Meet the Spartans - Nostalgia Critic

Nostalgia Critic continues his journey through the worst "Movie Movies" and watches what has made it on a ton of 'Worst Movies Ever' lists. Does Meet the Spartans deserve all the hate? Let's find out!

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.

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[MforMovesets]

Oh NO. He literally remembered this one so we don't have to.

[ponygon]

Rest in Peace, Jim Abrahams. A true spoof master the "Movie Movie" guys will never be.

[thehonestreviewer]

Meet the Spartans, the movie kids bought tickets to just so they could sneak into Rambo. That's not a joke, btw, theaters reported this actually happening.

[FatMarioHeads]

9:25 seeing Doug mention a random Pokémon that most fans of the games don’t even look back at fondly is something I never expected

[ColeMcClutch]

Considering how passionate Zach Synder is about 300, I’ve always wondered his thoughts on this

[DarkOverlord]

So, fun fact, that Tupac Shakur "Yo Mama" joke?

They actually stole it from one of MostOffensiveVideo's Peanuts ghetto parodies, it's one of the "Yo Mama" jokes Peppermint Patty tells Charlie Brown over the phone.

They basically stole a joke from a small group of content creators because they knew they wouldn't sue as they want to stay anonymous due to the immensely offensive humor in their parodies.

That's how low Setzer and Friedberg are willing to go when writing their comedies.

[wstine]

Let's thank Doug for bringing the Turkey early for Thanksgiving.

[gregseahuffver]

Ironically the Paris Hilton joke now looks like a The Substance parody

[koneheadcokehead]

Another Fun Fact: Former film critic turned screenwriter and author C. Robert Cargill recalls seeing the film with what was the loudest, dumbest group of moviegoers he'd ever encountered up to that point. Fifteen minutes in to Meet The Spartans, everyone in the auditorium walked out, complaining how terrible the movie was. This was the only time during the movie Cargill had laughed.

[MiamiGameHunter]

I will never forgive Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer for destroying the parody genre.

[NoBeats_]

I remember when this came out on DVD me and my friends all rented it to make fun of it. It was so bad one of my friends stood up and said “It’s not even worth mocking.” then threw the entire DVD in the trash.

[kingsleycy]

You didn't miss anything, Doug. The Ugly Betty and Paris Hilton references weren't any funnier back in the 00s

[Smarfton]

All these movies basically went "Hey, we love Mel Brooks let's make a string of movies no where near as funny."

[finnkedinn]

Meet the Spartans and Disaster Movie were actually released only SEVEN MONTHS apart, and considering how little of a plot the latter one has, I wouldn't be surprised if it started off as mere extra material for the former that Seltzerberg couldn't even use in the end credits, and to which they just spent those seven months adding new scenes like some kind of bizarre Snyder Cut.

[michaelwood]

This movie is special to me. It’s the first time I ever saw a movie in theatres, left and said to the person I went with “that movie sucked”

[JurassicCurtis]

RIP Jim Abram's the father of Airplane! Police Squad, naked gun etc a real spoof master! 😢

[doctorfrosty]

Saw this on a school trip once. No idea why they thought this movie was good for middle schoolers.

[VeryPteri]

7:17 the thing is that's actually how modern Family Guy cutaways go, turning to the camera and explaining the joke

[deshawnedwards]

Next Week is the beginning of CHRISTMAS REVIEWS!!!

[docvince]

The outdated humor in the movie is summed by this quote from Korey Coleman:

Paris Hilton? Who the fuk is still talking about Paris Hilton?!