Sentences with phrase «parody of the first film»

But the biggest reason why I dislike this movie is because of how it seems much more like a parody of the first film than it does a sequel.

Not exact matches

seems less like a sequel to than a parody of the first 48 Hrs., especially when Nick Nolte, repeating his role from the earlier film, begins commenting on the cliched absurdity of the goings on.

And sadly enough, these bits of parody humor are only evident in the first half of the film.

But in the meantime, why not journey to the beginning of Wright's career around 1995 and watch his first feature film, A Fistful of Fingers, which parodies Sergio Leone's A Fisftul of Dollars trilogy, the iconic western series starring Clint Eastwood.

Plenty of films took satirical aim at familiar targets prior to the David Zucker - Jim Abrahams - Jerry Zucker brain trust's magnum opus: Mel Brooks» Blazing Saddles was a Western spoof as roaringly un-PC as the films in which it found inspiration, a baby - faced Woody Allen made one of his first film appearances in the spy parody Casino Royale (now doomed to an eternity of being referred to as «no, the other Casino Royale»), and Murder by Death was a takeoff on the whodunit complete with off - brand versions of Sam Spade and Hercule Poirot.

The film that first established Haneke as an international auteur name was Funny Games (1997), a lacerating, menacing parody of a home invasion thriller.

Step forward a group of plucky young MCU fans from Malaysia who have literally served the Russo brothers with their own shot - for - shot parody of the film's first trailer.

Furthermore, his first lead role was in 2009's «Dance Flick,» the parody of films like «Step Up» that Wayans Sr. directed.

There are two moments in the film that did make me laugh out loud: the first is when Jonah Hill, trying to fit in at a poetry slam, does a very funny parody of a bad live - mic poem; the second is in the final credits, when the filmmakers take the meta - notion of the film as a sequel about sequels to such an extreme that the idea became funny again.

The film is the first feature for director Christopher Guest, a Saturday Night Live alum and co-writer of the rock - doc parody, This Is Spinal Tap.

Director Cedric Nicolas - Trojan is taking charge of an entire production for the first time, while the film's co-writer Evan Spiliotopoulos only has Hercules (2014) and a list of direct - to - video animated sequels to his name - and the film's other credited writer, Craig Mazin, lists the two Hangover sequels and a series of subpar parody films in his credits.

Yes that's right, Travellers Tales next venture into the world of Plastic silly film parodys in non other then the Hobbit series (Oddly enough will only cover the first two films, coinciding with the newly released Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug) A new trailer was released to show off the gameplay, cutscenes, and of course a pig or two.