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Parodies are an excellent source of comedy, and since we’re in the Youtube generation, movie fans everywhere finally had the chance to make their own! Check out these hilarious self-made movie trailers, many of which are surprisingly close to the real trailers! And with news that Youtube will be extending the length of uploadable movies, we might even see full self-made movie parodies! Here are some of the best self-made trailers:

Some people had the extremely lucky chance to watch a screening of the most anticipated film of this summer: The Dark Knight, and they made reviews! I’m not much of a comic book fan but I loved Batman Begins with it’s realistic, gritty interpretation of Batman, and from the reviews of “The Dark Knight” it seems like they notched it up a bit more! The reviewers also commended the late actor Heath Ledger’s portrayal of Joker, proclaiming him the scariest villain in movie history! From the trailers alone I couldn’t agree with them more, Joker will surely make kids around the world have nightmares!

Trailer:

We’ve seen a lot of comic book movies this year, like the awesome Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk and the surprisingly entertaining Hancock, but The Dark Knight has a lot of expectations to live up to, of which I’m sure we won’t be disappointed. It will hit theaters everywhere on July 24, 2008!

You’ve probably seen a dozen or so bad movies in your lifetime, and noticed that some of the worst scenes ever become unintentionally comedic. I’ve always loved these moments and I guess they’re what makes these utterly horrible movies enjoyable to watch, especially with friends! Here’s a collection of the funniest worst movie moments:

1.Troll 2 - Made by an Italian team of filmmakers and a cast of stars from Utah on a low budget, this sequel to an equally horrible movie became one of the biggest cult hits of recent years, thanks to the scene below. Check out that intense line delivery!

2. Tough Guys Don’t Dance - I haven’t even heard of this movie until I saw a clip of (Oscar winner) Ryan O’Neal’s epic line delivery from the film after he reads a… supposedly terrifying letter. Somehow you can really feel the horror.

3. Star Trek: TOS - I love Star Trek and in no way is it a bad show, but this fight sequence totally takes the cake for worst fight scene ever. I mean… wow.

4. Undefeatable - From the worst fight sequence, we jump forward to the most… incredible fight sequence ever captured on film! Whoever did the choreography for this enjoyable scene wouldn’t have thought how unintentionally funny this came out to be: from the facial expressions, shirt ripping, the suddenly oily bodies and a handicapped woman who comes put of nowhere and kicks ass! It’s definitely the best worst scene in a movie, ever.

As you might have noticed within the past few years, Hollywood has started to lose inspiration when it comes to coming up with new stories for it’s movies. They’ve turned into rehasing old movies, or turning comic books and video games into new movie franchises. And now, Hollywood has found a new source of inspiration for future blockbusters: Anime.

It started this year with the live-action adaptation of the well-loved classic anime, Speed Racer. The Wachowski Brothers of The Matrix fame worked their magic in turning the funky anime world of Speed Racer into reality, and from what I’ve seen it was a huge success, however the same can’t be said for ticket sales. They’ve proved though that it’s feasible to turn anime into enjoyable movies.

Over the past few months, a lot of producers and directors have announced that they’ve acquired rights into turning a lot of popular anime into movies. Here’s a list:

• Director Steven Spielberg will be working on a live-action adaptation of Masamune Shirow’s Ghost in the Shell, one of the biggest anime titles ever. Ghost in the Shell’s numerous anime and manga adaptations have been highly successful, and has garnered a huge fanbase in the US and around the world.
• Spiderman 3 star Toby Maguire will the executive producer of the movie version of Robotech, the American adaptation of the Japanese anime classic Macross. It’s an epic space opera focusing on romance, transforming robots, and alien invaders and is also very popular around the world for it’s engaging storyline.
• Leonardo DiCaprio will serve as producer for the Hollywood adaptation of Akira, one of the first anime movies to gain worldwide acclaim. Akira introduced audiences worldwide to a new form of storytelling using animation, featuring a meticulously detailed futuristic post-apocalyptic setting, a mature storyline with themes such as youth culture, social unrest, psychic ablities and delinquency. Also of note was it’s highly advanced quality of its animation, which is why it’s highly regarded as the best anime movie of all time.

Akira trailer:

• Hit anime Dragonball will be getting a film adaptation directed by James Wong and produced by one of Hong Kong’s biggest producers and stars, Stephen Chow. The show experienced a following in the States because of it’s highly energetic fighting sequenes, as well as the characters including the hero Goku, and his various enemies and allies. Though the fan reaction to the movie has been quite negative, the director promises that they were able to incorporate the anime style fighting in the show, like chi blasts and dynamic action sequences. It’ll be shown on April 2009.

Magazine scan promoting the Dragon Ball live-action movie:

Although Hollywood is losing it’s creativity when it comes to making new stories, I’m pretty optimistic in their enthusiasm to adapt these anime titles to the big screen. I hope they’ll be successful enough to make the mainstream audience aware of the unique storytelling and themes explored in anime, and somehow make them want to watch the originals where these movies were adapted from.