Superhero Movie - Nostalgia Critic

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Is every "Movie-Movie" an absolute stinker? Well this one is...kind of better. Nostalgia Critic takes a look at Superhero Movie.
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Superhero Movie is a 2008 American superhero parody film written and directed by Craig Mazin, produced by Robert K. Weiss and David Zucker, and starring Drake Bell, Sara Paxton, Christopher McDonald, and Leslie Nielsen. It was originally titled Superhero! as a nod to one of the Zuckers's previous films, Airplane! (1980), in which Nielsen also starred. A spoof of the superhero film genre, primarily Sam Raimi's Spider-Man (2002) and Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins (2005), as well as other lampooned cameos of mid-2000s Marvel film adaptations from 20th Century Fox such as Fantastic 4 (2005) and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), the film follows in the footsteps of the Scary Movie series of comedies (2000-2013), with which the film's poster shares a resemblance. It was also inspired by, and contains homages to some of Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker's earlier spoof films such as Airplane! and The Naked Gun (1988-1994).
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[@ChannelAwesome]

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[@air03man]

Another movie parody we seen worse huh critic!

[@PaulW_ftPAULK]

So, binging the Scary Movies for October I take it?

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Thanks For this ❤

[@deshawnedwards6412]

@@ChannelAwesome Parody Movies are so Early 2000s to Late 2010s. There's a reason why there's barely any new parody these days.

[@sheridan140]

Mate, someday maybe the OG satire movie the Wayans started? And by OG I of course mean "Over-Gold"... 😂 "How he go to tha bathroom wit all that shit on??"

[@thatguyfromthatthing2476]

“Titanium blades! They cut through diamonds!” “….I’m not wearing any diamonds!”

[@bs321321]

About that, I'm appalled that he didn't include that in the review, but instead included the few seconds after that.

[@tomlinson1710]

😂😂

[@ChiTownOriginator]

That shit was hilarious

[@Hulkzilla0]

Best line in the movie.

[@rogeliorocha7221]

This and “your thighs look like cottage cheese someone threw up on a hot sidewalk” are my favorite lines

[@RebelCityEejit]

"I've been like a father to you! I raised you, just like your father did! I believed in you, just like your father did! I slept with your mother, just like your father did!" always kills me

[@KasumiKenshirou]

Marvel actually made a comic like that about Peter's parents, Aunt May, and Uncle Ben when they were kids at a summer camp. Everyone hated it.

[@philiprearich3480]

Same

[@MrChristianDT]

I always get a giggle at the paperclip guy joke.

[@poochyenajones1362]

@@KasumiKenshirou Oh god, please don't remind me of Trouble.

[@philiprearich3480]

@@poochyenajones1362 I still need to read that

[@cameronhodgetts920]

It's a fair assessment, but there's one thing I can't agree with. Leslie Nielsen saying "don't forget the bitches" is GOLD

[@deuceydee3506]

I think my favorite non-Zucker film Nielsen line is from Scary Movie 3, after a group of urban gangsters who are supposed to be backing up the protagonists end up shooting each other down: "These men died for their country. Send flowers to all their bitches and hoes."

[@crawlshark9685]

@@cameronhodgetts920 Agreed!

[@mrcritical6751]

Leslie was almost back on top form here, that scene where he keeps beating up Kevin Hart was hilarious

[@Jebu911]

Yeah its one of my favorite lines to quote from him. Im not into fart jokes as he personally was but other stuff he does is always hilarious.

[@MetallicaRules]

@@Jebu911 You’re commander Shepard, and this is one of your favorite lines on the Citadel.

[@FlsRoger]

Fun fact: Here in Brazil, Superhero Movie was kinda of a hit. So, when Disaster Movie came out, the marketing team for the movie changed the the title to Superhero Movie 2: The Injustice League. A lot of people (me and my older sister included) went to movies thinking that we're going to see the sequel to that funny movie with the actor from Drake and Josh. Instead, we got...Disaster Movie...

[@JamesW609]

Would you call that a disaster?

[@mrdawg340]

"Superhero Movie 2: The Injustice League" ....Yeah, I'd watch that. I'm honestly surprised there wasn't a Superhero Movie 2, especially considering the cinema climate nowadays, or at the time, will become.

[@robertlauncher]

@@FlsRoger That should be considered a war crime against your homeland 😂

[@sboinkthelegday3892]

They should actually make a framing device like Princess Bride, and sell 4 of these as a single movie. Re-edited for the best parts, and some additional ones, for a couple of hours. The whole thing would be like Robotech and self-aware of its own insolence, but make something like Monty Python Meaning of Life out of it. Or Super Sentai/Power Rangers if that's more familiar.

[@gryphonofmight]

oh damnn

[@michaellucejr.6374]

The idea that Drake Bell‘s character is supposed to be a parody of Spider-Man with a parental tragedy similar to Batman is just a bit of genius

[@AutoArtemAuto]

Then ironically, 4 years later, Drake Bell would later voice Peter Parker/Spider-Man in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes and Ultimate Spider-Man.

