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Meet the Spartans (Unrated 'Pit of Death' Edition)

5 star:		(18)
4 star:		(13)
3 star:		(12)
2 star:		(16)
1 star:		(38)

 

 

I'll have to admit, watching this movie the first time, there were some quick laughs, and it caught my attention. Sometimes, I feel the jokes were drawn out way too long, and that's a shame. If I were a 14 or 15 year old, I'd probably give this all 5 stars. This definitely isn't a movie in which you can watch over and over again. When you're bored, or strung out from the job, or the weekly grind is just too much and you want to let loose for a brief moment, go ahead. Otherwise, this movie is dime a dozen, in the ranks of The Comebacks, Epic Movie, etc etc etc.

MTS started out great. Some of the jokes had me literally LOL, which rarely happens with movies anymore. At other times, the jokes lingered far too long. The pit of death (american idol), top model, and deal or no deal sequences seem out of place (even for a parody) and last far too long. In fact, any of the modern-day inclusions only hurt the movie. The movie was strongest when the jokes were centered around 300. I cracked up when Leonidas was sparring with his son. I guess my biggest complaint was the ongoing gay joke. That might have worked 20 years ago. It's not a complaint from a tolerance perspective, it's just that we've seen it done before... too many times. I also didn't care for the wife (the actress or the character which was nothing like the one in 300).

Unbearable.

All that needs to be said. Complete trash. I'm not sure at what point, pop-culture references became funny just by themselves. I guy dressed up like Sanjaya from American Idol pops out of nowhere and they kick him into a pit. Then the 3 person American Idol panel. Britney Spears and K-fed.

There's no setup. There's no nothing. If this is what has come of hollywood spoof comedies... I'm done... and now that we've seen a long string of these comedic failures pour out into the theatres and people actually pay for them... legitimizing them... we'll probably see more. It's a sad day in Hollywood.

Thousands of scripts are written every year that should be funded and produced before trash like this. When a supposed comedy does nothing but make this viewer angry... it's awful.

Everyone should be offended that cheap, brainless, here's a pop-culture reference and here's another type movies are being produced like MEET THE SPARTANS. We deserve better from people who are making millions hand over fist and can only come up with DATE MOVIE, EPIC MOVIE, LITTLE MAN, WHITE CHICKS and MEET THE SPARTANS.

Not only does this movie suck completely, it doesn't abide by the rules of how to make a good spoof at all. There was ONE scene where I laughed, and that was the "Ugly Betty" scene. Epic Movie was very poorly made, yet it had a few laugh-out-loud moments. Did I enjoy Date Movie at all? No. Neither did I enjoy this.

These are the rules of making a good spoof:

1. Be timely. A joke about Ellen in Mr. Wrong??????????

2. If trying to be offensive, be funny too. An accident-prone protagonist in Superhero Movie was funny, assaulting a Spartan kid with many heavyweight objects is not.

3. Widen your humor sources when cracking the odd joke. Go everywhere, don't stay on the same topic just with different words.

4. Be subtle when making a spoof. Not everything has to be uncalled for.

5. Don't go outside the genre you're spoofing. American Idol? Shrek? Casino Royale? Really??????

And lastly...

6. DON'T EXPLAIN EVERY SINGLE SOURCE MATERIAL AND RIFF. If you have to explain everything (Scary Movie 4 was brilliant because it only did this once), chances are it's not funny.

MTS doesn't do any of this, it just does the exact opposite. There's no plot (or so to speak), it's too unfunny to be a comedy, too spoofy to be a spoof, and overall, too unsubtle to be a comedy in the first place.

I'm up for some ridiculous humor any time after a long day's work. I bought this believing it to get me in a light happy mood.

This movie didn't even get me to smile.

The jokes were more than predictable, in the way that I knew where the punch line was going long before they even started saying it.

Actually the movie seemed to sense my complete boredom and started throwing cheap bathroom humor and vulgar things in hopes that I would keep my attention to it.

Many scenes I felt didn't even belong and were there just for the sake of trying to keep audiences entertained.

The actors are flat in their deliverance of the jokes and the characters they make themselves to be are so completely ridiculous that it's not even funny. The various "culture" references they make are annoying and nothing new. I've seen WAY too many of these jokes in other comedy films.

If you've seen the movie trailer or commercials, and think this movie keeps that humor they show, don't be deceived. What the commercial/trailers show is about all the funny it gets. (and that didn't even get me laughing) The rest is just blah.

