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{{Short description|2008 film by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer}}
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{{Infobox film {{Infobox film
| Name = Matugunan ang Spartans | name = Meet the Spartans
| Imahe = matugunan ang mga Spartans poster.jpg | image = Meet the Spartans poster.jpg
| alt =
| Caption = theatrical release poster
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| Director = ]
| director = {{plainlist|
| Producer = Jason Friedberg <br /> Aaron seltser na tubig <br /> ]
| Manunulat = Jason Friedberg <br /> Aaron seltser na tubig * ]
* ]
| Narrated sa pamamagitan ng = ]
| Paglalagay ng star = ] <br /> ] <br /> ] <br /> ] <br /> ] < br /> ] <br /> ] <br /> ] <br /> ]
| Music = ]
| Sinematograpia = Shawn Maurer
| Editing = Peck Bago
| Studio = ] <br /> ] <br /> 3 sa Box
| Distributor = ]
| Kakalabas = {{petsa Pelikula | 2008 | 1 | 25}}
| Runtime = 83 minuto <br> 86 minuto (Di na-rate na bersyon)
| Country = Canada <br /> Estados Unidos
| Wika = Ingles
| Badyet = $ 30,000,000
| Gross = $ 84,646,831
}} }}
| producer = {{Plainlist|
'''' 'Kilalanin ang Spartans''''' ay isang 2008 ] nakadirekta sa pamamagitan ng ]. <ref> Http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1073498 / releaseinfo # Akas </ ref> Katulad sa nakaraang mga pelikula, tulad ng'' ]'','' ]'', at pinaka-kamakailan'' ]'' , ito dumidirekta parodies sa iba't ibang mga pelikula. Kahit na ito sanggunian maraming mga pelikula, palabas sa TV, mga tao at mga pop kultura mga kaganapan, ito ay nakatutok lamang sa ang 2007 film'' ]''. Ito ay binuksan # 1 sa opisina US box, sa kabila ng pagtanggap ng lubha negatibong mga review. Ang pelikula bituin ], ] at ] Ang bilang Captain.
* Jason Friedberg
* Aaron Seltzer
* ]
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* Jason Friedberg
* Aaron Seltzer
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| story =
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* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
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| narrator =
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| cinematography = ]
| editing = Peck Prior
| studio = {{Plainlist|
* ]
* ]
* 3 in the Box
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| distributor = ]
| released = {{Film date|2008|01|25}}
| runtime = 83 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 83:30--><ref>{{cite web | url=http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/meet-spartans-2008-0 | title=''MEET THE SPARTANS'' (12A) | work=] | date=January 11, 2008 | access-date=March 15, 2015}}</ref>
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $30 million<ref>{{cite web |title=Meet the Spartans (2008) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Meet-the-Spartans#tab=summary |website=] |access-date=2020-10-10 }}</ref>
| gross = $84.6 million<ref name="mojo"/>
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'''''Meet the Spartans''''' is a 2008 American ] written and directed by ].<ref> at ]</ref> The film is mainly a parody of the 2006 film '']'', although it also references many other films, TV shows, people and pop cultural events of the time, in a manner similar to previous films that Friedberg and Seltzer had been involved in such as '']'', '']'' and '']''. The film stars ], ], ], and ].


''Meet the Spartans'' opened at {{abbr|No.|Number}}&nbsp;1 in the United States. It received negative reviews and appeared on several ]. It went on to gross $84 million on a budget of $30 million.
== Plot ==
Ang pelikula ay bubukas na may isang ] n nakatatanda inspecting isang pangit, pakikipag-usap sanggol (isang dambuhala mula'' ]''); ito ay inabandunang upang mamatay para sa kapinsalaan ng katawan nito. Isang pangalawang sanggol, sino ang Vietnamese, ay pinagtibay sa pamamagitan ng ] at ]. Baby ] ay siniyasat pagkatapos, pagkakaroon ng anim na-pack, biceps at balbas mula sa kapanganakan. Siya ay tinanggap bilang isang Spartan at inihanda para sa kinghood sa pamamagitan ng kanyang pagkabata pagsasanay, mula sa pakikipaglaban kanyang lola upang panatilihan labis na pagpapahirap (a la ]). Leonidas (]) ay pagkatapos ay palayasin out sa ligaw, at survives ang malupit na taglamig at isang ] ] (]). Bumabalik isang hari para sa kanyang ] suot ng isang sumbrero penguin balat, Leonidas nakikita ng ] (]) erotically sayawan at nagtatanong sa kanya mag-asawa sa kanya, na kung saan siya ay tumutugon sa pamamagitan ng pagbibigay sa kanya ang kumbinasyon sa kanyang ].