[@michaellucejr.6374]

@@AutoArtemAuto i’d still be interested in seeing him play an older more experienced Spider-Man in live action

[@henrygalliher6574]

I was just happy Drake Bell was in it. Drake and Josh was one of my favorite shows back before.....well, you know.

[@Kid_Spitfire]

Man, I remember my mom winning a contest where us and the other winners got to eat breakfast with Drake at a hotel while this movie was being shot, 5th grade me was so freaking happy because I loved Drake & Josh and got to brag to all my friends & classmates, they thought I was so cool for meeting him, sadly that only lasted a week before I was back to being the "weird" (ADHD.ect) kid that got picked on all the time 😓

[@LordCrate-du8zm]

@@Kid_Spitfire RIP, I know how you feel.

[@GLASSB182]

Sorry, but Lesley Nielsen saying "don't forget the bitches" is one of the most funniest things 😂

[@TheBandit025Nova]

Well he’s right don’t forget the Bitches

[@HeilRay]

Sound like a DevilArtemis kermit line.

[@thecunninlynguist]

Im disappointed we never got Movie Movie.

[@chasehedges6775]

Soooo true

[@PopNerd-c9c]

TRUE

[@theanimeunderworld8338]

this is why Drake can't be in movies anymore

[@chasehedges6775]

@@theanimeunderworld8338 And why Superman works alone

[@03bgood]

Where's Sci-Fi Movie?

[@mattneff]

Top 3 2000s Movie Movies: 1. Scary Movie 2. Not Another Teen Movie 3. Superhero Movie

[@theoguncleslappy9150]

Holy crap! I wasn't expecting to see you here Matt

[@OtakuJuanma2]

The fact that this movie is in the Top 3 is saying something... That said, I love this movie.

[@OtakuJuanma2]

@@theoguncleslappy9150 Am I supposed to know the commenter or is this two friends finding each other by chance?

[@theoguncleslappy9150]

@@OtakuJuanma2 Nah I'm just a fan of this guy's vids, there vary funny

[@EyeOfArgus]

…Yeesh 😭

[@megaverner]

I seriously want an entire movie about the Hourglass. A supervillain who HAS to kill someone everyday just to survive? That could be freaking AWESOME!

[@SecretMagician]

He sounds like a rejected Batman villain because his backstory could be similar to Mr. Freeze.

[@lecafard4327]

After watching the movie when it came out, I agreed with what you said. He was actually a decent villain concept. I generally agreed with the review. This was constantly ALMOST a good movie.

[@ShadowSonic2]

@@SecretMagician There IS a Batman villain like that, the 3rd Clayface (Preston Payne) had to kill people by touching them or he'd die.

[@WatanukiProductions]

Now days he'd just have to become a Canadian "healthcare" provider.

[@billjacobs521]

Sounds easy; just move to Texas and have all death row inmates transfered to his location.

[@REALmikegordan]

I'd also rate Scary Movie 3 pretty high on the Movie Movie totem pole. "You know your teacher, Brenda?" "Yes?" "SHE'S DEAD!" *screams* "Gone forever! Died in a horrible, painful death! Gone! Gone! Gone! Just like your dog!" "My dog's dead!?" "I just ran him over with the car when I drove in! Everyone you love around you is dying!"

[@retsaMinnavoiG]

I love the first two scary movies and number three was almost as good in my opinion. It had some great moments.

[@RonsaRRR]

@@retsaMinnavoiG Just like the fourth.

[@cartooncritique6625]

Scary Movie 3 is my favorite of that franchise after Scary Movie 2.

[@retsaMinnavoiG]

@@RonsaRRR I didn't particularly like number 4. Felt like it lost its way and had less great moment IMO but I'm glad you liked it. Plus, I was a bit older by then so maybe it's just nostalgia that makes me put the first three on a pedestal.

[@RonsaRRR]

@@retsaMinnavoiG Comparing to the fifth part fourth movie is a masterpiece.

[@theplaguegamer6216]

I grew up with both Scary Movie and this one. Those were the " My Mom didnt know what they were when she bought them and later we were forbidden to watch, but me and my siblings watched it on my sisters laptop with a DVD tray built in after she (Mom) went to sleep(yes it was THAT old)"

[@alexmccaleb2152]

Goooood times 🤣🤣

[@shanemiller1182]

My dad took me to see this movie when I was like 5. I’m not really sure why, but I’m guessing he thought it was an actual superhero movie and didn’t want to leave after spending money on tickets when he realized it wasn’t for kids. I don’t think I got any of the jokes but I still instinctively knew to lie to my mom about what movie we saw lmao

[@Tannerj50]

the idea that you think laptops with disk trays are that old makes me feel old

[@lynntaylor6686]

@@Tannerj50 Same. I grew up with VHS in the 80's and 90's.

