The Makers of "Date Movie" and "Epic Movie" have struck again, this time with a parody with the movie "300" as its basis. The movie is called "Meet The Spartans" but I call it "Automatic Admittance To Hell".Lets see, a plot. Just like "300" There you go, you now don't have to see it, the plot is just like "300". I just saved you 8 bucks or however much you pay to see a movie. If you've seen "300" you've already seen this movie.
How about the hip parody and topical references. Well, let's see... you have Shrek, Brad-gelina (that one goes with a "Vietmanese orphan" reference), American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, Grand Theft Auto, Transformers, Spider-Man 3, Stomp the Yard, You Got Served, Britney's Insanity, Paris's jail time, Lindsay's rehab, famous no panty shots, Ugly Betty, Wayne's World, K-Fed, Borat, Rocky, Happy Feet, Product Placement, Subway sandwiches, Spartan "lifestyle", MTV's "Yo Mama", and that's basicly the whole list. Oh yeah, I almost forgot the Hercules line that Kevin Sorbo threw in to try to get a laugh.
Actual running time of film: 1 hour and 24 minutes.
Actual running time of story in the film: 1 hour and 5 minutes.
Actual running time of End Credits: 19 minutes.
So if you take 19, which is the minutes of end credits, and divide it by 84, which is the total running time in minutes, you get 22 percent, which is the percentage of the film you have just for the end credits, and 65 minutes is shorter than any of the run of the mill, straight to video feature you might pick up these days.
My advice to you: Go to www.oscar.com, and view the list of nominations for this year's ceremony, then choose one of those films to see, not this piece of tripe called "Meet The Spartans".
You'll be glad you did.
[Meet The Spartans Artwork (c) 20th Century Fox / Regency]