==Plot==
Taon mamaya, Leonidas ay ] kanyang anak kapag Captain (]) informs sa kanya na ang isang Persian sugo na darating. Sinamahan ng mga politiko Spartan Traitoro, ang mensahero Napag-ipakita ] 'pangangailangan para sa Sparta ni pagsusumite. Leonidas dumating upang salubungin ang sugo sa Spartan paraan (high-fives para sa mga kababaihan at bukas bibig dila kisses para sa mga lalaki). Pagkatapos lumalaking galit sa kapwa kawalang-galang ang sugo at paghahanap ng mga kanya making out kasama ang kanyang asawa, Leonidas kicks sa kanya sa ']'. Sa kabila ng "Traitoro ni" payo na Guards ang sugo ni na ngayon ang kailangan upang ihatid ang aktwal na mensahe, Leonidas kicks ang mga ito sa pati na rin. Pagkatapos, siya lungkot sa maraming iba pang mga tao na siya lang hindi gusto, kasama ang ] (]), ] at ang mga hukom para sa'' ]'' bago pagkakaroon ] masunod ang layaw sa sarili ang kanyang sarili in Paglutas ng harapin ang ] NS, Leonidas bumibisita ang ], para sa anumang payo. Ang Oracle, ], ay nagpapakita na Leonidas mamamatay dapat siya pumunta sa digmaan. Pagkatapos ng pag-abot sa isang desisyon habang gumagastos ang gabi kasama ang kanyang asawa, Leonidas nakakatugon sa mga sundalo binuo para sa kanyang pag-alis sa ], at nakita na lamang 13 (hindi 300) ay tinanggap sa hukbo, dahil mayroong mahigpit na mga pagtutukoy upang matanggap - "Hunky may malalim na Mediterranean tans, hot bods, at ]". Tatlong kasama ng mga ito isama ang Captain, ang kanyang mga anak na lalaki, Sonio, at isang bahagyang hindi nababagay Spartan nagngangalang Dilio, sino, pati na ang Captain estado, "May ng maraming puso ... at maganda ang ]." Kapag nasa Hot Gates, sila magkasalubong ang deformed ] (din-play sa pamamagitan ng Parker), na nagsasabi sa Leonidas at ang Captain tungkol sa isang lihim na landas kambing sa itaas ng mga Hot Gates na Xerxes maaaring gamitin upang luminlang ang Spartans. Kapag siya nagtatanong na isasagawa ng isang Spartan kawal, Leonidas rejects kanyang bilang hindi karapat-dapat dahil sa kanyang kawalan ng kakayahan na gumamit ng isang sibat tama. Leonidas at ang kanyang mga pulutong sa lalong madaling panahon harapin off may Xerxes 'sugo at ang kanyang mga Immortals, matalo ang mga ito sa isang ] bago pagmamaneho ang mga ito off ng isang talampas. Xerxes (]), na, ay inilalarawan bilang, "isang uri ng mukhang taba na tao mula sa'' ]''", impressed, personal nalalapit sa Leonidas at pagtatangka upang ]. Ang Spartan king pagtanggi, na nagsasabi na siya ay sa halip ay gumawa siya mahulog. Ang Spartans pagkatapos harapin ang ] n hukbo sa isang "]" paglaban. Ang Spartans nagtatapos sa tagumpay, sa kabila ng Dilio pagkakaroon ng kanyang mga mata scratched out.
] ]. The first, an ugly, talking baby ogre ('']''), is abandoned to die for its deformity; while ] and ] adopt the second, who is Vietnamese. The third, ], is accepted as a Spartan for his already-present muscular physique and is prepared for kinghood through brutal training. An adult Leonidas is cast out into the wild, survives the harsh winter, and hunts down a ] ] named Mumble ('']''). Returning as king for his inauguration wearing a penguin skin hat, Leonidas sees ] erotically dancing and asks her to marry him, to which she responds by giving him the combination to her armor-plated ].