[@Jay-gurl]

It is though. I went into Best Buy two years ago to fix my laptop and the team was SHOCKED when they saw my disk tray. Laptops don't come with them anymore so it old tech. Sad but true

[@kaijukid1443]

There are a few things I will give credit to this movie for: 1:It actually had a story and wasn’t just references 2:There were actually a few laughs in this one 3:It felt like it was at least TRYING!

[@torstenscholz6243]

4: Ist was not done by Friedberg/Seltzer, which also explains why it's not that bad.

[@luchomscyfy]

@@kaijukid1443 Actually, it was written by the guy who later did Chernobyl for HBO. And the Last of Us. So, yeah, they had an actual writer.

[@maravreloaded]

It is dumb and it's parody but it's still a superhero movie after all. And most of the jokes still are good today. Which is a lot to say for any other "movie- movies"

[@christopherauzenne5023]

5. The people who made this movie have atleast watched the films/genre this is based on and know somethings that could be turned into jokes

[@CFLaughs]

Got a lot of laughs out of me the first time I watched it 😂

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Fun Fact: Drake Bell's character is mostly based on Spider-Man. A few years after this movie he voiced Spider-Man in the TV series Ultimate Spider-Man and shares the same birthday as Tobey Maguire, the original Spider-Man.

[@themultiverselegend8729]

I didn't he share the same birthday as the og spiderman

[@ellnats]

IKR!!!! fact i think thats why he got the role as spiderman

[@kaylaskreations4973]

Ngl I do love Drake Bell’s Peter Parker’s voice

[@AutoArtemAuto]

Yeah, I remember hearing him on The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Dude did a great job.

[@ellnats]

@@AutoArtemAuto just wish i could here the original actor they wanted for that cameo, Josh Keaton, he did record the dialog but they ended up redubing it

[@alejandroangel998]

Fun fact: the actor that played the robber that killed Ricks parents is the same that shot uncle Ben in the Raimi films

[@TriforceWisdom64]

Well, the guy they thought shot Uncle Ben, anyway. Retcons.

[@alejandroangel998]

@@TriforceWisdom64 true

[@StephenShepherdOfficial]

Easter egg, or typecasting? The world may never know.

[@maravreloaded]

Are you telling me there's a multiverse?

[@alejandroangel998]

@ 😂

[@jessetorres8738]

9:46. Trivia note, the Tom Cruise actor in this movie is Miles Fischer, whom was in Final Destination 5 & has done multiple song parodies of movies & shows.

[@HighAsHeckPriestess]

His cover songs are fabulous!! #DeadMeat

[@mizzmimi9086]

I remember watching Final Destination 5 and it specifically stood out to me how much he looked like Tom Cruise. That's interesting to know.

[@crowkid5553]

Thought he looked similar

[@PapaLaw426]

I thought he looked familiar

[@DiNA-D2]

I think one of my favorite jokes is when they start noticing each other's injuries "How'd you get that cut?" "Met a girl on Craigslist. How'd you get THAT cut??" "Met a GUY on Craigslist"

[@bigdoubleu117]

That'd be seen as homophobic in today's world. Can't make gay jokes.

[@kraataofanxiety3911]

@@bigdoubleu117 Nah, Deadpool 3 is full of gay jokes and its just a couple of months old.

[@bigdoubleu117]

@kraataofanxiety3911 And people online were calling it offensive. The issue with this one is that Deadpool and Wolverine was just too popular that it drowned out the mor0ns online.

[@kraataofanxiety3911]

@@bigdoubleu117 Okay, but that still means that you can make gay jokes.

[@ImaNerdANDaGeek]

You forgot "My crack pipe broke"

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

To quote the Late great Norm MacDonald and Something i'm sure Tracy Morgan might be thinking about right now is “Stand-up has the best writers because it’s the hardest writing by a million miles.”

[@gryphonofmight]

RIP Norm

[@kdusel1991]

​@@gryphonofmight Norm was gone too soon! Him and Gilbert Gottfried

[@jonathancharron7360]

The guy who played the mugger who kills Rick's parents is the SAME GUY who played Uncle Ben's killer in Spider-Man!

[@GM-yg9nq]

"That's alot to unpack, I'm just gonna make poop jokes" That's going in my book of lines to quote in everyday situations.

[@monicaenglish2566]

Poor Drake Bell tho 😔

[@tuhan4780]

@@monicaenglish2566 Can someone explain me that joke with Drake Bell?

[@SecretMagician]

A few years ago, he was somewhat controversial for ​apparently being a diddler, but recently the Quiet on Set documentary showed that he was groomed and assaulted when he was younger. @tuhan4780

[@justicefool3942]

​@@tuhan4780You can look up Drake Bell Quiet On Set to get the extended version, but the simplified version is Drake was subject to literally unspeakable sexual acts by an adult when he was around 15.

