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Stars: Anna Faris,
Anthony Anderson, Leslie Nielsen, Camryn Manheim, Simon Rex, George Carlin, D.L.
Hughley, Queen Latifah, Eddie Griffin, Regina Hall, and Charlie Sheen
Writers: Craig
Mazin and Pat Proft
Based On
Characters Created By: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Buddy John son, Phil Beauman,
Jason Friedberg, and Aaron Seltzer
Director: David
Zucker
Feature length: 84
minutes
Extras: Alternate
Ending, Outtakes And Bloopers, Deleted Scenes With Optional Commentary, Hulk Vs.
Aliens: Behind The Scenes Of The Alternate Ending, Featurettes, Director,
Producer, Writer Commentary
Languages: English
and French Language Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
Subtitles: English
Captions and Closed Captions and Spanish Language Subtitles
Packaging: Keep
Case
Chapter Stops: 18
Sound: Dolby
Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
Year of Theatrical
Release: 2003/DVD Release: 2004
Theatrical
Distributor: Dimension Films
Home Video
Distributor: Dimension Home Video
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Reviewer: Mark A.
Rivera
“Scary Movie
3” is a funny film with a few cute moments and some memorable jabs at genre
films like “The Matrix Reloaded,” “Signs,” “The Ring,” “The
Others,” and even “Eight Mile.” The Michael Jackson jab is perhaps the
funniest moment in the entire picture, yet in some ways I missed the crude, but
no less funny humor the Wayans Brothers injected into the first two films. Anna
Faris is back and she seems like a good sport when it comes to doing physical
comedy and the appearance of Leslie Nielsen as the President of the United
States reminded me just how funny he was in the original “Naked Gun” movie
and I think that is the problem with this film. The humor and style of filmmaker
David Zucker somehow doesn’t fit in as smoothly as it did in his other
comedies. Perhaps if this was the first film in the series I’d feel
differently, but the Wayans Brothers left their stamp on the first two and at
times watching “Scary Movie 3” feels like watching a film where the Director
was attempting to mimic the humor of the other movies, but somehow just can’t
get it right.
I realize that a
lot of readers will disagree with me on this, but “Scary Movie 3”
disappointed me. It just was not as funny as I expected it to be however I let
my brother watch it and he was laughing nonstop from beginning to end so I think
the only way to be fair is to state that “Scary Movie 3” was not funny
enough to me, but the majority of people who’ve seen it have stated it was one
of the funniest films they’ve seen in years so see it for yourself and decide.
It is definitely worth a rental. I mean writing comedy is not easy and it is so
subjective that in many cases comedy might be the riskiest genre film to produce
of all because while there are markets for bad horror films, sci-fi pictures,
and whatnot, no one will want to watch a comedy that is not funny again and
again. So as I stated above I may not have liked it as much as I thought I
would, but in this case I’m yielding my opinion of the film itself to the
majority who seem to love it.
Presented in an
anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) aspect ratio, “Scary Movie 3” looks great on
DVD. The picture is very clear and there are vibrant colors that come through
beautifully on screen. Since the film spoofs so many other features, there are
changes in tone to match those movies being satirized, but even when the picture
seems dark and muted, the clarity and quality remained consistently good
throughout. The English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Soundtrack is more than
adequate for this feature and a French Language Soundtrack as well as English
Captions and Closed Captions for the hearing impaired and Spanish Language
Subtitles are encoded onto the disc as options too. Director David Zucker,
Producer Robert K. Weiss, and Writers Craig Mazin and Pat Proft provide a screen
specific and often funny optional feature length audio commentary for the film
as well as for the deleted scenes included among the extra features. Laughter is
infectious so I think it is good when the filmmakers can laugh at themselves as
well as the movie because it communicates a sense of genuine fun and
appreciation for their work and that for me actually made watching “Scary
Movie 3” a second time with the commentary track on better than the first time
I watched it. I mean how much fun would it be to listen to an audio commentary
for a comedy and everyone participating sounds like they hate each other and
despise the film?
The 10 extended
and deleted scenes, which include an alternate ending as well as the optional
filmmaker commentary, can be viewed individually or as one reel (27:02). The
rest of the extra value features include a behind-the-scenes featurette on the
making of “Scary Movie 3” (23:20) as well as the “Making Of Scary Movie
3… For Real” spoof featurette (4:54), a reel of outtakes and bloopers
(3:58), and a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the original deleted
ending complete with a look at how the visual effects that ended on the cutting
room floor were achieved. (4:08). Sneak peek trailers for “The Osbournes: The
First Season” (0:32), “The Osbournes: The Second Season (1:35), “The
Osbournes 2 ½” (1:03), and a Dimension Home Video promo (1:52) are all
presented in 5.1 Surround Sound and conclude the bonus materials included on
this DVD.
The menus are
standard interactive still frames that are easy to navigate. “Scary Movie 3”
is available on DVD-Video now at retailers on and offline from Dimension Home
Video.
© Copyright 2004
By Mark A. Rivera
All Rights Reserved.
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