Years later, Leonidas is ] his son when Captain informs him that a Persian messenger has arrived. Accompanied by the Spartan politician Traitoro, the messenger presents Persian King ]' demands for Sparta's submission. After growing angry with both the messenger's disrespect and finding him making out with his wife, Leonidas kicks him into a pit. Despite Traitoro's advice that the messenger's guards are now needed to convey the actual message, Leonidas kicks them in as well, along with ] and ], ], ], and the '']'' judges ], ] and ]. Resolving to face the ], Leonidas visits the prophets and gives them medicines such as ] as their price for their consultation. They advise him that he should consult the ] for any advice. The Oracle ] reveals that Leonidas will die should he go to war.
Kahit pagtatagumpay tila sa Spartans 'na kaalaman, ] betrays ang Spartans at ipinapakita ang lokasyon ng landas kambing upang Xerxes sa return para sa iba't ibang mga regalo. Paggamit ng isang ] hukbo (na may ] blatantly ipinapakita), Xerxes nakakatugon sa labindalawang natitirang Spartans at ang digmaan ay sa. Samantala, bumalik sa Sparta, Queen Margo ay may ilang mga confrontations na may Traitoro, sapagkat siya ay mahalaga sa buhay ng mga boto sa pagpapadala ng higit pang mga hukbo na tulungan ang kanyang asawa. Ang pagsunod sa kanyang address sa Konseho, Traitoro publiko betrays ang Queen. Siya defeats sa kanya sa labanan. Katibayan ay ipinapakita siya ay isang taksil, uniting ang konseho na may queen. Sa ], ang Persians ipakilala ang kanilang mga lihim na armas: ] at ], na kills Sonio may decapitating aperkat bago ang kanyang ama avenges sa kanya ng Botox pagkalason. Ngunit kapag Captain ay struck down na sa pamamagitan ng Xerxes, Leonidas pursues Xerxes at pag-play ng ]. Pamamahala upang mahanap ang "]", Xerxes ay gumagamit ng ito sa isang kotse upang maging ] bilang siya ay nagpapakita off ang kanyang kapangyarihan upang ma-access ang "] "video sa ]!. Gayunpaman, Xerxestron trip sa kanyang extension cord, pagtupad Leonidas 'taimtim na pangako na siya ay mahulog sa ang halaga ng kanyang sarili at surviving Spartans lamukos. Ang bulag Dilio, na natitira bago ang huling labanan, sa huli ay babalik sa Sparta upang sabihin ng Leonidas 'huling sandali. Ang isang taon mamaya, Dilio humahantong ang isang puwersa ng isang daang real Spartans at ilang libong CGI-alin ang talunin ang Persians, ngunit ang bulag mandirigma ay nagtatapos up ng pagpunta sa maling paraan. Sila hantungan ] kung saan sila magpatumba ] down na bilang siya ay umaalis sa ] (muli).


After deciding while spending the night with his wife, Leonidas meets the soldiers assembled for his departure to ], and finds that only thirteen were accepted in the army due to stringent requirements. Among them are Captain, his son Sonio, and a slightly unfit Spartan named Dilio. Once at the Hot Gates, they encounter a deformed ], who tells Leonidas and the Captain about a secret goat path above the Hot Gates that Xerxes could use to outflank the Spartans. When she asks to be made a Spartan soldier, Leonidas rejects her as unqualified because she cannot use a spear correctly. Leonidas and his platoon soon face off with Xerxes' messenger and his ], beating them in a ] before driving them off a cliff. Xerxes, impressed, personally approaches Leonidas and attempts to ] with a trip to the ]. Leonidas declines, and the Spartans face the Persian army in a "]" fight, which the Spartans win, but Dilio has his eyes scratched out and wanders away.
Ang pelikula ay nagtatapos sa isang musical number nakatakda sa ] 's "]" na isinagawa sa'' ]'' sa pamamagitan ng lahat ng mga character sa film.


Deciding to betray the Spartans, Hilton tells Xerxes where the goat path is in return for various gifts and for having her deformed hump removed. Xerxes meets the twelve remaining Spartans and the war begins. Meanwhile, back in Sparta, Queen Margo has several confrontations with Traitoro, as he is the vital vote in sending more troops to assist her husband. Following her address to the council, Traitoro publicly betrays the Queen, who then battles him in a parody of '']'' and defeats him using a ]. With Traitoro's deceit exposed, the council is united with the queen.
Cast == ==
* ] ng ]
* ] ng ]
* ] ng ]
* ] bilang Captain
* ] bilang Dilio
* ] bilang Sonio
* ] bilang Councilman Traitoro
* Hunter kleri bilang Leo Jr
* ] bilang Messenger
* ] bilang Persian tiktik
* ] ng ], ], ], ]
* Ryan Fraley ng ]
* ] ng ]
* ] ng ]
* ] ng ]
* ] ng ], ], ]
* ] ng ]
* Christopher Lett ng ]
* ] bilang Loyalist, ]
* ] ng ]
* ] ng ] / ], Spartan Babae
* Thomas McKenna ng ]
* Jesse Lewis IV bilang Ms Jay Alexander
* Jenny Costa bilang ]
* Belinda Waymouth ng ]
* ] ng ], ]
* Emily Wilson ng ]
* John Di Domenico ng ]
* Jim Nieb ng ]
* ] bilang tagapagsalaysay (Uncredited)