[@naughtycicero1460]

I unironically loved this movie as a kid. It had just enough laughs without being completely filled with cringey/bad jokes. I forgot how much I loved that "This just in, Tom Cruise is dead." (Couldn't fly)

[@averymerrick]

Surprisingly Improved Sequel (according to TV Tropes): *On Rotten Tomatoes, this film currently has the highest rating of the Scary Movie spin-offs.* It has often attracted praise from even the series' most strict detractors for its surprisingly well-written story, *effective deconstruction of the superhero genre and for having many funny moments.*

[@giuseppeianniello1998]

It’s truly the best of the “Movie” movies, and that’s because it was made by people who understood comedy and not by these Friedberg & Seltzer hacks

[@motor4X4kombat]

14:23 Happy Gilmore: you shot your pants for thanksgiving? Macdonalds: ...NO! *look side ways and leave*

[@kaylaskreations4973]

2:26 That must be the biggest school bus in the world if he’s able to have all these student groups on it

[@gryphonofmight]

I've seen bigger

[@djnorris1572]

Where?

[@theoguncleslappy9150]

It's like the entire School rides on that one bus lol

[@THawkMedia]

​@@djnorris1572 fortnite

[@bilbobolsonaro1316]

​@@gryphonofmight thats what she said

[@nathanforester5993]

Knowing Leslie Nielsen's love of bodily functions...the fart jokes aren't too surprising, there is a story that he would often bring a fart machine to interviews to lighten the mood.

[@phantomzone2725]

A story? There is a video compilation of his interviews. I think he loved fart jokes too much and, judging by people's reactions, they were good because of his timing.

[@MrLawyer711]

A well placed fart will never not be funny.

[@lecafard4327]

@@MrLawyer711 It's like a penis joke. You have to know how to slip it in.

[@torstenscholz6243]

He's Canadian, so of course he loves fart jokes. Need I remind you that Canada's most successful export is Terrance and Phillip?

[@LadyDecember]

@@torstenscholz6243 Your first sentence baffled me for a second, but you stuck the landing 🤣

[@LeonardoKlotz]

Craig Mazin also worked on the script for the BORDERLANDS movie But because of AVI ARAD, the production became so problematic that Mazin asked for his name to be removed from the credits

[@himayamata]

Oh, man. It is always Avi Arad. He is responsible for Spider-Man 4 cancellation

[@motor4X4kombat]

i blame more eli roth for that because of how an insanely conservative director he is. he cut all the political aspect of script, that was an already important aspect in the games and since mazin already did a good job in that in chernobyl without feeliing like pandering he could have pull it off, but insted he just went with another guardians of the galaxy knock off even mazin demanded to cut his name out of the credits

[@spaceboyctstudios2934]

⁠@@himayamataAnd for the production of “Across the Spider-Verse” being a problematic mess, alongside Phil Lord. Phil Lord and Chris Miller always treated animators like shit (especially for “The LEGO Movie”), but this time, it made people loose hope & faith on Avi Arad. Avi Arad doesn’t deserve a job. He deserves to be fired, blacklisted, and executed immediately (the last bit is a joke, but everything else isn’t).

[@Tyler-q3k]

Yeah fuck that movie.

[@gryphonofmight]

smart move

[@ZemeckisTEN]

It’s funny that Doug makes a Nickelodeon reference with Double Dare considering Drake Bell was a Nickelodeon veteran with The Amanda Show and Drake & Josh.

[@williamdaviddiazcuchimaque7511]

Que mal que el sucio dan arruinó su carrera

[@justicefool3942]

You know your time on Nickelodeon was messed up when Dan Schneider is the BEST thing that happened to you there.

[@ZemeckisTEN]

@@justicefool3942 Yeah. Really says a whole lot.

[@cafeterialoca]

Jokes you didn't mention: "Titanium Blade's, capable of cutting diamonds!" "Good thing I am not wearing diamonds" "I bet you $100 you can't land a single punch " *punches Kevin Hart* *Drake gives him the money*

[@comment8454]

easy money

[@JustAnotherPerson4U]

Doug: *reads up on Drake Bell* ok that's a lot to unpack I'm just going to make poop jokes. Wise decision Doug. Wise decision. Some things just... can't be joked about.

[@jeuryrabassa4724]

Yep. Poor Drake Bell. He deserve better. At least he got to voice EMH Spider-Man.

[@lightninggreninja4676]

Yeah... just.. let him be. Like.. it's a rabbit hole at that point.

[@Zimmy_1981]

Grown man who swears in his videos saying poop is funnier to me😅 Just say shit😂

[@matthewmartin1852]

@@jeuryrabassa4724 Got to voice him at the cost of cutting Josh Keaton who had booked the role and recorded all the lines. And the implication was that Spectacular Spiderman, Wolverine and the xmen, and EMH were all in the same continuity

[@mrcritical6751]

@@matthewmartin1852Wolverine & The X-Men was so underrated, I swear

[@Trentypooh]

That “I’m not wearing any diamonds” got me 😂

[@dfmrcv862]

"Please no flash photography." Okay, credit where it's due, I saw this with my dad as a kid and have very few memories of it, but *that* made me burst out laughing.

