Rating: Not Rated
Movie Release Date: N/A
DVD Release Date: December 19, 2008
Plot 411: Wannabe villian Dr. Horrible must prove he's a bad guy in order to join the ranks of the Evil League of Evil.
Review: Parody, sarcasm and singing . . . I think I've died and gone to heaven. Apparently this was a creative enterprise by Joss Whedon that was developed and produced for the web during the 2008 writer's strike. It stars Neil Patrick Harris as Dr. Horrible, Nathan Fillion as Dr. Horrible's nemisis Captain Hammer and Felicia Day as Penny, Dr. Horrible's crush. In order for Dr. Horrible to get into the union of evil doers, he's got to do something, well, evil. When his attempts at evil are interrupted by Captain Hammer, he must resort to bigger and badder things. Throughout it all, he documents his life in a video blog. This film is smart and funny and probably worth more than one viewing. The singing is actually really good and Harris is so awesome in this role. It makes me wonder if I need to start watching How I Met Your Mother just for him. Anyone into that show and would recommend it? Fillion is hiliarious as an arrogant, macho man of a hero who is completely shallow. There is no depth to him at all. I love how this film flips the traditional superhero movie by sharint the first-person viewpoint of the villian.
Watch It: And give it a chance to get going. The beginning is a little slow but just sit back and wait for it. When it hits, it hits hard.
Skip It: If you don't like Monty Python because this has a very similar vibe . . . well, at least to me it does. Then again, it can't be so like Monty Python because I really liked this one and thought most of the MP flicks I've watched are just okay (Yes, I know . . . it's the horror of horrors to speak ill of MP).
Movie Release Date: N/A
DVD Release Date: December 19, 2008
Plot 411: Wannabe villian Dr. Horrible must prove he's a bad guy in order to join the ranks of the Evil League of Evil.
Review: Parody, sarcasm and singing . . . I think I've died and gone to heaven. Apparently this was a creative enterprise by Joss Whedon that was developed and produced for the web during the 2008 writer's strike. It stars Neil Patrick Harris as Dr. Horrible, Nathan Fillion as Dr. Horrible's nemisis Captain Hammer and Felicia Day as Penny, Dr. Horrible's crush. In order for Dr. Horrible to get into the union of evil doers, he's got to do something, well, evil. When his attempts at evil are interrupted by Captain Hammer, he must resort to bigger and badder things. Throughout it all, he documents his life in a video blog. This film is smart and funny and probably worth more than one viewing. The singing is actually really good and Harris is so awesome in this role. It makes me wonder if I need to start watching How I Met Your Mother just for him. Anyone into that show and would recommend it? Fillion is hiliarious as an arrogant, macho man of a hero who is completely shallow. There is no depth to him at all. I love how this film flips the traditional superhero movie by sharint the first-person viewpoint of the villian.
Watch It: And give it a chance to get going. The beginning is a little slow but just sit back and wait for it. When it hits, it hits hard.
Skip It: If you don't like Monty Python because this has a very similar vibe . . . well, at least to me it does. Then again, it can't be so like Monty Python because I really liked this one and thought most of the MP flicks I've watched are just okay (Yes, I know . . . it's the horror of horrors to speak ill of MP).
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