At the ], the Persians introduce their secret weapons, ] and ], who kills Sonio with a decapitating uppercut. Captain avenges him with ] poisoning before being struck down by Xerxes. Leonidas pursues Xerxes and plays '']''. Managing to find the "]", Xerxes uses it in a car to become ] and shows off his powers to access the "]" video on ]. However, Xerxestron accidentally trips on his extension cord and falls on Leonidas and the surviving Spartans, killing them. The blind Dilio eventually returns to Sparta to inform Queen Margo of Leonidas's death. A year later, Dilio leads a larger Spartan force to defeat the Persians, but the blind warrior ends up going the wrong way. They end up in ], where they knock ] down as she is leaving ] again.
== Kritikal reception ==
Ang pelikula na natanggap lubha negatibong review mula sa kritiko. Bulok na mga kamatis niraranggo ang ika-25 pelikula sa 100 pinakamasama nasuri pelikula ng 2000s, na may isang rating ng 2% "<ref> {{Magsipi web |. Url = http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/meet_the_spartans/ | pamagat = Matugunan ang Spartans - Movie Review, Trailer, Pictures - Rotten mga kamatis | accessdate = 2008/01/28 | publisher = ]}} </ ref> ] iniulat ang pelikula ay nagkaroon ng isang average na marka ng 9 sa 100, batay sa 11 mga review - na nagpapahiwatig "matinding pag-ayaw o alibadbad" at pagiging ang pinakamasama na natanggap sa pamamagitan ng film ang director sa site <ref> {{Magsipi web |. url = http://www.metacritic.com / pelikula / mga pamagat / meetthespartans | pamagat = Matugunan ang Spartans (2008): Review | accessdate = 2008/01/28 | publisher = ]}} </ ref>


The film ends with the characters singing "]" on the ''American Idol'' stage, as the credits appear.
One reviewer sa ] 's'' ]'' nagbigay sa isang film puntos ng zero, bilang ginawang ]' s Day and Night habang isang ] n pahayagan pagsusuri ng inilarawan ito bilang "bilang nakakatawa bilang isang burning ]". Ang ] sinabi "Matapos ang walang maliw torturously unfunny'' Petsa ng Pelikula'' at'' mahabang tula Pelikula'', maaari isa ay pinatawad para sa concluding na ang sining ng cinematic parody ay nasa terminal pagtanggi. Ito pinakabagong grupo ng paninda sa Friedberg seltser na tubig at ng franchise hammers isang huling kuko sa kabaong na may isang lubos mabangis na koleksyon ng mga imbecilic skits ... ito'y junk-pagkain sa sinehan nito pinakamasama. One cringes mag-isip kung ano ang hinaharap cultural historians ay gumawa ng mga ito ... at sa amin. "<ref> {{Magsipi | Pamagat = Matugunan ang Spartans (2008): Review | accessdate = 2009/12/13 | publisher = ]}} </ ref> Sa ],'' ] ' 'reviewer Wendy Ide iminungkahing na ang mga producer ng pelikula ay hindi na pagpuntirya para sa' laughs 'ngunit "isang unggol ungol ng pagkilala mula sa isang madla na dapat naging sadya utak-patay upang mag-abono £ 10 upang makita ang isang pelikula na hindi maaaring kahit na master ang konsepto ng ] "?. Film na ito ay ang pinakamababang-rated ng 2008 season film.

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* ] as ]
** ] as young Leonidas
* ] as Captain Artemis
* ] as ]
* ] as ]
* ] as Councilman Traitoro
* ] as Sonio
* ] as ]
* ] as ], ], ], ]
* ] as ], Prophet, ]
* Hunter Clary as ]
* ] as Messenger
* ] as Persian Emissary
* Andy Basargian as ]
* Tiffany Claus as ]
* Nick Steele as ]
* ] as ]
* Christopher Lett as ]
* ] as Loyalist, ]
* ] as ]
* ] as Oracle/], Spartan Woman
* ] (''uncredited'') as Narrator
* Thomas McKenna as ]
* Jesse Lewis IV as Ms. Jay Alexander
* Jenny Costa as ]
* Belinda Waymouth as ]
* ] as ], ]
* ] as ]
* ] as ]
* Jim Nieb as ]
* ] as Urban Girl
}}


