Midgets vs. Mascots (2009 Mockumentary/First Look DVD)
Picture:
C Sound: C Extras: D Feature: D
Because
some people still think negativity and one-joke features are somehow funny, Ron
Carlson’s inept Midgets vs. Mascots (2009)
wants to make fun of both and the producers pulled in Gary Coleman, Jason
Mewes, Scotty Pippen and Ron Jeremy in this Mockumentary (or muckumentary in
this case) in which two groups still being attacked verbally and otherwise
attack each other. Note that most of the
name people here do not qualify for the former and hardly for the latter.
The
result is a total waste of time, but with some wit, could have been at least
passively interesting and both Mewes and Coleman have comic talent, but this is
a pointless dud. It is not exactly like
the series Jackass and any
similarity to Borat might as well be
more like Sasha Baron Cohen’s much lesser Bruno,
if not that obnoxious. See this one at
your own risk.
The anamorphically enhanced 1.78 X 1 image is much
softer than expected throughout considering this is a new production. I would have liked it to look better, but
after watching it for a few minutes, realized it would stay this way
throughout. The Dolby Digital 5.1 mix
spreads thin what sounds like barely stereo sound in some places, mono and bad
location sound about as often. Extras
include Character Featurettes and Deleted Scenes.
- Nicholas
Sheffo
