Superhero Movie (2008)

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

Blistering performances.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

Super hero movie It was realy funny to watch the movie Very funny that prodie it's beautiful I like the acting of lislie nilson He make me laugh all moment when I see him on tv ... he was a good actor The story mockery f"rrom superher"o movie like batman ......xman .....Spider man ...and I like it frankly .very mush 6/10

Superhero Movie (2008): Dir: Craig Mazin / Cast: Drake Bell, Sara Paxton, Christopher McDonald, Leslie Nielsen, Kevin Hart: Imaginative spoof of superhero movies. Drake Bell is bitten by a dragonfly thus infecting him with strange powers. Formula storyline has him using his powers against criminals while donning a green costume. Great setup with a knockout conclusion directed by Craig Mazin. Bell is perfectly cast as a nobody who suddenly becomes a somebody and doesn't know what to make of it. Supporting roles are not so fortunate. Sara Paxton's function here is to look good. She is the standard love interest in the tradition of Mary-Jane in Spider-Man but lacking any form of character. Christopher McDonald plays a lifeless villain Hourglass whose final scene has his face in the most embarrassing place any villain could end up. Perhaps the issue is that he travels the same ground as the villain in Spider-Man but becomes a joke as oppose to exploiting them. Leslie Nielsen plays Bell's uncle who doesn't quite die. He is the one supporting role that contains any interest and he side steps every predictable moment played out by Peter Parker's uncle in Spider-Man. Kevin Hart plays the flat best friend whose one funny scene has him assaulted with a nail gun. Although far from the best movie parody the superhero jokes work well in this colourful spectacle. Score: 6 / 10

my first review so sorry if its not good. This movie got some laughs from me and I think was actually an alright storyline and plot. Considering most spoof/parody movies this one was good compared to some others I have seen that are just plain stupid and have no point. This movie I can only watch a few times and not very often like most spoofs they get annoying after a couple of watches. In this spoof you can actually tell what movies they are doing a spoof of and even though the scenes are stupid they aren't as stupid as most spoof movies that you can get annoyed at them. I would recommend this movie to people who like silly and spoof movies. I personally give this movie a 5 out of 10

It was perhaps inevitable that with the popularity of superhero movies in the past few years, a comedy spoofing the superhero genre would be made. Oddly, while writer/director Craig Mazin had a number of superhero movies to get inspiration from, for the most part his story is simply a comic look at the first "Spider Man" movie. Mazin does execute the movie with a good swift pace (there's seldom a lull), and with the relentless bombardment of gags, it is inevitable that at least a few are funny. While there are some genuine laughs here, for the most part I didn't laugh that much. There are too many scenes of people being hit and knocked about, which gets tiresome pretty fast. A lot of gags also feel like they were dreamed up and written down before a lot of thought was given to them - thought that would have determined that they weren't funny gags. Also, the amount of scatological gags suggests that Mazin was pretty desperate and couldn't think of more gags concerning superheroes. Not the worst spoof movie that's been made, but it is a big disappointment.