so stupid it's funny
lol... pac manhattan
Mon, 05/03/2004 - 12:51
Mon, 05/03/2004 - 13:17
#1
lol... pac manhattan
There's a scene in Club Dread where people are playing Pac-Man in a hedge maze. They don't explicitly state what's going on (a degree of intelligence that's appreciated in such movies), but you can certainly "get it" when you see a depressed employee put on a pretzel costume to aimlessly wander about the maze.
You could call it Pac-Island Resort.
Mon, 05/03/2004 - 13:53
#2
lol... pac manhattan
That was probably the best part of Broken Lizard's Club Dread!
Mon, 05/03/2004 - 15:00
#4
lol... pac manhattan
Well, if you appreciate Super Troopers for the dead-on sense of timing and joke construction, you will probably enjoy Club Dread. It's actually a very good example of 80's slasher flicks. The Pac-Man scene is execellent, of course (they even handle the issue of "control" in a similar manner as the Manhatten group... though since the "game board" is smaller, one person can control the music and points from an elevated position and call out what's going on).
My only warning is the portrayal of women in it. My girlfriend had a difficult time getting beyond the pretty girls in skimpy clothing until she realized that's just part of the parody. It's worth the rental though. Oh, and another warning. Broken Lizard films are very much like stand-up comedy, where the movie will come off absolutely terrible and no one will have a good time unless the people you're watching it with are also enjoying it. The first time I saw Super Troopers on cable, I flipped it. The previews looked terrible and the crowd wasn't in the mood. The second time, however, was a blast.
Ok.. so should the wife and I see it?
I'm all for that kind of comedy but it kind of came and went..