[@BugsyFoga]

Always considered this the lesser of the evils when it comes to modern parody movies

[@DarkKnightofAnime]

Among all the parodies in this particular series of movies this one definitely falls into my “guilty pleasure” category, it’s got its flaws, particularly with a bit of the structural pacing like Doug brought up but the high points still hit hard when they do

[@gryphonofmight]

yes this is true

[@baylaust]

Out of every modern "Movie" parody that isn't "Scary Movie," I think this is the one where if someone tells me they genuinely like it, I can mostly go "Yeah, I can see that." It's not GREAT. Arguably not even very good. But it has its moments. And you get the sense that they actually ARE trying, which is more than you can say about any Friedberg and Seltzer joint.

[@socklock1957]

It does still suffer some of the same problems as Friedberg & Seltzer movies with the dated pop culture references that have nothing to do with the genre (although not quite as many times as those movies) but there are still a handful of funny moments. When it comes to grading movies of the spoof genre, I’d say if Mel Brooks and Zucker, Abrahams, & Zucker movies are like an A, and the Friedberg & Seltzer movies are like an F, then this one is like a C.

[@DeepEye1994]

To me this film was the last watchable "Movie" before Disaster Movie murdered the spoof genre.

[@IamARobot7]

My Dad took me to this movie by accident because he wanted to see Hancock that came out at the same time. He asked for 2 tickets for "superhero comedy" and this is what we got😂

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Another Fun Fact: Jeffrey Tambor filmed his role during a two-day break in the shooting of Hellboy II: The Golden Army.

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

Part of the reason this movie is considered one of the better parody films is it does have a legit if goofy story behind it as opposed to the others which are just Family Guy style cutaways stitched together.

[@ImaNerdANDaGeek]

I, unfortunately, saw Epic Movie all the way through, and can not for the life of me remember the story.

[@jadenmartinez323]

Unpopular opinion: arguably one of the best parody movies ever. Seriously.

[@Enidx10]

@@jadenmartinez323 agreed. This is the only movie that actually made me legitimately laugh hard the first time I saw it. It’s stupid, but damn is it funny as fuck

[@TrentPruitt1997]

I completely agree.

[@drakedarkstar5422]

Rather cut it to just 21st century

[@jadenmartinez323]

@@Enidx10 I couldn’t say it better my friend

[@ryouma1717]

if we're not counting the scary movies then i would say superfast is one of the best, even better then this movie

[@aidanhever3369]

Stan: OMG, he killed Homer Simpson ! Kyle: You bastard !

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

A Kind of Gross Fact: The film was, confusingly, advertised with Behind the Scenes Commercials on Nickelodeon, for a much younger-than-expected audience for a film with such crude language and sexual material. This was most likely done to cash-in on star Drake Bell, who at the time stared in the popular Nickelodeon sitcom, Drake & Josh.

[@LuisLopez-fq5sz]

@koneheadcokehead4981 I remember when trailers for the movie were shown on cartoon network as well.

[@matthewjarek3026]

Yeah, I remember that. I wanted to watch Superhero Movie specifically because Drake Bell was in it. It didn't take long for my Grandma to realize the movie wasn't for kids and got me the Hell out of there.

[@mamaica1234567890]

Oh please, I watched as a kid and LOVED the crude jokes In Croatia we teach kids not to say rude things but we also let them know what those things are, we don't hide it, so you get a mix between polite and funny rude. The problem is not crude things, it's parents not being good enough to teach how to use those things in life

[@phantomzone2725]

And ironically Nickelodeon later released Fun Size, which had even more crude language and sexual material... but with Victoria Justice.

[@PolarExpression1225]

​@@mamaica1234567890 I have no problem teaching kids how to respond to crude content, (i watched south park as a kid) but it is weird advertising a movie like this on a kid's channel. It's like advertising sesame street on something like adult swim. It's just odd.

[@9-bitfox]

"Well that's allot to unpack, im just gonna make Poop jokes." Perfect Reaction to all of THAT.

[@sebastiantrias1529]

I don't care what anyone says, I like this movie.

[@jeuryrabassa4724]

As long as it's not Disaster Movie, It's actually fine and funny.

[@tomlinson1710]

Same

[@ChrisGrump]

Same

[@HeihachiMishima48]

That's right. Booo NC. No wonder why I unsubbed from him YEARS ago.

[@MasterGeek-mk5ne]

Me too. There’s plenty of funny actors that I liked, and unlike Disaster Movie, this movie does parody the superheroes movies from the 2000s, there was plenty of real solid jokes and set-ups.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Another Fun Fact: It's the second film with Leslie Nielsen and Robert Hays (who plays Blaine Riker, Rick's father). Previously, they co-starred in Airplane!.

[@sunshineholmes3487]

Surely you are being serious.

