Meet the Spartans (Blu-ray Review)

June 3rd, 2008 Blu-ray-au Posted in Blu-ray Movie Reviews | No Comments »

Meet the Spartans (Blu-ray Review)

Bad to the Bone.

I’m not a stupid as I look (reviewer’s note: yes you are, Spartans).

My wife is a high school geography teacher. During a recent discussion her students were having
about what movies they liked and did not like, Meet the Spartans was apparently a
favorite amongst them. That same group informed her she should stay far away from Cloverfield because it
was “boring.” Apparently it’s for th…

Video

Despite the fact that this movie is a total loss, Fox has nevertheless delivered it in fine fashion to
Blu-ray. Meet the Spartans arrives in a very handsome 1080p, 1.85:1 transfer that is
befitting of a much better movie. The image is crystal-clear and pleasing to the eye throughout.
Flesh tones are accurate, but like the movie as a whole, have a slight golden tint to them.
Meet the Spartans has a very natural, lifelike, and cinematic feel to it. There is some
grain …

Audio

Fox has delivered another impressive lossless DTS-HD MA 5.1 soundtrack. Audiences are treated to
an awesome surround and percussion presence to open the movie, easily the finest moment of the
film until those glorious credits begin rolling. A booming thunder that accompanies this opening
moment of the movie is among the finest I’ve heard yet. In fact, surround presence is
impeccable throughout the movie, and the entire soundtrack is worthy of a far better movie. Bass
rumbles on oth…

Supplements

Meet the Spartans is no spoof of bare-bones Blu-ray discs, providing a few extras for fans
to
enjoy. A feature-length commentary track featuring directors Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer,
actress Nicole Parker, and actors Ike Barinholtz and Sean Maguire is first. This track is hard to
digest, but more entertaining than the movie. The participants laugh almost the entire time, not
so
much at the movie, but at their stories from the set. In fact, no matter where you skip
…

Final Words

Meet the Spartans is a terrible movie, even compared to the likes of the Scary Movie series or
the various teen comedy spoofs. There were very few gags in this movie that worked; the
Casino Royale sequence and the movie’s brief Grand Theft Auto scene worked well,
but otherwise, there is nothing worth seeing here. They just don’t make them like they used to;
the days of UHF seem long gone,……

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