Disaster Movie
| Disaster Movie | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Jason Friedberg Aaron Seltzer |
| Written by | Jason Friedberg Aaron Seltzer |
| Produced by | Jason Friedberg Aaron Seltzer Peter Safran |
| Starring | Matt Lanter Vanessa Minnillo Nicole Parker Crista Flanagan |
| Cinematography | Shawn Maurer |
| Edited by | Peck Prior |
| Music by | Christopher Lennertz |
| Distributed by | Lionsgate |
Release date | August 29, 2008 |
Running time | 90 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $20,000,000 |
| Box office | $31,681,876 |
Disaster Movie is a 2008 spoof film. It is written and directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, and stars Carmen Electra, Kim Kardashian, Matt Lanter, Nicole Parker, Crista Flanagan and Vanessa Minnillo.[1]
Plot
In the year 10,001 B.C., a caveman (Will) is running away from a dinosaur, and gets in a fight with Wolf. He then encounters a saber-toothed alcoholic Amy Winehouse, who informs him that humans will be extinct on August 29, 2008 (which happened to be the film's opening day), unless somebody returns a crystal skull to its altar.
The film flash-forwards to the present, where Will, the protagonist, apparently dreamt the past sequence. He then figures out that his girlfriend, Amy, had sex with another guy, for he finds Flava Flav is in his bed with them.
Later that day, Will has a "Super Duper Sweet Sixteen" party at his house, even though he is 25. There are many people at the party, including Juney (a parody of Juno), Dr. Phil, The Jonas Brothers, an off-key Jessica Simpson, Seth and Fogell from Superbad, the kids from High School Musical (Performing a musical song and dance), and Justin Timberlake. Will also notices that Amy brought another guy to his party. While at the party, Calvin attempts to curve a bullet around the room to stop Seth and Fogell from stealing the Alchohol, and accidentally kills Dr. Phil, Anton Chigurh, and Fox in the process.
Later, the room shakes and a bulletin on the radio says that it is the end of the world. Will, Calvin, Lisa, and Juney go outside and find that Hannah Montana has been crushed by a meteor and is repeatedly switching between death and life.
Soon after, a mysterious mist begins to consume the street, and they retreat to a garage for shelter. While they're there they meet the girls from Sex and the City, who say it's "their hideout". Juney fights Carrie Bradshaw for the garage Zohan-style, and wins.
Soon after, Calvin says that he is cold and suggests they take their clothes off. Only the girls take their clothes off and the guys stare in awe. Later, Will has a dream where he is a Jumper, and at the end of the dream, he gets stabbed by Prince Caspian's sword and says, "Its the guy who ruined Star Wars". After Will's dream, the gang leaves the garage, and later,just after it begins raining disgusting body parts Lisa gets crushed by a meteor. Princess Giselle comes out of a manhole and gets hit by a taxi. Calvin catches her and she immediately falls in love with him.
Later, a tornado occurs and the gang hangs on to parking meters and multiple heroes try to help them, including Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, and Hellboy, all of which then get hit by cows. Then they see Hancock sleeping on a bench which gets hit by a lamp post). When they find shelter, Calvin gets a call on his "Get Smart" phone from Lisa's mother, who is informed about Lisa's death, and how Calvin has found someone hotter, Princess Giselle. Afterwards, they encounter a cute group of singing chipmunks that suddenly turn rabid, attacking the gang and eat Juney's flesh until she passes out and dies.
On their way to the museum to save Amy, they run into Batman, who warns them that they must hurry, for they only have a short time until the world ends. Speed Racer's car (with Michael Jackson in the trunk) comes to save Will's girlfriend, Amy. When they get there, all the artifacts in the museum come alive, including Kung Fu Panda, who reveals that Giselle is a transvestite and kills Calvin.
Meanwhile, Will and Amy run into Beowulf, who fights Will in the nude. After Beowulf is defeated, Will and Amy meet Will's father (a parody of Indiana Jones) and Will returns the Crystal Skull to it's altar, averting further destruction.
The film ends with a wedding ceremony for Will and Amy being performed by The Guru Shitka. Then all the characters come back alive and sing a song about dating each other (spoofing the "I'm Fucking Matt Damon" song), ending with the chipmunks being crushed by yet another cow.
Cast
- Matt Lanter as Will
- Vanessa Minnillo as Amy
- Nicole Parker as Princess Giselle/Amy Winehouse/Jessica Simpson
- Crista Flanagan as Juney/Hannah Montana
- Gary "G. Thang" Johnson as Calvin
- Kim Kardashian as Lisa
- Ike Barinholtz as Wolf/Anton Chriquirh/Hellboy/Batman/Beowulf/Prince Caspian
- Carmen Electra as Beautiful Assassin
- Tony Cox as Indiana Jones
- Tad Hilgenbrink as Prince
- Nick Steele as Underwear Model
- Jason Boegh as Carrie Bradshaw
- John Di Domenico as Dr. Phil/The Guru Shitka
- Abe Spigner as Flavor Flav
- Christopher Johnson as Michael Jackson
- Jared S. Eddo as Speed Racer
- Yoshio Iizuka as Kung Fu Panda
- Jonas Neal as Justin Timberlake
- Jacob Tolano as Bruce Banner
- Roland Kickinger as The Incredible Hulk
- Walter Harris as Hancock
Critical reception
The film was nearly universally panned by critics. Reviews of Disaster Movie were almost entirely negative. The film received a 2% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with 59 reviews. [2] Metacritic gave the film a metascore of 15%, based on 12 reviews.[3]
The most positive review listed on either Metacritic or Rotten Tomatoes was by Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly, who remarked: "The movie is merciless sending up Juno's self-satisfied hipster gobbledygook, and it's quite funny to see Hannah Montana still promoting her tie-in products as she lies crushed and dying under a meteor."[4] Gleiberman previously contributed the only positive review listed on either site (out of 17 at Metacritic and 57 at Rotten Tomatoes) of Friedberg and Seltzer's earlier effort Epic Movie.[5][6] On Internet Movie Database.com, it is ranked #1 on the Bottom 100 Movies Of All Time, with a rating of 1.3 out of 10. The Times newspaper named the film its worse of 2008 [7]
Box office performance
On its debut in United States theatres, Disaster Movie grossed $2 million on its opening day, $5.8 million over the three-day weekend and $6.9 million over the four-day weekend (including Labor Day).[8] It ranked #7 for both the three- and four-day weekends. The film's takings for the weekend fell far short of the $17 million predicted by the Dallas Morning News[9].
The film has grossed $14,190,901 domestically and $17,492,474 in foreign countries which adds to a total of $31,683,375 worldwide.[10]
DVD/Blu-ray release
Both DVD and Blu-ray discs of the movie will be released on January 6, 2009.
References
- ^ "Film Database - Disaster Movie". /Film. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
- ^ "Disaster Movie Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ "Disaster Movie (2008): Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ "Movie Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2008-09-03.
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- ^ "Epic Movie (2007): Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
- ^ "The 100 Worst Movies of 2008". The Times. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
- ^ "Daily Box Office Grosses for Disaster Movie (2008)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
- ^ http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/DN-boxofficebuzz_0829gl.ART.State.Edition1.4d574d9.html
- ^ "Disaster Movie (2008)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-11-13.