[@SecretMagician]

​@@sunshineholmes3487 Deadly serious. And don't call me Shirley.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Honestly we need a movie parody month

[@chasehedges6775]

Same. Would be interesting

[@EternalStorm796]

Make it April next year. Lol

[@jimmymoreno4979]

He has to review the scary movie series in October

[@wariodude128]

I think a reason why this movie works more than the last one reviewed is because there's an overall narrative being parodied instead of random events happening to the characters. Also Leslie Nielson somehow mostly makes it better as well. By the way, during the credits there's a message that states "We are just about halfway through this thing".

[@jadenbryant9283]

And the fact that's ut actually parodying the genre instead of doing random references to other movies that have nothing to do with it.

[@ReynaReactsandReviews]

1:51-1:54 fun fact Drake Bell actually played Spider-Man in the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon

[@newguy371]

And Matt Lanter would go on to voice Anakin Skywalker, and Danny Jacobs, who played Borat in Epic Movie, would go on to voice King Julien, taking over the role from Sacha Baron Cohen.

[@chrisdaughen5257]

I think he even voiced a not-spiderman in Invincible

[@TheVTable]

@@chrisdaughen5257nah, man, That was Josh Keaton

[@jadenbryant9283]

And he Played a better Peter Parker here than in ultimate Spider-Man show.

[@HJ-ek6hn]

My favorite scene in the entire film is the thanksgiving dinner: "How did you get that cut Sir? Oh, I met a girl on Craigslist" "You have a cut on your lip young man, how did that happen? Oh, I met a guy on Craigslist"

[@thepopeisnotawarcriminal]

I think that I pulled up the wrong version of Avengers: Endgame guys

[@Keurgui1]

@@thepopeisnotawarcriminal bro this is The Boys pilot

[@MolokoMinus]

The “healthy cough blood” line and the part where his uncle dies and there’s a crowd of people the lead runs over to, only to find them all watching a little monkey dancing, while the uncle dies a few feet away. Those were the only two funny parts I remembered from this movie

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

I honestly want to see the NC review all of these movies now

[@chasehedges6775]

Same here. It would be glorious

[@MelBrooksFan78]

He could save the rest for next March. Movie Movie Month!

[@geoffreyrichards6079]

Hope it’s not too painful. One can only make so many comments and jokes without repeating oneself.

[@gryphonofmight]

same

[@louisduarte8763]

I want to see him review all the SCARY MOVIES.

[@bloodrunsclear]

‘Let’r RIP’ -Leslie Nielsen’s gravestone Yes, really

[@Xecryo]

You neglected to mention my favorite lines. Hourglass: These are strong enough to cut diamonds! Dragonfly: *faux Batman voice* I’m not wearing any diamonds. It’s the little gems of stupid but effective humor that make this movie.

[@deshawnedwards6412]

Review Head of State (2003). This would be a good film to cover around November.

[@thecunninlynguist]

I loved that movie. My friends and I actually went to the theater to see it cause we're big Chris rock fans.

[@AutoArtemAuto]

Bernie Mac casually going around and slapping the shit out of people will always be a time. Rest Easy, Bernie. We still miss ya.

[@ninjanibba4259]

Saw for the first time last week, definitely a film that’ll age well as long as politics are the way they are

[@muthanuka]

yess!!

[@HighAsHeckPriestess]

The White House could use some Bernie Mac energy irl right about now😂

[@maravreloaded]

This movie feels more like a spoof film instead of a "movie- movie" There's an actual plot and characters do things. It's ridiculously absurd and a parody of the Spider-Man Reimi movies, but the characters still take the scenes seriously. Which is what MAKES the comedy. It isn't just "hey this thing you know but low budget isn't that funny?"

[@isaacmartinez6904]

Crazy that Craig Mazin, the director of Superhero Movie, later created Chernobyl and The Last Of Us. Good for him.

[@KetwunsGamingPad]

People take for granted that this movie deliberately also was shot like an early 2000s movie with the type of lens they use...in 2008, meaning you better dang know it is definitely parodying only early 2000s superhero tropes! That is nice attention to detail!

[@WebofSpeedForceTS-FU]

*UNCLE ALBERT*: _I've been like a father to you! I raised you, just like your father did! I believed in you, just like your father did! I slept with your mother, just like your father did!_ Pure twisted comedy xD

[@gingaddict]

FUN FACT - Drake Bell actually voices Spiderman in some of the Avengers cartoons!

[@ShadowSonic2]

And the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon!

[@gingaddict]

That’s where I remember him the most!

[@zigslotheon]

7:17 so THAT’S why Disney cast him as Spidey in the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon.

[@adamturvey369]

Fun fact; the guy who kills the parents in the alley, is the same guy who steals uncle Bens car in Spider-Man too

[@TheBandit025Nova]

Well supposedly the guy until Spider-Man 3 I think they should use the guy from the 90s Spider-Man cartoon

[@Trevor_on_Youtube]

6:21 Damn Critic, you got nothing out of that nail gun scene? Even if the shot didn’t make you laugh Kevin Harts reaction was hilarious. I think it at least deserves a passing glance.

[@bigdoubleu117]

Ikr! I was hoping he'd talk about it a little bit with the multiple times that scene popped up throughout the video.

