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Synopsis:
When Captain Amazing (Champion City’s #1 superhero) falls into the hands
of the evil madman Casanova Frankenstein and his disco-dancing henchmen,
there’s suddenly a chance for aspiring superheroes the Mystery Men to
show what they can do.
Review:
Mystery Men is undeniable proof that a great cast and a great premise does
not a great movie make. What the hell happened? The script sucked big donkey
dick. That’s what happened.
The MM script isn’t
funny, and that’s the heart of the problem. Most of the jokes fall short
of the mark, and the sight gags are way too predictable. I could have
written a better story, and that’s fucking scary.
Do yourself a favour
and rent this sucker first, better yet, rent one of the BATMAN films (they’re
unintentional stupidity is far funnier than MM could ever be).
Special Features :
The “Spotlight on Location” featurette was alright. Watching it reminded
me of how hyped this movie was before came out. It contains a lot of interviews,
but not a lot of entertainment value.
The commentary track
featuring Kinka Usher (director) was a complete waste of time. Mr. Usher
drones on and on about what he wanted to do, but didn’t. I’m actually
kind of glad that he didn’t do all of the things he wanted too (if he
had this would have been a 3 hour movie).
The deleted scenes
are also a complete waste of time. Who would really want to see out-takes
from a bad movie anyway?
“Universal Soundtrack
Presentation” a.k.a. one music video. Who cares? Not I.
I was somewhat confused
by the Music Highlights feature. Is it me or is adding a feature so that
I can jump to a scene where there happens to be a song playing in the
background a little stupid? Please send in some comments about this. I’d
like to know if anyone thought that this was a good idea.
The “Origins of the
Mystery Men” Comic book characters and production notes were informative…but
then again, a waste of time as I had no real interest after watching the
movie.
There are also DVD/ROM
features on this disk, but I was unable to access them on my player. You’ll
have to check them out for yourself.
“Sorry Spleen, there’s
not enough beer in the world. There’s not enough beer in the world.” -
The Bowler
-Nicky Eyes
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