Superhero Movie
I have to start this one by saying, despite for the most part sharing Mark Kermode’s sighing response to most recent spoof movies, I thought this one could work. The genre is certainly ripe for a ribbing, especially after Spider-Man 3 and I love Drake Bell, it’s awesome he got a lead role even if it was just this, not to mention the swarm of names that flash onscreen during the opening credits.
Well …
For twenty minutes it does so well.
Then Stephen Hawking shows up. Serious head in hands time, not funny at all, and I apologize profusely for actually watching beyond that scene and, worse, winding up enjoying it overall. The movie then parodies few superhero movies other than the Spider-Man trilogy (and only the first two parts at that) which is not only a little letdown but kind of suggests the movie, or at least the script, might have been on the shelf for more than a few years.
But Drake just about gets through it all and retains his cool, at least to me. And hey, if this is what’s paying for his music, then that’s fine by me too. And, I don’t know if it was just like some kind of hysterical response to watching my first movie in nearly a week, lol, but I nearly peed laughing at the whole “excuses” scene lol (“I … met a guy on Craig’s list …”) and kinda couldn’t control myself thereafter. It drops slightly when Hawking shows again amidst other entirely unfunny political lookalikes – but, y’know, overall, I can’t fault it for what it is.