History YMMV / SuperheroMovie

* HamAndCheese: Broad comedy aside, the hamminess of Lou Landers a.k.a. The Hourglass makes him feel like Creator/StanLee could have written him in UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks.

%% * HamAndCheese: Lou Landers a.k.a. The Hourglass.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The film might outdo Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg in this department due to how different the landscape of {{Superhero}} movies is now compared to the 2000s. Aside from the fact that the entire plot is copied wholesale from the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'', the high school is played up as a ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' parody rather than a ''Franchise/MyHeroAcademia'' one, which would probably be the case had the film been made in more recent times. The ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' is given high billing and the ''Franchise/FantasticFour'' are not portrayed in a negative light while ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' icons like ''ComicBook/IronMan'' and ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' are completely absent, clearly dating the film to 2008.

* HamAndCheese: Lou Landers a.k.a. The Hourglass.

** The "this is healthy cough blood," line is now a lot less funny when a decade later, an [[VideoGame/SpiderManPS4 actual Spider-Man work]] would feature a regular Spidey supporting character, [[spoiler:Aunt May]] coughing up blood as an indicator that [[spoiler:she]] was infected with a terminal disease. [[spoiler:And she doesn't make it,]] much like how [[spoiler:the Aunt May parody in this film dies.]]

** The ComicBook/NormanOsborn parody has a terminal illness. [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Flash-forward to 2012...]]

* In the Brazilian dub, Hourglass is voiced by Eduardo Borgeth and Jill Johnson by Mariana Torres. They'd make another main villain and blonde LoveInterest respectively in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan''.

** Creator/DrakeBell, who plays a parody of Peter Parker/Spider-Man, would go on to voice Spidey for real in the ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'' TV series, which is practically a parody of Spider-Man. This might seem less hilarious after Marvel paid him to dub over Spidey's guest spots in the more-serious ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes''.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Hourglass would actually have been a semi-decent villain in a more dramatic hero movie. A man with a terminal illness wants to suck the life out of an entire city to gain immortality? Sounds pretty intense. Not surprising this has been used by several ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' villains -- most notably, Vulture and Silvermane have both had plots to return their youth at the cost of someone else. Plus, he's similar to ''ComicBook/XMen'' villain Omega Red, in that he ''has'' to drain people's lives or else his powers will kill him from the inside.

** In this movie, [[spoiler:Hourglass, the Green Goblin parody, kills Aunt Lucile, the Aunt May parody]]. In ''Film/SpidermanNoWayHome'', [[spoiler:the Green Goblin kills Aunt May]].

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The "this is healthy cough blood," line is now a lot less funny when a decade later, an [[VideoGame/SpiderManPS4 actual Spider-Man work]] would feature a regular Spidey supporting character, [[spoiler:Aunt May]] coughing up blood as an indicator that [[spoiler:she]] was infected with a terminal disease. [[spoiler:And she doesn't make it,]] much like how [[spoiler:the Aunt May parody in this film dies.]]
** In this movie [[spoiler:Hourglass, the Green Goblin parody, kills Aunt Lucile, the Aunt May parody]] In ''Film/SpidermanNoWayHome'', [[spoiler:the Green Goblin kills Aunt May]].

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: On Rotten Tomatoes, this film currently has the highest rating of the ''Scary Movie'' spin-offs. It has often attracted praise from even the series' most strict detractors for its surprisingly well-written story, effective {{deconstruction}} of the superhero genre and for having many ActuallyPrettyFunny moments.

* OneSceneWonder: The Tom Cruise can fly seen. The impersonator was seen as completely like him.