Please never, EVER write, direct, or otherwise create another movie until you learn the following:
- Basic writing (look up 'plot' in the dictionary)
- Basic comedy (doesn't involve farting every scene)
- Basic spoofing (because not one was funny in CL)
- Basically everything to do with creating an actual decent movie, since Cheerleader Ninjas was the worst "movie" anyone could EVER create.
Thank you.
Here's my response to the points you've brought up.
-- The movie does have a plot. Protagonists (the cheerleaders and the geeks), Antagonists (the Catholic mothers and schoolgirls), a goal (trying to save the world), and a resolution. You may think the plot is stupid, but it's there.
-- Farting is not in every scene. Not even close. If you want to argue that there's too much farting in the movie, I would welcome that discussion. But stick to the facts.
-- I'm not sure why you used the initials CL. C and H are the first two letters of cheerleader, and C and N are the first letters of the words cheerleader and ninjas. But I digress. As to your point about spoofing, the film had countless cultural references similar to the movie Airplane. Not all of them will work for everyone. But some of them did work, whether you believe it or not.
-- Cheerleader Ninjas isn't even close to the worst movie ever made. If you visit the external review links on this site, you'll find about a dozen positive reviews of the film. In fact, both Film Threat and Joe Bob Briggs gave 4 star reviews of the film.
-- This was my first film. This was also Kevin's first film. Despite all the criticisms you may have about it, we sold the film with an advance to the largest independent movie studio in North America (Lions Gate). I encourage you to attempt the same thing with, as you put it, "a $200 camcorder, permission to film in your parent's garage and on their front lawn, the incredible special effects of a kaleidoscope, and a few 'actresses' taken straight off the 'Girls Gone Wild: Too Ugly to Air' video." Like it or not, that takes talent.
-- Kevin has already completed principal photography on his second film. It seems investors are interested in pouring money into a project by an established filmmaker who can sell his films and make a profit. So I don't think your wish for Kevin to stop making movies will come true anytime soon.
Tony Osio
Executive Producer
"Cheerleader Ninjas"
Tony,
I think what really needs to be considered here is what sort of moron rents a direct to video title called "Cheerleader Ninjas" and expects it to be some moving, powerful, intelligent piece of film?
I saw the title and I was expecting a kickass B movie, and I was not disappointed. I dug the fact that unlike a lot of B movies, it wasn't inherently bad, ir was purposely bad and cheesy, and constantly spoofs itself. I will say the fart jokes did wear a little thin, and the movie as a whole did lose some of the comedic value near the end, but still, it was as cheesy and funny as I had hoped, and I loved it.
I also ADORE Kira Reed, so that was an added bonus.. I also dig the fact that you're on here defending your film against the common plebes.. good job.
Thank you for the kind words. Yes, I really am puzzled at the expectations some people have expressed about this film. I'm very glad you enjoyed the film.
I agree that the fart jokes were overdone. I have discussed this with the writer/director a number of times. It's the biggest weakness of the film in my opinion. I think he's listened to the criticism and taken it to heart. His next film doesn't have any fart jokes.
Kira Reed was an absolute joy to work with, and I would welcome the opportunity to work with her again on another film. Very friendly and down to earth. She also deserves far more credit as an actress than she receives.
Tony Osio
Executive Producer
"Cheerleader Ninjas"
Dude....Tony....you need to learn to take criticism. Just because someone actually bought the rights to this movie or whatever, doesnt make it good. I havent seen it yet, but I'm just saying.
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"GUNS DONT KILL PEOPLE, STUPID MOTHER******S WITH GUNS KILL PEOPLE!"
I welcome criticism. I've never said Cheerleader Ninjas is a perfect film. What I don't welcome is people who make blanket statements (like "There is not one redeeming quality about this thing that tries to pass itself off as a movie.") or completely inaccurate statements (like "it's hardly worth sitting through all 110 minutes of this crap." when the running time is 91 minutes).
As for "Just because someone actually bought the rights to this movie or whatever, doesnt make it good.", that's incorrect. We didn't make this movie to be "good" in the sense of critically acclaimed. That wasn't the purpose of this film. The main purpose of this film was to sell the film to a distributor so we could go on to make bigger and better films. That doesn't mean we went out to make a bad film. But it does mean our first priority was to make a film that was marketable. While an average person wouldn't view that as "good" in the quality sense, it is "good" for what we were trying to do.
Clearly, this film was a B movie made for a very narrow audience. If we were trying to make a film that general audiences would love, it would be a far different film. As an independent producer with no A list stars to hire, it would also be far more difficult to sell. I think most of the critics of this film did not take this into account at all. Part of the reason why I'm here is to make sure it is. Like I said, I welcome criticism. Just keep it fair.
Tony Osio
Executive Producer
"Cheerleader Ninjas"
When my husband brought Cheerleader Ninjas home from the video store,
I expected he would watch it alone. But I was quickly drawn in, and
laughed my butt off. I particularly like the stunt double in the
fight scenes.
I'm probably not in your "narrow audience", but here's one 47-year-old
woman who enjoyed your work quite a bit.
