Know more good parody movies?

arj0n · Sun 24/04/2011 22:27:03

Quote from: Dualnames on Sun 24/04/2011 21:29:58
PEOPLE PEOPLE.

There's one amazing parody film.

Yes. that one.
Yes.

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"WE'RE MEN, WE'RE MEN IN TIGHTS!!!"

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Dualnames · Mon 25/04/2011 04:38:01

You either know the movie or you don't!

GarageGothic · Mon 25/04/2011 05:00:08

If you like film noir, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid is hilarious. (Even the trailer is great).

TomatoesInTheHead · Mon 25/04/2011 09:12:50

Quote from: GarageGothic on Sun 24/04/2011 19:14:30
Oh, stephurhan, you just made me remember Murder by Death. I love that movie!

Me too!

And I love Spaceballs and Men in tights.

I don't know if it qualifies as a movie parody, maybe more a parody of movies and tv in general: The Kentucky Fried Movie.

Also, Silent Movie comes into my mind, though I don't really remeber what it was about, I've only seen it once, ten or so years ago.

While I was watching scenes from parody movies on YouTube yesterday thanks to this thread, I found Young Frankenstein, which I think I've never seen before, and which is a parody of Frankenstein, obviously.

And was it mentioned yet? Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth. I think I don't have to say what it's parodying.

Igor Hardy · Mon 25/04/2011 10:42:29

Quote from: TomatosInTheHead on Mon 25/04/2011 09:12:50
Also, Silent Movie comes into my mind, though I don't really remeber what it was about, I've only seen it once, ten or so years ago.

While I was watching scenes from parody movies on YouTube yesterday thanks to this thread, I found Young Frankenstein, which I think I've never seen before, and which is a parody of Frankenstein, obviously.

Young Frankenstein is wonderful. And I just remembered one other Mel Brooks film - High Anxiety - which is a quite excellent parody of Hitchcock movies, in particular Vertigo.

Mouth for war · Mon 25/04/2011 10:46:41

U.H.F. with Weird Al Yankovic is very funny imo. it makes fun of Indiana Jones and Rambo. But it's not centered around making parody of other movies but still a very nice film. Michael Richards (Kramer in Seinfeld) has a roll in it as a half retarded janitor. It's about Goerge Newman (Weird al) he's always daydreaming and gets fired from one job after another. His uncle wins a small uhf station and George gets to manage the place...so they have to work hard to make the station profitable and produce good tv shows while fighting against channel 8, the biggest station in town...owned by a tyrant. Oh well...maybe that didn't sound extremely interesting but I love that movie

Eggie · Mon 25/04/2011 12:57:19

Aahhh, I love this kind of film so much. I wish the market for spoofs wasn't so saturated with those horrible Seltzer And Friedberg movies so new talent that that could get off the ground.

Young Frankenstein's a clear winner for me; but I also loved Naked Gun, Airplane, Blazin' Saddles, Top Secret (doesn't quite have the hit rate of Naked Gun but more than enough moments of genius to make it a classic), Toxic Avenger 4, Team America: World Police and Freaked.

In TV terms I highly recommend the show Community which has entire episodes dedicated to parodying movies; the best I've seen being the paint ball episode which takes the initial premise of Battle Royale then essentially manages to brilliantly send up a different film every few seconds for the rest of it's twenty minutes. Also if you've ever seen an educational video or an episode of Tomorrow's World then Look Around You is bound to entertain. Also, FRANK DREBIN CIDER ADVERTS!

I have to say, though, though I love the genre dearly; it's also given me some of my least favourite films. Namely anything by the previously mentioned Seltzer and Friedberg and the Trey Parker abomination Orgasmo.

GarageGothic · Mon 25/04/2011 13:25:54

Quote from: EHCB on Mon 25/04/2011 12:57:19it's also given me some of my least favourite films. Namely anything by the previously mentioned Seltzer and Friedberg and the Trey Parker abomination Orgasmo.

Gotta speak up behalf of Orgazmo and Trey Parker. Just watched it last week and thoroughly enjoyed it. Great stoner/hangover movie for a day on the couch. Add Parker and Stone's Cannibal! The Musical for a nice double feature.

Dualnames · Mon 25/04/2011 14:36:40

Leslie's Nielsen parody films are also great. And young frankestein is amazingly amazing.

ddq · Tue 26/04/2011 17:57:28

Not actually a movie, but you can't miss Garth Marenghi's Darkplace.

Stupot · Tue 26/04/2011 23:33:35

Quote from: ddq on Tue 26/04/2011 17:57:28
Not actually a movie, but you can't miss Garth Marenghi's Darkplace.

Haha, me and a friend were reminiscing about this a few days ago. Crazy shit. The golden era of 'what-the-fuck?' television.

Gudforby · Mon 02/05/2011 11:02:23

Ah, my favourite kind of movies!

RIP, Leslie Nielsen...

In addition to movies mentioned above, i can reccomend Jane Austen's Mafia , a Godfather parody from Jim Abrahams (The director of Hot Shots!). Wrongfully Accused is an underrated Leslie Nielsen Spoof making fun of such movies as The Fugitive. In addition, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story from 2007 was a pleasant surprise as a music movie spoof, mainly following the story of the Johnny Cash movie Walk The Line.

Stupot · Mon 02/05/2011 14:10:45

Ah, yes. Walk Hard was awesome.
Which reminds me, This is Spinal Tap has to be seen if you haven't already.

Anian · Mon 02/05/2011 14:19:35

Quote from: Stupot on Mon 02/05/2011 14:10:45
Which reminds me, This is Spinal Tap has to be seen if you haven't already.

And it's not as funny/famous cousin mockumentaries A Mighty wind and Waiting for Guffman. But Spinal tap is definitely a classic.