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I adore this movie. It's unabashedly weird and fun, and a fantastic satire of superhero tropes at the time.
My only significant hangup with it is the look of cultural appropriation through the Blue Rajah, but it stands just on the right side of acceptable imo thanks to a well fleshed out character and Hank Azaria's great performance.
If you haven't seen it, check it out.
This is one of two movies that I force others to watch when I get to pick. My other one is GalaxyQuest.
Doing the Lord's work.
Great choices!
I've been wishing someone grabs the rights to Mystery Men and makes a series. Shit would be a sweet episodic show or cartoon series because you can keep introducing new, shitty, superheroes every week.
"I shovel well. I shovel very well." Love that movie.
It did give us this banger!
All Star is known as the Shrek song but it literally has Mystery Men in the music video. Another injustice this movie has to face
This movie definitely deserved better. I really enjoyed it and watched it many times with friends while high. Not the funniest movie ever, but worse movies have had more success
Just the idea of an invisible man who can only turn invisible when no one's looking at him is so brilliant and hilarious
"I have a responsibility. I shovel better than anyone."
I saw this on release in the cinema and loved it. As soon as the US DVD was announced, I stuck in my pre-order. The only let down is that there's not enough Eddie Izzard (as he was then known).
I remember the commentary track being really interesting as during the superhero tryouts section of the film, there's a lot of cameos of friends and upcoming actors. The only one I remember is the superhero Eraserhead/Pencilman (sorry it's been so long I've forgotten his name). Anyway, he's played by Doug Jones who would become more famous for playing fantastical creatures. The fawn from Pan's Labyrinth, Abe Sapien from Hellboy, Saru in Star Trek: Discovery and so many more shows and films.
Dane Cook was The Waffler.
Kinka Usher hasn't made more films?! I had no idea. That feels tragic. I hate to think what we're missing out on.
"I'm the Blue Rajah! Not...knifey boy!"
It was one of the best movies of its time.
... that deserved better than Ben Stiller
Hell yeah I have all the comics! One of them signed by Bob Burden himself!
I'd love for a good Flaming Carrot movie to come out written and possibly directed by Bob, but that'll never happen.
I have watched it several times, it holds up pretty well