== Release ==
Karamihan sa mga pintas ang pelikula ni binubuo ng hindi pagkakaroon ng maraming mga aktwal na biro at sa halip ay nagkakaroon ng over-pag-uumasa sa ] sanggunian. <ref> {{Magsipi | Pamagat = Matugunan ang Spartans - Ika-Line: "300" ay funnier. | Accessdate = 2008/01/28 | publisher = ] | deadurl = yes}} {{Dead link | date = Pebrero 2012 | bot = RjwilmsiBot}} </ ref> Maraming mga umuulit na gags ay criticized para sa pagiging baldado, tulad ng ibinabato iba't ibang mga celebrity pababa sa hukay ng Kamatayan o hindi maliwanag ang sekswalidad ng mga Spartans.
=== Box office ===
''Meet the Spartans'' opened at number one at the US box office, grossing $18,505,530 over its opening weekend,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.the-numbers.com/charts/weekly/2008/20080125.php |title=US Movie Box Office Chart Weekend of January 25, 2008 |website= The Numbers |access-date = 2008-01-31 }}</ref> narrowly edging out fellow newcomer '']'', which was briefly parodied in the credits of this film. The film dropped 60.4% in its second weekend grossing $7,336,595 expanding to 2,643 theaters while ranking fourth at the box office. The film grossed $38,233,676 in United States and Canada and grossed $45,787,889 internationally, adding up to a total worldwide gross of $84,021,565.<ref name="mojo">{{mojo title|meetthespartans}}</ref>


=== Critical response ===
Ang iskor pelikula sa pamamagitan ng ] ay commended sa pamamagitan ng Kristiyano Clemmensen mula Filmtracks.com, na itinuturing itong isa sa mga pinakamalaking "nagkasala Pleasures" ng 2008. <ref> </ ref>
''Meet the Spartans'' was universally panned by critics. On ] ], the film has an approval rating of 2% based on 48 reviews, with an average rating of 2.40/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "A tired, unfunny, offensive waste of time, ''Meet the Spartans'' scrapes the bottom of the cinematic barrel."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/meet_the_spartans/ |title=Meet the Spartans (2008) |website=] |access-date=27 November 2024 }}</ref> On ], the film received a score of 9 based on 11 reviews, indicating "overwhelming dislike", being the worst received film by the directors on the site.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/meetthespartans |title=Meet the Spartans (2008): Reviews |website=] |access-date=2020-04-01 |archive-date=January 27, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080127064737/http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/meetthespartans |url-status=dead }}</ref> Audiences surveyed by ] gave the film a grade C− on a scale from A+ to F.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Joshua Rich |title=''Spartans'' stops ''Rambo'' |url=https://ew.com/article/2008/01/29/spartans-stops-rambo/ |magazine=] |date=January 29, 2008 |quote=the movie’s CinemaScore was a terrible C- (coming from a crowd that was, not surprisingly 58 percent male and three-quarters under the age of 25)}}</ref>


'']'' called it "Lazy, lame and painfully unfunny, Meet the Spartans is yet another scrambled-genre parody."<ref name="Leydon">{{cite web |last=Leydon |first=Joe |author-link=Joe Leydon |title=Meet the Spartans |url=https://variety.com/review/VE1117935938 |website=] |date=25 January 2008 }}</ref> Frank Scheck of ] wrote: "Writer-directors Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer basically reprise the tired formula from their earlier efforts, which is to throw in as many pop culture references as possible to cover up the lack of any real wit."<ref name="Scheck">{{Cite news |last=Scheck |first=Frank |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/meet-spartans-125987 |title=Meet the Spartans - Bottom Line: "300" was funnier. |access-date=2008-01-28 |work=] }} <br /> {{cite web |date=26 January 2008 |last=Scheck |first=Frank |author-link=Frank Scheck |title=Obvious gags, laugh-free jokes vanquish "Spartans" |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/review-film-spartans-dc-idUSN2537785120080126 |website=Reuters }}</ref> Jeannette Catsoulis of '']'' gave it a 1 out of 5 and wrote: "Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, the team behind Meet the Spartans, prove that ridiculing other movies is much easier than making your own." Catsoulis said the various audience reactions at the screening she attended summed it up best: Eewwww! Aaarghh! Huh?<ref>{{cite web |date=26 January 2008 |last=Catsoulis |first=Jeannette |title=Doing Battle on the Field of Parody (Published 2008) |website=] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/26/movies/26spar.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007182753/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/26/movies/26spar.html | archive-date=2017-10-07 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2008 |author=Gene Seymour |title='Meet the Spartans' |url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/movies/meet-the-spartans-1.878335 |website=] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101016032635/https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/movies/meet-the-spartans-1.878335 |archive-date=2010-10-16 |quote=What's the point of making a parody that's dumber than the stuff it parodies? }}</ref> Critic Garth Franklin of ''Dark Horizons'' called it "One of the most painfully bad comedies I've ever had to endure, and I've seen the collected works of ], ], ] AND ]."<ref name="Franklin">{{cite web |date=25 January 2008 |last=Franklin |first=Garth |title=Review: "Meet the Spartans" |url=https://www.darkhorizons.com/review-meet-the-spartans/ |website=Dark Horizons }}</ref>
Sa balita ng'' Matugunan ang Spartans'' takilya tagumpay,'' ]'' tauhan nilikha ng isang maikling dula na parodies lahat ng nakaraang "Mga Pelikula parody" sa pamamagitan ng pagbanggit mahina ang pelikula ng mga stunt comedy.
The ] said "After enduring the torturously unfunny ''Date Movie'' and ''Epic Movie'', one could be forgiven for concluding that the art of cinematic parody was in terminal decline. This latest installment in Friedberg and Seltzer's franchise hammers a final nail into the coffin with an utterly atrocious collection of imbecilic skits... it's junk-food cinema at its worst. One cringes to think what future cultural historians will make of it… and us."<ref>{{cite web |date=2008 |author=Jamie Russell |title=Meet the Spartans – review |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/film/szqv/meet-the-spartans/ |website=] |access-date=2020-10-10 |archive-date=July 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701061729/http://www.radiotimes.com/film/szqv/meet-the-spartans |url-status=dead }} {{Rating|1|5}}</ref>


