Disaster! (2005) User Reviews (12)

Expect the (perverted) unexpected

[kosmasp · 6/10 · 1 August 2019]

When a movie tells us from the beginning that it is not going to be anywhere near any political correctness, you know what to expect. At least you should and some of the jokes will be more than predictable. A lot of violence, flatulence and nudity ensues. Now does that sound like something you might find funny? Because if not stay clear of this.

And let's make one thing clear: I didn't rate this based on me liking everything I saw, but by the fact that it took the ball and ran with it. It is consistent from start to finish, which is something you can admire about this, no matter what you think of the content. Juvenille and gross this is spoofing distaster movies left and right ... all the way to Armageddon!

Not for kids animated spoof is very good until the plot and the bathroom jokes overwhelm the fun

[dbborroughs · 6/10 · 24 August 2008]

Robot Chicken like film that spoofs Armageddon and other big screen scifi and disaster films. Full of sex and violence and nudity and poop jokes this film had me in stitches for the first half of its running time as it played like Robot Chicken with a potty mouth. The problem is that just before the half hour mark the plot kicks in and they have to make do with the stupidity they've set in motion. On top of that the graphic bathroom jokes hit critical mass and the film begins to fall apart. Yea I laughed during the second half but not as much as the first. Considering I paid about 2 bucks for the DVD in a dump bin at Blockbuster I got my moneys worth out of it. The DVD contains a couple of short animated films by the same director, a Star trek spoof thats WAY too long at 8 minutes, two brief Forest Gump spoofs that are okay, and a truly twisted in a wrong sort of way as a mommy explains to her daughter why one of her Barbie like doll comes in a wheel chair. It should be stated none of the shorts or even the feature should be viewed by children.

Redeeming Value with "Borat-like" humor.

[composition · 6/10 · 19 March 2007]

"Disaster! The Movie" is a weird mix of the profound and the profane. The profound: a good reflection of our own reflection (ref. Borat's humor). The very fact that the movie's stereotypes and clichés can be funny at times says something about our own values/views of the world. (Guilty...I laughed out-loud at times.) The profane: fart jokes, racism, sexism, homophobia, lackluster plot. Although the plot was soft, the writers have a good eye for those nonsensical sensibilities which seem to SELL and which have been so deadly to quality movies. Also; terrific animation,production values and talented voices. The "Director's Comments" and"Behind-the-Scenes" extras are interesting. If you like "South Park"and "Team America", then give it a try.

The film where parody and satire goes to die...

[RevRonster · 1/10 · 16 April 2014]

I like fart gags as much as the next guy but when one of the three jokes your movie repeats over and over again is a joke about farting and you have more farts and puppet nudity per minute than you do actual intelligent commentary in your film that is suppose to be a parody of "Armageddon," then you failed completely.

The art of the parody is a difficult thing and the creators responsible for this film proved that it is an art they will never master. You have to have some level of respect for what you are parodying and be able to break it down so you can reconstruct it with a humorous edge. This movie was just a knee-jerk reaction to the disaster movie genre that went for all the obvious commentary that your everyday guy makes about films like "Deep Impact" and "Armageddon." There was no intelligence to this film and, instead, it's just a never-ending collection of bad gags and humor so immature that it brought the bar for sophomoric and juvenile humor to a new low. In fact, the film was so dumbly put together and the jokes were so eye-roll inducing that the movie actually made itself feel like IT was the genre film and "Armageddon" was the parody. That's right, "Armageddon" looked more intelligent and funny by comparison.

Then, as if the producers want to make sure you know that all they cared about was making sure they got another fart joke in and played out their sexual fantasies by shoe-horning in another shot of female puppet nudity, the animation looks grotesque and all the characters move around like they are suffering from constant seizures and some of the character designs look like they just suffered some life-altering facial deformity and might have a future as a Batman villain.

Overall, this is a film that should come with a warning label that reads, "Unless you want to lose all hope of ever laughing or feeling any sort of happiness and joy again, avoid this movie and run as fast as you can away from it. Then…approach is slowly from behind and destroy it with fire so that no one may ever suffer through it again." It's rare I get this irritated with a comedy but I would like to believe that the world in general has a better sense of humor than this.

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Welcome to the RANCID Dollhouse!

[Coventry · 1/10 · 2 December 2006]

So you thought "Team America" and "Thunderbirds" were crap? Then just wait until you see the marginal and totally retarded puppet-farce called "Disaster!". It's the ultimate reason for Muppet Show creator Jim Henson to turn in his grave. I guess I must have seen a different movie than the other two reviewers on this site, as I certainly did NOT see a funny Sci-Fi parody with wit dialogs and hilarious effects, but a hugely irritating and infantile 80 minutes homage to fart-jokes. Released in my country as "Apollo 13 1/3", the plot (haha!) is identical to "Armageddon", with an asteroid threatening to wipe out mankind upon its collision with earth. All the recognizable sequences from that film, as well as several other ones, are ridiculed in a very un-funny and clichéd manner. The male puppets all are perverted and trigger-happy idiots and the females are dumb sluts with giant plastic breasts. You may anticipate crude humor about handicapped people and racist remarks towards pretty much every ethnic group living on this planet. In good old South Park tradition, the film is very gore and multiple puppets have their heads blown off or their entrails ripped out. But the humor in Trey Parker's films is actually really tasteful & original compared to the pathetic imagination of director/creator Roy T. Wood. This type of crap isn't even funny when you're drunk or stoned and I truly regret wasting the money of a rental on it.

waste of time

[soapbox-5 · 1/10 · 10 July 2007]

I watched this film last night expecting to see something along the lines of 'Southpark' or 'Team America' since the movie was described as 'hilarious' adult animation. Either my definition of hilarious is different to the reviewers or they have the sense of humour of a 12 year old.

