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2001: A Space Travesty

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i'm not sure exactly what has been happening to leslie neilsen lately. it's hard to imagine that his taste has become so poor, but it's even harder to imagine he made a movie like this for the 'art.' the comedy here is juvenile even for one of his movies. everything just sort of seems flopped together without any real concern for making a coherent parody. the acting is poor as well. bombs like this make me long for the days of 'the naked gun' or even 'spy hard' for that matter. hopefully he'll get out of this rut and give us something better the next time around.

It was certainly a travesty paying good money for this dodo.

I bought this DVD primarily due to Leslie Nielson and wished that I hadn't. Right from the start from the poor send up of Dirty Harry sending his car through the store window to the end this is not funny.

This ground is not new having already been covered by the excellent Spaceballs, but this pales in comparison.

Some of the tricks of Spaceballs are apparent as there are representatives of different movie life-forms among the aliens.

Try as I might I cannot find anything positive to say about this movie. Leslie Nielson does not need the damage to his reputation.

On the front cover the blurb says 'the most outer spaced-out comedy ever'. Clearly the author of that remark is spaced out on something and is not an astronaut.

The only good thing about this movie is that it leads one to revisit Nielson's past glories.

Travesty is right. This is one of those movies that tries so hard to be funny that it becomes terrible. It could have been so much better if the writers had done anything right.

Leslie Nielsen stars in this, but he is hampered by both bad writing and an awful supporting cast. Both throw his comic timing off, which makes it impossible for him to showcase his talents. Everything in this is lame, from the plot to the acting to the special effects. Scenes that are supposed to be funny are really more stupid.

It's sad that Leslie Nielsen has been pushed into doing garbage like this. He'd be much better served in a film that can better use his comic talents.

I AM A BIG FAN OF LESLIE NIELSEN AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE HIM BACK IN ACTION.THERE ARE SOME SILLY SCENES IN THE FILM BUT NETHER THE LESS IT'S WORTH EVERY BIT.HOPE HE STILL MAKES MORE COMEDY FILMS
WAY TO GO LESLIE.

The first part was promising, but the rest became very messy with a confusing plot and poor direction. The DVD release is not widescreen, for some unfathomable reason. A disappointment.

Leslie Nielsen is usually a very funny comedic actor, but "2001: A Space Travesty" is exactly what its name says: a travesty of acting, writing and directing.

This review is of the Comedy Central broadcast. I'm only able to review part of this movie. I managed to get about half way through before I became bored and changed the channel. There is absolutely nothing about the first half of this movie to recommend. It failed to make me laugh even once. It even failed to coax a smile out of me. I can't find a single redeeming thing to say about this drivel, except that it only wasted one hour of my life rather than the two.

I saw this on Comedy Central and it was OK. The plot was lame. However, the comedy was sort of good, despite the fact that Nealson was the same law enforcement agent he has always been. In my opinion, it was only good because of the comedy it included. Other than that, there is nothing really good about it.

I saw this on Comedy Central expecting Leslie Nielsen to be funny. He wasn't. Really weak writing!!!

I saw this on Comedy Central. The plot seems to be something about an alien invasion and Leslie Nielson plays the same character he has played in every movie since "Police Academy", deadpan earnest authority figure completely clueless about reality and his impact on others. The editing is really choppy and makes every scene hard to follow. Incoherent garbage.