Clark Collis of '']'' gave it a mixed review<!-- Metacritic claims this counts as mixed -->, crediting the actors for their efforts but criticizing the script and the already dated jokes, giving it a grade C−.<ref name="Collis">{{cite magazine |date=February 6, 2008 |author=Clark Collis |title=Meet the Spartans |url=https://ew.com/article/2008/02/06/meet-spartans/ |magazine=] }}</ref>
Sa Enero 21, 2009, film ang natanggap ng limang nominations para sa ] ] s: <ref> {{Magsipi web | url = http://www.razzies. com/history/29thNoms.asp | pamagat = RAZZIES.COM Nominations 2008 | may-akda = John Wilson | publisher = Razzie Awards | petsa = 2009/01/21 | accessdate = 2009/01/21 | authorlink = John Wilson (Golden prambuwesas) }} </ ref> Pinakamahina Larawan (sama-sama na may'' ]''), na Pinakamahina ang pagsuporta sa artista (Electra), na Pinakamahina ang Director, na Pinakamahina ang senaryo, at Pinakamahina Prequel, muling paggawa, punitin-Off, o sumunod na pangyayari.


Most of the film's criticism consisted of not having many actual jokes and instead having an over-reliance on ] references.<ref name="Scheck" /> Several recurring gags were criticized for being overused, such as the ambiguous sexuality of the Spartans<!-- "after the 10th or 20th repetition" --><ref name="Leydon" /> and throwing various celebrities down the Pit of Death.
=== Box office pagganap {{anchor | Office Box}} ===
Sa kabila ng lubha negatibong reaksyon kritikal, pelikula sa nakabukas na # 1 sa US office box, Dami ng Kita $ 18,505,530 sa ibabaw nito pagbubukas katapusan ng linggo, <ref> {{Magsipi web | url = http://www.the-numbers.com/charts/weekly / 2008/20080125.php | pamagat = US Movie Box Office Chart Weekend ng Enero 25, 2008 | accessdate = 2008/01/31 | publisher = Ang Numero}} </ ref> makitid ukit out kapwa baguhan'' ]'', na kung saan ay panandaliang parodied sa credits ng film na ito. Ang pelikula ay bumaba 60.4% sa kanyang ikalawang pagtatapos ng linggo sa Dami ng Kita $ 7,336,595 pagpapalawak sa 2643 mga sinehan habang ranggo ng ika-apat na sa takilya. Film Ang grossed $ 38,233,676 sa Estados Unidos at Canada at grossed $ 45,787,889 internationally, pagdaragdag ng hanggang sa isang Worldwide gross ng $ 84,021,565.


The film's score by ] was commended by Christian Clemmensen from ], who considered it one of the biggest "guilty pleasures" of 2008.<ref> at ]</ref>
== Home media ==
Ang pelikula ay inilabas sa ] at ] sa Hunyo 3, 2008, sa isang "butas Di na-rate ng Kamatayan" Edition at isang ] / theatrical release ng film. Ang theatrical cut ay hindi kasama ang mga extra pero may kasamang widescreen at full screen na bersyon ng isa sa dual disc. A "ruder & cruder" bersyon ay mamaya inilabas sa UK noong Agosto 18.


