I think after the second scary movie, things started to go a little over board. Whats the point of doing a parody of a SCARY MOVIE when you're going with the whole '8th mile' angle? Doesn't make much sense, but neither did the rest of the movies. And one of the very first movies to come out before all these " meet the..." movies was Not Another Teen Movie. That was one of the originals...and it wasn't all that funny, either. I saw Epic movie, and that was okay but thats not saying much, either. I go more for any movie that has some intelligent and completely incoherent comedy in one package. I can't stand schtick...like getting hit in the balls with a badger and falling down a flight of stairs. I'd much rather hear Seth Rogan call a five year old girl a cunt-rag or something, I dunno. I think our definition of whats 'funny' has been very skewed over the years because of what Hollywood has fed us. The funniest movie of all time, IMO, is Dumb And Dumber. And i'm not talking about the sequeal with those fuckin' annoying kids...we're talking the original. Pure-Comedic-Genius!
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