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Scary Movie 3
(directed by David Zucker, 2003)
Let this be the end of the Scary Movie series.
Can you believe they'd make a Scary Movie film PG-13? I didn't either, and it shows. This lite version of the first two films doesn't feel like the others - and not just because of the jokes. Gone are the Wayans brothers, the creator of the series, still in are Anna Faris (Cindy Campbell) and Regina Hall (Brenda Meeks), the girls of Scary Movie.
It's The Ring meets Signs and The Sixth Sense, and strangely, 8 Mile. I'll explain: 20 Miles from Washington D.C. (which, as an audience member in front of me pointed out is Manassas, VA -- WHERE I LIVE) crop circles are appearing in the cornfield outside a farm house, where Charlie Sheen lives. Oh yeah, and next to Charlie Sheen's house is a trailer, where Simon Rex is -- Simon Rex is playing Eminem from 8 Mile. Uptown, Cindy Campbell is now a news anchor and she's taking care of her nephew, Cody, a psychic kid who's playing the Haley Joel Osment role from The Sixth Sense. Cody's teacher is Miss Brenda, Cindy's always resurrected and annoying friend, and my favorite person from the Scary Movie series. Cindy and Brenda go to the Battle of the Rap Stars (VERY LONG AND BORING SCENE) to see Eminem sing - Cindy gets a crush on him when he goes to pick up his niece in Miss Brenda's class, who's the daughter of Charlie Sheen. (and btw, they don't do anything with her glasses of water in this movie!)
Yadda yadda yadda... Cindy and everyone else watch The Ring video tape, they have to save their lives, aliens are coming... well, I don't want to say anymore. Unless you really don't want to see the movie but want to know what happens - PM me.
I liked it more than Scary Movie 2. This new one is quirkier and pays off better than part two. I didn't find it hysterical, but there are some pleasing sight gags -- and there's actually a gay character in the movie named Mahalik, which is pronounced the same as my last name. That was really cool, I just wish they had said his name more (I only heard it two times). Why they gave him that name, I don't know.
Lots of well known celebrities in this film -- Queen Latifah, George Carlin, Pamela Anderson and Jenny McCarthy -- they certainly made the film more memorable. If you saw the previous entries of the series, you can go see this one. Definitely don't miss it out - but don't have any high standards.
NOTE: This review was originally posted here on October 24, 2003.
2011 UPDATE: Whew, has it really been almost 8 years since I reviewed Scary Movie 3? Anyway, it just became a classic because Charlie Sheen's in it. Go see it, y'all, if ya still haven't after all these years!
(directed by David Zucker, 2003)
Let this be the end of the Scary Movie series.
Can you believe they'd make a Scary Movie film PG-13? I didn't either, and it shows. This lite version of the first two films doesn't feel like the others - and not just because of the jokes. Gone are the Wayans brothers, the creator of the series, still in are Anna Faris (Cindy Campbell) and Regina Hall (Brenda Meeks), the girls of Scary Movie.
It's The Ring meets Signs and The Sixth Sense, and strangely, 8 Mile. I'll explain: 20 Miles from Washington D.C. (which, as an audience member in front of me pointed out is Manassas, VA -- WHERE I LIVE) crop circles are appearing in the cornfield outside a farm house, where Charlie Sheen lives. Oh yeah, and next to Charlie Sheen's house is a trailer, where Simon Rex is -- Simon Rex is playing Eminem from 8 Mile. Uptown, Cindy Campbell is now a news anchor and she's taking care of her nephew, Cody, a psychic kid who's playing the Haley Joel Osment role from The Sixth Sense. Cody's teacher is Miss Brenda, Cindy's always resurrected and annoying friend, and my favorite person from the Scary Movie series. Cindy and Brenda go to the Battle of the Rap Stars (VERY LONG AND BORING SCENE) to see Eminem sing - Cindy gets a crush on him when he goes to pick up his niece in Miss Brenda's class, who's the daughter of Charlie Sheen. (and btw, they don't do anything with her glasses of water in this movie!)
Yadda yadda yadda... Cindy and everyone else watch The Ring video tape, they have to save their lives, aliens are coming... well, I don't want to say anymore. Unless you really don't want to see the movie but want to know what happens - PM me.
I liked it more than Scary Movie 2. This new one is quirkier and pays off better than part two. I didn't find it hysterical, but there are some pleasing sight gags -- and there's actually a gay character in the movie named Mahalik, which is pronounced the same as my last name. That was really cool, I just wish they had said his name more (I only heard it two times). Why they gave him that name, I don't know.
Lots of well known celebrities in this film -- Queen Latifah, George Carlin, Pamela Anderson and Jenny McCarthy -- they certainly made the film more memorable. If you saw the previous entries of the series, you can go see this one. Definitely don't miss it out - but don't have any high standards.
NOTE: This review was originally posted here on October 24, 2003.
2011 UPDATE: Whew, has it really been almost 8 years since I reviewed Scary Movie 3? Anyway, it just became a classic because Charlie Sheen's in it. Go see it, y'all, if ya still haven't after all these years!