[@ImaNerdANDaGeek]

I liked the part where Rick says his Uncle won't be able to land a single punch and then he does, on the other guy

[@GoblinFromOblivion]

Leslie Nielsen’s ability to say and do the world’s most outlandish things imaginable with a perfectly straight face had to be the greatest gift ever given to a man.

[@PopNerd-c9c]

4:30 OMG WE MADE THE GREEN GRASSHOPPER! btw, the green grasshopper is the villain in the first film in the red lobster trilogy.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Another Fun Fact: Sara Paxton who plays Jill Johnston is also a singer. You can hear her performing "I need a hero" during the end credits.

[@Hulkzilla0]

I love that song so much!

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Another Interesting Fact: Craig Bierko was cast as Wolverine, he appears in the poster and in the cast credits, but his scenes were cut. In the final cut, only Richard Tillman appears as Wolverine.

[@ricardoalonsoriostorres2355]

During the credits they put most of the deleted scenes, including the Craig Bierko scene.

[@KasumiKenshirou]

Bierko also played Lister in the pilot for the failed US version of Red Dwarf.

[@CINEMATIC2525]

That irked the hell out of me about the marketing. Like how they put King Kong on the Scary Movie 4 poster.

[@alicegraham1571]

Imagine being In theaters expecting the trailer for " the dark knight" and instead you see this movie's trailer.

[@isaacthemonke233]

Ever since Disaster Movie, NC now must finish the series.

[@c0mpu73rguy]

Please no, there’s only pain and misery left now that he reviewed that one (which, again, I really like).

[@codenamezedd1930]

I will always maintain this is legitimately a good spoof film and at times it comes close to 80s classic spoofs like Airplane or Naked Gun.

[@MariuigiKhed]

14:15 100% right, Doug

[@ozthebeeman]

This film should get a gold medal for actually making a funny pee joke

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Another Fun Fact: Several of the characters in this movie have alliterative names - Rick Riker, Jill Johnson, Lou Landers to name a few - reflecting Marvel's habit of giving their characters first and last names that begin with the same letter, e.g. Peter Parker, Bruce Banner, Jessica Jones, Stephen Strange, Bucky Barnes, Sue Storm, Matt Murdoch among others.

[@gryphonofmight]

that process was so Stan would remember the names but he still messed up on some occaisions

[@shawncleary3450]

And yet we never questioned it

[@georgeeastwood6930]

Reed Richards (Mr Fantastic).

[@TeutonicEmperor1198]

Dr Doom is doubly guilty for that. Dr Doom and Victor Von

[@MasterAnakinSkyWalker]

"Bucky" is a nickname. His real name is James Buchanan Barnes, so technically it doesn't count.

[@ryanblack3686]

"Titanium Blades, they can cut diamonds" "I'm not wearing any diamonds"

[@andressigalat602]

"I never got married..." "Fruitcake?" (While offering him the cake.) "Nah, never found the right woman."

[@asdasasdas3476]

“I’m not wearing any diamonds …”

[@alibrennan5977]

Having Drake Bell in this is kinda funny when you remember he was Spider-Man in the Ultimate Spider-Man show.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Another Curious Anecdote: In the scene where Aunt Lucille says, "Rick walked off a class trip," Uncle Albert is reading a newspaper. The back page of the newspaper is an advertisement for a book called "Forgiving the Franklins" which is actually a movie (Forgiving the Franklins) written by Jay Floyd, who is a clearance administrator on this film.

[@alexmccaleb2152]

Autocorrect might have hit you . "Another Curious Anecdote"?

[@natethomas6879]

Interestingly enough: Drake Bell would actually go on to voice act as Spider-Man in the cartoon “Ultimate Spider-Man” and actually did a good job with the role of Spidey and Peter

[@jbcatz5]

The comics are better. By which I mean the Ultimate Spider-Man comics written by Brian Michael Bendis.

[@natethomas6879]

@@jbcatz5 maybe so, but I still enjoy the show

[@mediaknight]

I loved this movie growing up. Probably because it parodied the original Spider-Man which I still love and a full length parody was just perfect for me. There’s so much stupid in those movies it was just begging to be made fun of.

[@dummyslime7893]

I'm sad there was never a "Parody Movie" movie. I don't even know what it could have been about and probably would've had a 95% chance of being terrible but that 5% chance it could have been the most amazing of them all is worth it.

[@andreasolano8248]

well never say never they are making another scary movie why not parody herselfs

[@masonasaro2118]

there actually was. forgor the name though 💀

[@AnvilPictures]

12:55 as a writer I can write funny stuff but I choose not to because it doesn’t fit my style.

[@wolverine3219]

Am I the only one who thinks the main villains costume is actually pretty cool?

[@theanimeunderworld8338]

This movie is why Drake Bell can't be in live action projects anymore...

