sound like a good idea. Twilight has a love triangle, a controversial lead character, and a convoluted plot involving vampires and werewolves. There are plenty of targets for mockery. Vampires Suck, however, just doesn't quite get there. All of the jokes can be seen coming from a mile away. Simply casti...
This 1980 classic from Jim Abrahams and the Zucker brothers isn’t just the greatest spoof; it might be one of the funniest comedies of all time. RELATED: Don't Call Me Shirley: 10 Best Quotes In Airplane!, Ranked The directing team stumbled upon the old black-and-white disaster movie Zero Hour! while in search of material for sketches. They realize...
When they were writing Date Movie, Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer should’ve focused more on fitting in more jokes and less on fitting in more parodies. It spoofs over 30 movies without doing anything particularly inspired with any of them. Primarily, it’s a spoof of My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Meet the Parents, which are both well-made romantic...
- Airplane! (1980) Stream now on Max. When looking at the best spoof movies, everything is measured up against Airplane! It also ranks as one of the best parody movies when it comes to big-budget action movies.
- Young Frankenstein (1974) Stream now on Max. Mel Brooks most lauded comedy when it comes to pure laughs, Young Frankenstein remains one of the best parody movies in the history of cinema.
- Holy Grail (1975) / Life Of Brian (1979) Stream now on Netflix. Monty Python got their start as a British comedy troupe in 1969 and created one of the best sketch comedy shows in television history.
- Blazing Saddles (1974) Rent now on Vudu. Preserved in the National Film Registry in 2006, Blazing Saddles remains one of the best parody movies of all time and one of the most respected.
25. "Hot Shots!" (1991) Jim Abrahams’s first solo spoof fires guided satirical missiles straight up the thrusters of Tony Scott’s “Top Gun”. As a parody of American jingoism, it’s pretty ...
May 16, 2024 · These hilarious parodies are definitely worth a rewatch. S erious cinema is all well and good, but there are moments when only a truly funny movie will do. And successful spoofs are right up there with the funniest films of all time. Poking fun at everything from outer space blockbusters to zombie flicks and spy dramas, these parody movies don ...
Nov 1, 2022 · The arrival of blockbuster movies like 'Jaws' and 'Star Wars' and the rise of the home video era allowed '80s comedies like 'Airplane!' and 'The Naked Gun' to define the spoof genre like no films ...
