Oh my, oh my, oh my gosh, where do I start with this fanged teenage parody? I think we can all agree that a vampire themed comedy about the flaws in the Twilight films, and just regular good old fashioned parody, is a good enough reason to be enticed by this. There have been a slew of mocking, juvenile, made in three
seconds series of films that have been regurgitated in the past couple years, including the other films of this particular filmmaker: Meet the Spartans, Epic Movie, and Disaster Movie. We can all agree that those were generously displeasing films in anyone's opinion. This was also a major disappointment mostly because I truly believed they could have done a lot more with the material they had. I'm not saying I laughed out loud at any particular point in time, but it didn't try too hard in a good way, and some of the choices in scenes didn't completely make me want to scream in frustration. This probably relates back to the acting in the film. The only people with any street cred who did this movie were Ken Jeong and Diedrich Bader, who are famous character actors, and neither has to ploy down to gross out humor or anything too demeaning and uncular. Jenn Proske, the parody version of Bella Swan, actually did a great job imitating Kristen Stewart's performance, and looked kind of like her too. I didn't like all the slight name changes, because none of us really cared about that, and the two main men of the film don't matter. Neither does the plot, as this film doesn't have one, and that's the one thing a parody needs to hinge on if nothing else. This film takes the last two movies in the saga and squishes them together, and what comes of it is malarkey in the least. No, do not watch this, do not sacrifice your time and curiosity to a venture that will bring you shame for allowing yourself to finish it. Escape, and be wiser than I.
August 8, 2010
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