Utterly terrible in all but the standard of the claymation animation, if fart-gags, terrible innuendo, racial stereotype based jokes and puppet nudity are your thing, you'll love it. If you've passed puberty, you'll probably hate it.

As I said the only 'good' thing about the movie is the animation, along the lines of 'celebrity deathmatch', I can't fault the animators talents.

Aptly named

[BrucePike · 1/10 · 18 May 2010]

If you are the type who will giggle uncontrollably at the mere mention of poop or penis, no matter what the context, then you will love this movie. However, if you happen to be over 12 you will most likely be yawning and looking at your watch waiting for the film to be over. I am by no means prudish or sensitive to crude humor, I am a big fan of South Park. However, unlike South park, there is no intelligent satire or clever parodies in this movie. The jokes are so juvenile and predictable that it consistently falls flat on its face.

It's almost as if the makers were expecting the long worn off novelty of adult animation to carry this movie alone, without giving any particular thought to the script whatsoever. Oh look, they are parodying Armageddon, ha ha, oh look there's poop, ha ha, oh my god, that is so funny. This basically sums up the whole movie, minus the laughs. There is absolutely nothing funny about this movie. It is aptly named "Disaster!". It is not even worth 99 cents from the bargain bin. It would be a waste of 99 cents. Even if you got to see it for free it would be a waste of 83 minutes.

Bottom line: avoid this movie if you value your time or money.

Just don't waste time, money or bandwidth on this disaster of a claymation movie

[tmalingre · 1/10 · 13 September 2016]

As the title suggests it is definitely a disaster of a movie. In the Netherlands I found this title in the 0,50 Euro bin, but it wasn't even worth that amount. The humor is over over over the top, the script would not have been approved even by a 12-year old who loves fart jokes and naked dolls, which is basically 3/4 of the movie. The endless repetition of this type of jokes made for a 90 minute film that felt like it had a running time of 90 hours. I'm afraid to be caught throwing the DVD in the thrash and somebody noticing it. It would reveal I actually watched this movie.

Many many negative stars.

Just don't watch it......

This is really out of this world...

[roughale · 10/10 · 16 August 2006]

I just had the luck to see this film at the Hamburg Fantasy Film Fest and loved it, why? It is so far out and funny, in all shades, good humour, bad humour and very bad humour. A little like the Team America makers decided to save the budget by using wax puppets and use the saved cash for really bad substances (I know of course that this is not the case, but look at it and you should see what I mean ;-)) The plot follows the Armageddon script and has some very recognizable scenes almost exactly taken from, it well, momentarily to change drastically and create humour this way and it works! If you like your puppet comedies tough, go and see this one. If you mind bad language and/or explicit themes and scenes, maybe reconsider...

Farts and adult jokes in space

[torbkol · 3/10 · 16 December 2022]

As a parody movie for disaster movies such as Armageddon and other similar movies it sort of works. Its not a brilliant movie, but I do give it 3/10 stars. If movies like Team America is your kind of movie, this might be worth a watch, but this isn't Team America. It just sort of looks like Team America, but cheaper and less well written. Its a bit more forced, cliche and it plays more on sex. It does have a good parody of Stephen Hawking.

The movie actually starts of well enough, but after about 40 minutes the movie gets repetitive and nods to Star Trek, Terminator and classic 70s Sci-fi doesn't really help in this case. Its an OK movie, but not good. There are too many fart jokes in the later half of the movie. Some of the humor seems forced and just how many claymation tits do one need to see? I could go on to say the movie has several overly stereotyped characters, including racist characters. Not for everyone.

It could have been a good movie. However there is simply too much prepubescent humor and a manuscript that ran out of ideas.

An hour and a half of clay-mation hilarity!

[fordbattle53 · 9/10 · 17 October 2006]

At first, I had my reservations about this movie. I wasn't a big fan of Team America:World Police, and I had heard that this was along a similar vein. Fortunately, I decided to see it anyway, and I laughed harder than I have in a long time. Don't get me wrong, this movie is offensive to just-about every demographic imaginable, but it is in a tongue in cheek way, as opposed to a mean-spirited way. If you can't stand foul language, sex, graphic violence, nudity, and racial stereotypes acted-out by clay figures, then this movie is not for you. But, if you have a sense of humor, like Naked Gun-like physical comedy, and witty, biting dialog, then you must see this movie!

Funniest movie ever!

[joel-495 · 10/10 · 13 February 2007]

This is the funniest movie I've ever seen in my entire life. If you like gratuitous violence, cliché humor, random sex scenes, farting and just raunchy tasteless over the top insanity, then this movie is for you. It is tons better than team America. I could not stop laughing, and new laughs would interrupt old laughs it just kept going and going. It's not for the easily offended or kids, but wow, what a riot. It's so over the top, but it didn't come across as trying to be, like some films just use the F word repeatedly and try to get a reaction, but this movie didn't really need to, they used a lot of other methods to keep repulsive and outrageous without being running one method into the ground. The story was good too, although a rip off of Armageddon, but that made it even better in my opinion.