Thanks for the kind words. You are correct: you would not normally be considered part of the narrow audience for my film. But there are exceptions to every rule, and I am grateful you are one of those exceptions.
Tony Osio
Executive Producer
"Cheerleader Ninjas"
Man, I don't get you people that didn't like this film. I mean, you can not like it if you want, that is fine, but you are taking it a bit too seriously. These guys had a low budget, no big name actors, and you expect the film to be "good"? I found the movie to be extremely funny. I also thought it was horribly stupid, and at times hard to watch, but I understand that they were doing what they could with what they had. There were a lot of really really good jokes in it, and a lot of subtle ones as well. I made a friend of mine watch this with me, he was rolling. I think he said "What the hell is this?" about 10 times. Then my other friend showed up halfway through the film, he walks in and says, "Hell yeah, you rented this again?" So, point is, it may not be for everyone, or intended to be so, but my friends and I saw great potential in this movie. We understood its limitations, but enjoyed it nonetheless. Peace.
"Stay positive and love your life!" -311
This was the greatest film, it was so bad it was good. My friend and i sat down one day looking for the worst b-movies ever that's how I came across the movie. I later watched this film with my friend, we both agreed it was great, I laughed my ass off, and this is coming from 2 females. I've been trying to find more about the director/writer, i can't wait for his next movie.
shareI could not agree with you more on this liquidsirenhoney! I love movies like this and use to see them late at night on the weekends when they had USA UP ALL NIGHT on for like 12 years. It ran from 1986 until 1998. I even remember when TNT had a heck of a different programming than what they have now and the show was hosted by Joe Bob Briggs. The name of the show was Monster Vision and it was totally cool to watch. I know you would have loved to watch those shows with movies like this.
Dedicated to USA UP ALL NIGHT and the fans of the show! www.deefilmroll.com/usa-uan/
One of my problems with this film was that it had FAR to many sound effects. I'm curious how big your budget actually was if you don't mind me asking.
shareMy flatmate and I just finished watching this.
We were expecting it to be so stupid it was awful/funny, but the movie was so purposely awful, it was amazingly awesome.
We're both really impressed with your creative imagination, and the appallingly intentional stupidity of this movie, well done :D
Anyone that says this movie isn't a good movie, obviously misses the entire point. Well done, and that was one of the funnist movies i've watched in a long time, way better then any big hollywood movie in the last 5 years!
Tony,
Not sure if you remember me but I was one of the "real" cheerleaders you guys had on the set one day (you also had me do a scene where I smacked a guy across the face for hitting on me lol). I had a total blast filming this movie though I still have yet to actully see it because shortly before it actually came out I joined the Army. Needless to say though I have fond memories of all the craziness we did and am bound and determined to find the movie so I can see it now that I'm not in the service anymore and have some time. Just wanted to say thanks again for the great memories of that crazy day in Denver. :)
Anna
your movie rocks. it is a family film in the original sense of the word-- my brother and I are enjoying it for the first time and we are really quite blown away, as I am sure our parents, cousins and grandparents would be (and will be) once they see it. This movie is second only to Casshern and rivals any Hollywood film
Loyally yours
DIE HAMSTERS
this movie rocks! somehow my friends managed to get it here, in russia, and we nearly laughed our heads off while watchin it. movies like that make people want to create movies. thanx a lot!
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I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum.
Just watched the video, and it was okay for a straight to video movie. I knew it was no 16mm b-movie which would have given it a little more value, but for the most part, it was what it was.
San Diego, Ca Indie Filmmaker
I cant see any redeeming points to this film. It was all horrible. Its the worst film ive ever seen, a title previously held by "the invisible maniac".
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This movie was awesome, I rented it with the sole purpose to watch it with a bunch of friends and laugh at how terrible it was. I was pleasantly suprised when I found out that this was a film that knew it was bad and made sure everyone knew it. We laughed the entire movie straight. Thank you whoever made this movie, I even watched it in school on my friends laptop so he could see it.
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People who rented this expecting it to be good, get your head examined.
Tony, you're absolutely beautiful, baby LOL
So many people assume that no thought goes into spoof movies. Cheerleader ninjas, that should tell anyone who rents or buys the film that this is not going to be shakespere.
I love how people will go out and get a film, look at the title, and expect the matrix. This is frickin cheerleader ninjas, right? I love you, baby.
and please make more movies.
It's not Citizen Kane but is very funny. Much better than Ninja Cheerleaders.
shareBeing a real producer as in Produced By not I just gave you some money ( exec prod ) I must agree with everyone else in saying this is the worst movie ever made. Now granted I did watch the whole movie, but not because I was moved or captivated or enjoyed by the film more or less as a learning experience. You should repackage the film, get a new distributor and market it as a how to video. You could call it " How to make , write , and produce the *beep* film ever...ever"
Good Luck With That,
Another open letter to Kevin Campbell...
This movie makes me smile...thanks for making it. I particularly like the tastefully done nudie bits, it's more like art really. Keep on keeping on.
PS: I think you are the coolest man alive (and best looking)
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