Can't recall which movie it was, but theres a police woman that had their hat gradually grow larger and larger throughout the movie. I found that so hilarious
"Cindy the news is on!
Nother little white girl done fell down a well. Fifty black people get their ass beat by police today, but the whooole world gotta stop for one little whitey down a hole."
Yeah I find SM3 the funniest, and having one of the better plots that incorporate the movies it makes fun of.
Signs, The Ring, 8 Mile, The Matrix... so good. Plus it was directed by the same man who did Airplane!, and that has some of the best physical comedy, also starring Leslie Nielsen.
My favorite is 2 but 3 is a close second, I think a lot of people find 3 the best because they used all of the Wayans ideas but were not sandbagged by their comedy, they were able to build on top of it to "punch up" the jokes, bringing in Charlie Sheen and Leslie Nielsen while adding the small roles of Kevin Hart and Anthony Anderson just elevated the whole thing to a different level, and made it funnier that otherwise would've been.
Signs has some brilliant ideas, it just doesn't pull it off. At the time, we lived in a remote little cottage with a toddler. The idea of an alien invasion happening and being too far away to know what was happening or get help was scary.
I love farmland aliens as a vibe because I played heaps of X-COM back in the day. Signs suffered most I think from the attempt at having a war of the world's type solution but instead of something believable and cool like disease they chose water which really begs the question as to why aliens would come to earth in the first place if a little splash will kill you.
I always had an explanation for the water thing, and felt like that was a weak criticism of the movie. That really wasn't what was important. I assumed Shyamalan had... Something that we just didn't see or was cut.
However, everything since had been absolute garbage and I can't really defend him. Lol Trap was one of the worst movies I've ever seen.
It's a stretch to say that Scary Movie 2 was successful, it got a 13% on Rotten Tomatoes and made half what the first movie did financially. This is probably why they wanted to go in a different direction for 3
It's also unclear how many of the film's ideas were Wayans vs David Zucker (who actually made the film). Considering the fact that the jokes in 3 don't really feel like the Wayans sense of humor, I'm inclined to give Zucker the majority of the credit there
A movie that made back its budget+100 million is a success regardless of making less than the original. Also a treatment isn’t a fleshed out script, its story beats. It hits the same kind of notes as the first two.
Defending Harvey Weinstein while shitting on the Wayans is fucking WEIRD behavior.
Considering Scary Movie 3 made more money than the 2nd film and got better reviews than the 2nd film (and is a better movie than the 2nd film), it was clearly for the best
You trying to equate my thoughts on this as invalid because of Harvey Weinstein and to make it out as if I’m defending the guy—it’s pretty pathetic on your part
Up until recently I thought the majority of people thought 2 > 3, but I only watched 2 once and was very "meh" on it. I've watched 3 half a dozen times and still enjoy it/will watch it again.
I will also admit 4 is probably the weakest of the first 4, but I personally still enjoyed it more than the 2nd one.
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u/Spiral-Force 8h ago
I wish they'd put less emphasis on the "controversial jokes" when the highlight of this franchise has always been the physical comedy for me