[@austinforgie1069]

Apparently Nickelodeon didn't get the memo

[@somepersonorsomething2965]

Well, that and another reason…

[@austinforgie1069]

@@somepersonorsomething2965 I know what he might be referencing

[@motor4X4kombat]

naaah that was the fairly oddparents movie

[@austinforgie1069]

@@motor4X4kombat That's the Nickelodeon memo joke I'm talking about

[@therealCrazyJake]

Honestly, I think Leslie Nielsen saying “don’t forget the bitches” was golden. Disagree all you want, but in my opinion, it’s the little things he says that stick out to me in this, his deadpan delivery just makes it work for me.

[@BeyondBaito]

4:39 man this joke is VERY uncomfortable knowing Drake's history.

[@lightninggreninja4676]

Yeah.. that aged as well as milk on a hot day...

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

Fun fact, Drake Bell who plays Dragonfly later actually got to voice Peter Parker on the Ultimate Spider-Man toon!

[@sandrosliske]

"Titanium blades, can cut through diamonds" "I'm not wearing and diamonds"

[@nathanielclaw2841]

This one is still funny to me and I think it’s one of the few that hold up since most of the humor isn’t involving references to stuff at the time, but to super hero tropes we are mostly filled with today.

[@rogers1032]

Could you please do these as part of FanScription • What if Disney’s Cinderella didn’t make it to the ball (Disney’s Cinderella 1950movie) • What if Bambi's Mother survived (Disney’s Bambi) • What if Flik and Atta had children (A Bug's Life 2) • The Incredibles vs The Sinister Six (Doctor Octopus, Electro, Kraven the Hunter, Mysterio, Sandman and Vulture) • What if DreamWorks’s Rise of the Guardians had a sequel (DreamWorks’s Rise of the Guardians 2) • What if Disney’s Tarzan and friends found an unground world with dinosaurs and a lost civilization of people who mistake Jane as a Goddess (Disney’s Tarzan 2) • What if Elsa was the main villain of Disney’s Frozen • Batman vs The Green Goblin • Spider-man vs The Joker • What if The Evil Queen (from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937movie) had won? • What if we fixed Daredevil (2003movie)

[@RaphBlade7]

*The following are the musings of a Salty SEAGULL named EARL who just shows up in my posts whenever he feels like it!* [EARL the Salty SEAGULL:] 14:10 - *SEAGULL Laugh* "I'm sorry but the SPRIKLER PISS SCENE got me right in the old FUNNY BONE!" 14:14 - "Oh, come on NC, its okay to laugh! That joke was actually pretty funny, juvenile but still funny!"

[@Tadicuslegion78]

A terrible, terrible movie but the guy who did the J. Jonah Jameson impression crushed it.

[@matheusmariani3108]

- Titanium blades, can break through diamonds - I don't have any diamonds I love this movie

[@SMon42]

1:50 which is kind of funny when you remember that he actually played a version of Spider-Man (Disneys Ultimate Spiderman)

[@jareththegoblinking3191]

Did you know there was an alternate ending where the final fight begins and ends in the convention and it’s where Dragonfly gets his wings? No crotch explosions, no falling off the roof, it’s great

[@apollorock3r244]

13:07 I don’t know why but the “Hamburgers can see the future!” line always makes me laugh. XD

[@sunshineholmes3487]

You know what this means? This means Critic should review Hamburger: The Motion Picture some day.

[@Mathewthegoatkid]

I feel like these movies are supposed to be bad. That’s the whole comedy about them is making fun of other big budget movies while having a budget

[@MrRobeStern64]

0:44 I would have to disagree with u on that one this was ahead of its time and that Kevin hart scene with all the Apple products not so far from what we have todayv

[@gamerguy19981]

"I met a guy on Craigslist" is still one of my favorite lines to say with absolutely no context

[@GTArajgaming]

This movie is golden compared to 99% of the other movie movies. Scary movie 1-3 being the gold standard. my biggest cons are: - Weinstein involvment - corpse sex - fart jokes

[@liamannegarner8083]

"Well, that shortcut through the playground saved us some time." *drives off with children chained to the car, pleading to be let out*

[@eaplays5026]

5:30 That one did not age quite so well

[@AbdefFable1]

Aged perfectly, they knew what was going on and were joking about it

[@stepniak18]

It's one of "I have 3 good jokes, let's make a movie" type of film. Still better than "I have no good jokes. Let's make a movie" type.

[@cmtvable1]

Well if one of the Zucker Brothers went on to direct 'Ghost', then I guess the director of 'Superhero Movie' can switch genres too.

[@IBrowneeI]

Honestly, outside of the first four Scary Movie's, this one is probably my favourite of the bunch. The cast is better, Leslie Nielsen still absolutely killing it, Christopher McDonald practically still playing his usual type-cast role but as a super villain is more hilarious than it really should've been, and to be perfectly honest, those original super hero ideas/suits are pretty damn good. Not all the jokes land, but damn if more got me laughing better than majority of these other ones. But maybe its just cause I enjoy super hero stuff more than... whatever most of the other movies were satirizing.