== Tingnan din == === Accolades ===
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On January 21, 2009, the film received five nominations for the ] ]s:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.razzies.com/history/29thNoms.asp|title=RAZZIES.COM 2008 Nominations|author=John Wilson|publisher=Razzie Awards|date=2009-01-21|access-date=2009-01-21|author-link=John J. B. Wilson}}</ref> Worst Picture (jointly with '']''), Worst Supporting Actress (Electra), Worst Director, Worst Screenplay, and Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel.
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2008 film by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer

Meet the Spartans
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Written by
  • Jason Friedberg
  • Aaron Seltzer
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyShawn Maurer
Edited byPeck Prior
Music byChristopher Lennertz
Production
companies
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • January 25, 2008 (2008-01-25)
Running time83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$30 million
Box office$84.6 million

Meet the Spartans is a 2008 American parody film written and directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. The film is mainly a parody of the 2006 film 300, although it also references many other films, TV shows, people and pop cultural events of the time, in a manner similar to previous films that Friedberg and Seltzer had been involved in such as Scary Movie, Date Movie and Epic Movie. The film stars Sean Maguire, Carmen Electra, Ken Davitian, and Kevin Sorbo.

Meet the Spartans opened at No. 1 in the United States. It received negative reviews and appeared on several lists of the worst films ever made. It went on to gross $84 million on a budget of $30 million.

Plot

A Spartan elder inspects three babies. The first, an ugly, talking baby ogre (Shrek the Third), is abandoned to die for its deformity; while Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie adopt the second, who is Vietnamese. The third, Leonidas, is accepted as a Spartan for his already-present muscular physique and is prepared for kinghood through brutal training. An adult Leonidas is cast out into the wild, survives the harsh winter, and hunts down a gangsta penguin named Mumble (Happy Feet). Returning as king for his inauguration wearing a penguin skin hat, Leonidas sees Margo erotically dancing and asks her to marry him, to which she responds by giving him the combination to her armor-plated chastity belt.

Years later, Leonidas is training his son when Captain informs him that a Persian messenger has arrived. Accompanied by the Spartan politician Traitoro, the messenger presents Persian King Xerxes' demands for Sparta's submission. After growing angry with both the messenger's disrespect and finding him making out with his wife, Leonidas kicks him into a pit. Despite Traitoro's advice that the messenger's guards are now needed to convey the actual message, Leonidas kicks them in as well, along with Britney Spears and Kevin Federline, Sanjaya Malakar, Ryan Seacrest, and the American Idol judges Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul. Resolving to face the Persians, Leonidas visits the prophets and gives them medicines such as Neutrogena as their price for their consultation. They advise him that he should consult the Oracle for any advice. The Oracle Ugly Betty reveals that Leonidas will die should he go to war.

After deciding while spending the night with his wife, Leonidas meets the soldiers assembled for his departure to Thermopylae, and finds that only thirteen were accepted in the army due to stringent requirements. Among them are Captain, his son Sonio, and a slightly unfit Spartan named Dilio. Once at the Hot Gates, they encounter a deformed Paris Hilton, who tells Leonidas and the Captain about a secret goat path above the Hot Gates that Xerxes could use to outflank the Spartans. When she asks to be made a Spartan soldier, Leonidas rejects her as unqualified because she cannot use a spear correctly. Leonidas and his platoon soon face off with Xerxes' messenger and his Immortals, beating them in a dance contest before driving them off a cliff. Xerxes, impressed, personally approaches Leonidas and attempts to bribe him with a trip to the Palms Hotel and Casino. Leonidas declines, and the Spartans face the Persian army in a "Yo Momma" fight, which the Spartans win, but Dilio has his eyes scratched out and wanders away.

Deciding to betray the Spartans, Hilton tells Xerxes where the goat path is in return for various gifts and for having her deformed hump removed. Xerxes meets the twelve remaining Spartans and the war begins. Meanwhile, back in Sparta, Queen Margo has several confrontations with Traitoro, as he is the vital vote in sending more troops to assist her husband. Following her address to the council, Traitoro publicly betrays the Queen, who then battles him in a parody of Spider-Man 3 and defeats him using a dust buster. With Traitoro's deceit exposed, the council is united with the queen.

At the Battle of Thermopylae, the Persians introduce their secret weapons, Ghost Rider and Rocky Balboa, who kills Sonio with a decapitating uppercut. Captain avenges him with Botox poisoning before being struck down by Xerxes. Leonidas pursues Xerxes and plays Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Managing to find the "Transformer Cube", Xerxes uses it in a car to become Xerxestron and shows off his powers to access the "Leave Britney Alone!" video on YouTube. However, Xerxestron accidentally trips on his extension cord and falls on Leonidas and the surviving Spartans, killing them. The blind Dilio eventually returns to Sparta to inform Queen Margo of Leonidas's death. A year later, Dilio leads a larger Spartan force to defeat the Persians, but the blind warrior ends up going the wrong way. They end up in Malibu, where they knock Lindsay Lohan down as she is leaving rehab again.

