In addition to catching Surf’s Up this weekend in the theater, we also rented Epic movie. All I can say is thank God I didn’t pay $9 to see this travesty in the theater. As it is, I’d like to get my $4 back from Blockbuster. This movie was absolutely awful. It is supposed to be a parody of the action adventure films of 2006 the way the Scary Movie series parodies the horror films of the past year. The difference of course is that Scary Movie is funny while Epic Movie is not. I had been looking forward to seeing this movie. I really enjoy the Scary Movies and the scenes they show in the trailers look funny. Unfortunately, they are only funny when taken out of context. In the movie they are pretty pointless and unfunny.

The story primarily follows the plot of Narnia, but includes elements from a number of other 2006 movies including: Willy Wonka, The Da Vinci Code, Pirates of the Caribbean, Nacho Libre, Borat, and Snakes on a Plane. I think one of the main problems (you know other than the bad acting and poor writing) was that the plot focused too heavily on this one movie. It was like they came up with the list of movies they wanted to include first and then tried to figure out a way to work them into the plot of Narnia. Its also hard to spoof films which are already hysterically funny like Nacho Libre and Borat. Good luck topping Borat. Jennifer Coolidge played the evil White Bitch. I mention her only because she was Stifler’s Mom and we always report sightings of Stifler’s Mom. I could keep writing, but the rest of the review would essentially be a list of synonyms for the word awful. Don’t see, don’t rent it, and God forbid, don’t buy it.

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