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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
I want to eat your face!, December 29, 2000
Before yesterday I had never even heard of this movie. I happened to stumble upon the DVD while I was in K-Mart, it was only 5 dollars. What did I have to loose? I might have bought it if it was normal priced. As it turns out it would have been worth it. This movie is in the tradition of a lot of Leslie Neilson's other films. So if you enjoy the Airplane/Naked Gun movies, this is a really great peice of work. It's never serious, but the slap stick isn't anyone as thick as in Naked Gun. Airplane had me dying. Here I found myself laughing at the Rasinski(sp?) character. And John was funny, just looking at him I would chuckle. Very querky stuff here. As a few of the other reviews said, I was in stitches when the monster sang "I want to eat your face" Along with his broadway dancing. I was really surprised by this movie, it's not a classic slap stick film. But it has a ton of definitely funny moments. And the god awful low budget looking sets really enhanced the movie and gave it that "cheap but funny" feel. And what other movie has a space ship in it that has turn signals?
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Why can't I give this negative stars?, December 4, 2008
This movie is officially The Worst Thing Ever Filmed, and I am relieved to see that the manufacturer has discontinued it. If the statute of limitations didn't prevent it, I would suggest creating a petition to gather support for a class-action lawsuit against the creators of this audiovisual abomination.
Some of the other reviewers compare this movie to Airplane! or the Naked Gun movies. Others claim that this is a satire, a spoof, or "so good it's bad." That's what I expected when I bought this movie, and unfortunately those reviewers are wrong. You may notice that Amazon's list of actors for this movie does NOT mention Leslie Nielsen, despite his presence being the reason for the name change from The Creature Wasn't Nice to Naked Space. There's a reason for this; I am convinced that the part of Leslie Nielsen in this movie was played by a disguised animatronic Al Gore-bot that had its comedy circuits removed with a ball-peen hammer.
You see, there is a spectrum of awfulness when it comes to movies. When something is just a little below par, we can call it mediocre, and there are any number of examples; Batman and Robin will suffice here. Below that, it's simply bad, like perhaps the first Evil Dead. Below that, it's terrible; a random Children of the Corn sequel slots in right about here. Below that, we start to get into "so bad it's good" territory, as epitomized by movies like Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Evil Dead 2, and (of course) The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
The problem is, the spectrum doesn't stop there; the bad just keeps on coming. After "so bad it's good" we get to "so bad it's even worse" - such as House of the Dead, with its videogame frames. (Yes, the movie actually features quick shots from the video game it was licensed from. Complete with health bars.)
If Batman and Robin is the ground floor and House of the Dead is the sub-subbasement, then The Creature Wasn't Nice is the septic tank under the shallow grave that was dug in the root cellar of that sub-subbasement. Yes, it's that bad.
You see, this movie commits all the unforgivable sins of spoofs. First of all, it's not funny. I will grant that I laughed once at the sheer absurdity of "I Want to Eat Your Face," and that's what saves this movie from being under (or inside) the aforementioned septic tank. Second, the sex appeal that a spoof like this MUST have is practically nonexistent; the single scene of Cindy Williams (yes, "Shirley," as in "Laverne and") in a one-piece swimsuit simply does not qualify. Third, having Leslie Nielsen walk around repeating what someone else says is not a running gag. It's not even a gag. It's a waste of comic talent.
Finally, there's the music. For music to work in a comedy, the one thing the songs cannot be is lackluster. Very good songs work, and very bad songs work, but forgettable songs are deadly. Whether you like Rocky Horror or despise it, you must admit that the songs are good. On the other hand, the catchiest song in this movie is the previously mentioned "I Want to Eat Your Face" - and that line is all I can remember of it.
The only way this movie can reasonably be compared to Leslie Nielsen's other work is as one would compare a firebombed Yugo to a pristine Ferrari - yes, they're both automobiles, and both of them are subject to the laws of physics, but that's about it.
If you want to see a funny movie with Leslie Nielsen and a spaceship, go watch Airplane II. On the other hand, if you want to break a prisoner who's proven resistant to all other forms of torture, make him watch this movie. If you really want to push the Geneva Conventions past the breaking point, make him watch it twice.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A funny, underrated movie., December 6, 2004
THE STORY: A group of space expolores found a jelly-like thing on another planet. There it grows into something evil.
MY THOUHTS: A very funny movie! The monster singing had me in stitches! The special effects are horrible, but I think they were meant to be like that. Very good! So why 4 stars? Well, the DVD is horrible! All it has is a chapter selection. No subtitles, commentaries, deleted scenes, no nothing!
Rent it!
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