12.17.07

Mystery Men/Dodgeball:A True Underdog Story

Posted in Movies at 8:54 pm by earl

Mystery Men:(Grade:A-) One of my favorite comedies, Mystery Men tells the story of a couple of wannabe superheroes that have to save the world from a maniacal villain bent on world destruction after taking the real town Hero hostage. The movie has several superhero references/spoofs, all of which work well. The movie stars The Simpsons’ Hank Azaria as the Blue Raja, master of silverware who still lives with his mom, Kel Mitchell as The Invisible Boy who can only become invisible when noone is looking, Ben Stiller as Captain Furious, a rage-induced superhero, and more. Most of the hillarity comes from the fact none of them have superpowers, and yet they prance around as if they do. The movie serves as a great comedy, and despite some minor flaws, makes a great rent for a Friday night.

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story: (Grade:A) Another one of my favorite comedies, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story is a great sports comedy. The story follows Peter Lafleur, an Average Joe who runs his own gym (I nearly spelled it Jim) with his buddies Justin Long (Mac vs. PC), Steve the Pirate, and the rest. They now have some new competition, GloboGym, run by White Goodman, played flawlessly by Ben Stiller. This macho man wannabe delivers several classic lines, such as “We can turn that Frankenstein you see in the morning into a Franken-fine!”, and “Here at Globo Gym we understand that ugliness and fatness are genetic disorders, much like baldness or necrophilia, and it’s only your fault if you don’t hate yourself enough to do something about it.” GloboGym threatens to put Peter’s gym out of business, and they soon go into a dodgeball tournement to battle for the cash prize. They are trained byt Patches O’ Hoolihan, who delivered the classic “If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball” line. The movie is pure hillarity and has several laugh-out-loud moments. However, some inappropriate themes are, well inappropriate and keep this movie from perfection. Other than that, Dodgeball is a great comedy to watch.

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