I like my comedies stupid, "Meet the Spartans" more than delivers. It makes no bones about being a parody of all and everything the filmmakers could think of. Mostly it pokes juvenile fun at the excellent but highly stylized "300". Here Leonidas, played to the hilt by Sean McGuire, leads a rag-tag bunch of 13, thats right 13!, Spartans against insurmountable Persians.
But who cares? It's the sight gags and corny humor we all tuned in for! McGuire is added by Kevin Sorbo of Hercules fame as his captain. Sorbo is so good here, why doesn't this guy get more good roles? Carmen Electra, naturally, is on hand to lend some sex appeal. Nicole PAker of MAd TV plays no less than five roles and if you don't laugh and her dead-on Paula Abdul imitation there's something wrong with you.
I laughed out loud at most of this blissfully short spoof, but my favorite sequence was the rank session with the hi-hop Persians. Funny! Lines like, "Your Momma is such a sloppy drunk, I thought she was David Hasslehoff!" are just righteously funny. Deidrich Bader is a hoot as Traitorus, Get it? and the rather obvious jokes about the Spartans latent homosexuality are so dead-on that you have to laugh, love the Budweiser parody!!
Meet the Spartans ain't Shakespeare folks, its not supposed to be. Sure it could have been better, but its right up there with Epic Movie and Not Antoher Teen Movie as very funny. Plus guys there is one outrageous shot of Queen Margo (Carmen) that you have to see to believe! I mean my jaw hit to floor!
This is just a funny spoof start to finish and stay tuned through the credits, some of the funniest stuff is there! Oh, if you were worried they'd change the end to make Leonidas and his compatriots victorious have no fear! They're too stupid to win!
But who cares? It's the sight gags and corny humor we all tuned in for! McGuire is added by Kevin Sorbo of Hercules fame as his captain. Sorbo is so good here, why doesn't this guy get more good roles? Carmen Electra, naturally, is on hand to lend some sex appeal. Nicole PAker of MAd TV plays no less than five roles and if you don't laugh and her dead-on Paula Abdul imitation there's something wrong with you.
I laughed out loud at most of this blissfully short spoof, but my favorite sequence was the rank session with the hi-hop Persians. Funny! Lines like, "Your Momma is such a sloppy drunk, I thought she was David Hasslehoff!" are just righteously funny. Deidrich Bader is a hoot as Traitorus, Get it? and the rather obvious jokes about the Spartans latent homosexuality are so dead-on that you have to laugh, love the Budweiser parody!!
Meet the Spartans ain't Shakespeare folks, its not supposed to be. Sure it could have been better, but its right up there with Epic Movie and Not Antoher Teen Movie as very funny. Plus guys there is one outrageous shot of Queen Margo (Carmen) that you have to see to believe! I mean my jaw hit to floor!
This is just a funny spoof start to finish and stay tuned through the credits, some of the funniest stuff is there! Oh, if you were worried they'd change the end to make Leonidas and his compatriots victorious have no fear! They're too stupid to win!