The film ends with the characters singing "I Will Survive" on the American Idol stage, as the credits appear.

Cast

Release

Box office

Meet the Spartans opened at number one at the US box office, grossing $18,505,530 over its opening weekend, narrowly edging out fellow newcomer Rambo, which was briefly parodied in the credits of this film. The film dropped 60.4% in its second weekend grossing $7,336,595 expanding to 2,643 theaters while ranking fourth at the box office. The film grossed $38,233,676 in United States and Canada and grossed $45,787,889 internationally, adding up to a total worldwide gross of $84,021,565.

Critical response

Meet the Spartans was universally panned by critics. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 2% based on 48 reviews, with an average rating of 2.40/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "A tired, unfunny, offensive waste of time, Meet the Spartans scrapes the bottom of the cinematic barrel." On Metacritic, the film received a score of 9 based on 11 reviews, indicating "overwhelming dislike", being the worst received film by the directors on the site. Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade C− on a scale from A+ to F.

Variety called it "Lazy, lame and painfully unfunny, Meet the Spartans is yet another scrambled-genre parody." Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter wrote: "Writer-directors Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer basically reprise the tired formula from their earlier efforts, which is to throw in as many pop culture references as possible to cover up the lack of any real wit." Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times gave it a 1 out of 5 and wrote: "Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, the team behind Meet the Spartans, prove that ridiculing other movies is much easier than making your own." Catsoulis said the various audience reactions at the screening she attended summed it up best: Eewwww! Aaarghh! Huh? Critic Garth Franklin of Dark Horizons called it "One of the most painfully bad comedies I've ever had to endure, and I've seen the collected works of Martin Lawrence, Tim Allen, Ice Cube AND Cedric the Entertainer." The Radio Times said "After enduring the torturously unfunny Date Movie and Epic Movie, one could be forgiven for concluding that the art of cinematic parody was in terminal decline. This latest installment in Friedberg and Seltzer's franchise hammers a final nail into the coffin with an utterly atrocious collection of imbecilic skits... it's junk-food cinema at its worst. One cringes to think what future cultural historians will make of it… and us."

Clark Collis of Entertainment Weekly gave it a mixed review, crediting the actors for their efforts but criticizing the script and the already dated jokes, giving it a grade C−.

Most of the film's criticism consisted of not having many actual jokes and instead having an over-reliance on pop culture references. Several recurring gags were criticized for being overused, such as the ambiguous sexuality of the Spartans and throwing various celebrities down the Pit of Death.

The film's score by Christopher Lennertz was commended by Christian Clemmensen from Filmtracks.com, who considered it one of the biggest "guilty pleasures" of 2008.

Accolades

On January 21, 2009, the film received five nominations for the 29th Golden Raspberry Awards: Worst Picture (jointly with Disaster Movie), Worst Supporting Actress (Electra), Worst Director, Worst Screenplay, and Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel.

References

  1. "MEET THE SPARTANS (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. January 11, 2008. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  2. "Meet the Spartans (2008) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  3. ^ Meet the Spartans at Box Office Mojo
  4. Meet the Spartans at IMDb
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  7. "Meet the Spartans (2008): Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on January 27, 2008. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
  8. Joshua Rich (January 29, 2008). "Spartans stops Rambo". Entertainment Weekly. the movie's CinemaScore was a terrible C- (coming from a crowd that was, not surprisingly 58 percent male and three-quarters under the age of 25)
  9. ^ Leydon, Joe (January 25, 2008). "Meet the Spartans". Variety.
  10. ^ Scheck, Frank. "Meet the Spartans - Bottom Line: "300" was funnier". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 28, 2008.
    Scheck, Frank (January 26, 2008). "Obvious gags, laugh-free jokes vanquish "Spartans"". Reuters.
  11. Catsoulis, Jeannette (January 26, 2008). "Doing Battle on the Field of Parody (Published 2008)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 7, 2017.
  12. Gene Seymour (2008). "'Meet the Spartans'". Newsday. Archived from the original on October 16, 2010. What's the point of making a parody that's dumber than the stuff it parodies?
  13. Franklin, Garth (January 25, 2008). "Review: "Meet the Spartans"". Dark Horizons.
  14. Jamie Russell (2008). "Meet the Spartans – review". Radio Times. Archived from the original on July 1, 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  15. Clark Collis (February 6, 2008). "Meet the Spartans". Entertainment Weekly.
  16. Meet the Spartans (Christopher Lennertz) at Filmtracks.com
  17. John Wilson (January 21, 2009). "RAZZIES.COM 2008 Nominations". Razzie Awards. Retrieved January 21, 2009.

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