The Best of RiffTrax Shorts Volume 1 Volume 2
SCORE: 55
From the creative minds
that brought us Mystery Science Theater 3000 comes a new forum for movie
commentary - RiffTrax. RiffMaster Michael J. Nelson partners with old
friends Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett to riff on movies. RiffTrax are
comedic MP3 tracks to play along with your favorite DVDs. Also available
are RiffTrax Shorts (DVD), which are riffs on various shorts from any
genre of movies.
RiffTrax: The Best of RiffTrax Shorts: Volume I and II are collections
of original short riffs. The shorts include safety videos, instructional
videos and more. The format of the shorts is much like Mystery Science
Theater 3000, where the commentary makes fun of the film - just without
the character shadows on the bottom of the screen. One of the
promotional lines on the DVDs is, "It's like watching a movie with your
funniest friends." However, the riffs are never that interesting and are
too often inappropriate to even enjoy - with or without your friends.
The riffs often included cursing, crude humor, drug and alcohol
references, and inappropriate sexual references. The commentary seems
unoriginal,forced, and at times does not even seem to flow with the
short film; leaving the viewer wondering what their RiffTrax "friends"
are even referring too.
If you want to get together and watch a movie with some friends, I
suggest inviting some of your real friends over. I am certain there
would be many more laughs and the experience would be much more
pleasant. In some cases, families can watch and learn from movies that
may not necessarily be family friendly - these would not fit that
category. The viewer would be hard pressed to find relevant issues to
discuss as a family.
Unless you were a HUGE fan of Mystery Science Theater 3000, I would
definitely pass on RiffTrax: The Best of RiffTrax Shorts: Volume I and
II. Here's hoping they can improve on the content of their riffs and
provide some material that would be more family friendly.
- Alan
Graphics: 75%
Sound: 75%
Replay/Extras: 60%
Gameplay: 80%
Family Friendly Factor: 45%
System: DVD
Publisher: Legend Films
Rating: 'NR' for Not
Rated
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