Overall, it's a copycat of what so many comedy movies are now. It's forgettable and a waste of money to buy or rent!
I didn't think it possible, but this COMEDY movie actually put me in an even more depressing mood.
Please buyers, spare yourselves!!

Meet the Spartans is a laugh out loud hilarious parody to last year's movie 300, with the addition of parodies to several other blockbuster movies, TV shows, and commercials!
The movie itself is nothing short of hilarious, it accurately pinpoints all of the things that people didn't like about the movie 300, (including historical inaccuracy, ridiculous outfits, and over-the-top combat sequences) and spoofs them in the most accurate & funny ways imaginable! The writer of Meet the Spartans obviously did his homework, because every joke hits it's mark and never leaves you scratching your head about what just happened.

The only people I can think of who wouldn't be able to appreciate Meet the Spartans, are the hardcore fans of the 300 movie, or the kind of people who hated other spoofs such as The Naked Gun & Hot Shots.
If you hated movies like The Naked Gun, Hot Shots, Space Balls, & Robin Hood: Men in Tights, then you probably wont like Meet the Spartans either.

If I were just rating the movie itself, I'd give it 4 out of 5 Stars right here and now, but unfortunately I'm reviewing the DVD too, so no such luck...
My issue with the DVD rests within the version I bought, the Pit-of-Death Unrated Version.
The Unrated Version contain some highly pointless and immature scenes that really hurt my experience while watching Meet the Spartans.
Had I have watched it at the age of 14, I would've found it hilarious, but now that I'm an adult man, ball jokes just don't hit their mark with me anymore...

And for those scenes which contained such stupid, childish, and immature content, I'm going to have to give the Pit-of-Death Unrated Edition of Meet the Spartans 3 out of 5 Stars, which I feel I'm being quite generous with, considering that said scenes were so pointless & stupid that I felt like giving it 2 Stars.
When are Hollywood & major film distributors going to realize that the addition of crude, pointless, and immature scenes is going to appeal only to younger audiences, and ruin the experience for the older and fully matured viewers?
The movie was better in it's original PG-13 version, the added scenes only served to water down the experience of the movie itself, and make the older and more mature viewers feel stupid for watching it.

Steer clear of this version and buy the original Theatrical Version instead, it's actually more entertaining and funny in it's original form, this version is just dumb.

In my 40 something years on this earth, and being a big fan and viewer of hundreds of comedies over the years, I honestly have to say this movie really, really sucks the big one!!! I did not even once come close to grinning at any point of this waste of film. I could not believe the level of crappiness this movie sunk to. The makers of this film, the actors, and whomever played a part in this movies production should be embarassed of themselves. Not even the slightest bit creative or funny in any way! I am just sorry I wasted time watching this piece of crap!

When did "spoof" movies quit being funny?
Even at a short 84 minutes, this lame excuse for a movie went on WAY longer than needed.
If only the viewer would get at least 1 or 2 good laughs while watching this thing.
But it isn't to be.
Stay away from this one.
Don't even rent it.
I'm sorry I wasted the time to watch it.
Save yourselves! Run for your lives!

Meet The Spartans is a plesant enough diversion but is by no means a classic.

The saving grace was Kevin Sorbo,The man needs to do more comedy.

He is a natural and could easily pull off 1940's style slap stick comedy.

When parody movies (Epic Movie, Not Another Teen Movie, Scary Movie) started coming out, it was funny. Sure, these movies were cheesy, but way more enjoyable than this dreck.

This movie is littered with too many pop culture references. Rather than putting in real jokes and genuinely creative/funny situations, they chose to focus on making fun of Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Kobe, Britney Spears, Americsn Idol, and so on and so forth. Over ans over and over, especially with Paris Hilton. There were also a lot of product placements (ex. Subway sandwiches)

I unde4rstand this is a parody film and is not meant to be historically accurate. Which is just fine with me. But the pop references and product placement, along with some really stupid/gross/tasteless bits (like what the penguin did in Leonidas' mouth, or what the dog did to Leonidas in the James Bond scene) make for a movie that, instead of delivering good laughs, falls flat on its face due to being bogged down with all of these references instead of classic or real comedy bits and jokes. Many of the 'jokes' in this movie were also really milked and pushed too far, such as the scene where Leonidas pushes people into the pit. It was funny at first, but then he kept pushing more and more and MORE people into the pit and it just stopped being funny.

Just about the only thing I liked about this movie was Kevin Sorbo's appearance.