Meet the Spartans (2008)

User Rating:

2.4/10   

Directors:

Jason Friedberg
Aaron Seltzer

Writers (WGA):

Jason Friedberg (written by) &
Aaron Seltzer (written by)

Release Date:

25 January 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | War

Tagline:

The Bigger the Hit, The Harder They Fall

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Queen | Insult | Vomit | Council | Bow And Arrow

Awards:

5 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. Nov. 9	10:30 AM	HBO
Fri. Nov. 13	6:30 PM	HBO

Cast

Sean Maguire	...	Leonidas
Carmen Electra	...	Queen Margo
Ken Davitian	...	Xerxes
Kevin Sorbo	...	Captain
Diedrich Bader	...	Traitoro
Method Man	...	Persian Emissary
Jareb Dauplaise	...	Dilio
Travis Van Winkle	...	Sonio
Phil Morris	...	Messenger
Jim Piddock	...	Loyalist / Simon Cowell Look-a-Like
Nicole Parker	...	Paula Abdul Look-a-Like / Britney Spears Look-a-Like / Ellen DeGeneres Look-a-Like / Hunchback Paris
Ike Barinholtz	...	Dane Cook Look-a-Like / Bond Villain / Prophet
Crista Flanagan	...	Spartan Woman / Ugly Betty Look-a-Like
Hunter Clary	...	Leo Jr.
Emily Wilson	...	Lindsay Lohan Look-a-Like

Also Known As:

13 Spartans (USA) (working title)
Epic Movie 2 (USA) (working title)
Epic Movie 2: A Story of Spartans (USA) (working title)
Hunting and Fishing (USA) (working title)
Not Another Scary Epic Teen Date Movie (USA) (working title)
Una loca película de esparta (Argentina) (DVD title) (Mexico) (Venezuela) [es]
Знакомство со спартанцами (Russia) [ru]
3ciento - Chi l'ha duro... la vince (Italy) [it]
Casi 300 (Spain) [es]
Espartalhões (Brazil) [pt]
Iste spartalilar (Turkey: Turkish title) (DVD title) [tr]
Meine Frau, die Spartaner und ich (Germany) [de]
Mitäs me spartalaiset (Finland) [fi]
Orgie Movie (France) (DVD title) [fr]
Poznaj moich Spartan (Poland) [pl]
Spartalased tulevad! (Estonia) [et]
Spartatouille (France) [fr]
Spartiates gia klamata (Greece) [el]
Uns Espartanos do Pior (Portugal) [pt]
Voici les Spartiates (Canada: French title) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content throughout, language and some comic violence.

Runtime:

Argentina:86 min | UK:84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | UK:12A | Malaysia:18PL | Australia:M | Singapore:NC-16 | Ireland:15A | Germany:12 | Brazil:14 | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Finland:K-13 | Norway:11 | Sweden:11 | Portugal:M/12 | Netherlands:12 | Argentina:13 | New Zealand:M | South Korea:15 | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Company:

New Regency Pictures

Trivia:

Not screened for critics.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): During the scene of the Spartans moving out, they sing "I will Survive". Sonio is clearly seen singing alone, it isn't audible, but you can see his lips singing the song before the music or anyone else is singing.

Quotes:

Leonidas: Adjust your sword boy, it's digging into my back.
Sonio: But I'm not wearing my sword.
Leonidas: [pause] Carry on then.

Movie Connections:

References Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)

Soundtrack:

Give It 2 Me

Terrible in every way possible.

A dismal failure of a spoof with only the slightest bit of funny. This dreck breaks all the rules of good spoofing.

1. Be timely. A joke about Ellen in Mr Wrong? Really?

2. Be funny when offensive. Accident prone kid in Scary Movie 3, mildly funny. Assault on a kid by Spartian, not funny.

3. Be subtle sometimes. Not everything has to go to the extreme.

4. Be broad. Go everywhere for your spoofs, not just the same wells over and over.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY....

5. DON'T EXPLAIN EVERY RIFF AND SOURCE MATERIAL. If you have to tell your audience where it comes from, chances are it's not funny.

The fact that this film is only 60 odd minutes plus one of the longest credit sequences loaded with even more unfunny deleted scenes (seriously can't those wait for the DVD no one should buy either), that's just adding insult to injury.