No, scenes like that are not the worst parts of this movie. In fact, the worst part was there weren't enough of them.
The intro to the movie is a spoof of The Silent of the Lambs, and in that part it is successful. It's not very funny, but it works as a parody where it makes subtle changes to the overly serious Hannibal Lecter scene. >
Next, we find The Gingerdead Man (ok I'm shortening that to G-Man) breaking into a time machine lab and traveling back to 1976 and that's where the movie really derails.
About 10 minutes in.
I get it, it's a goofy comedy/horror. I'm not judging it on its cheesiness or bad CGI or any of that because that stuff comes with the territory, But the next hour and 20 minutes is a "parody" of Carrie, as in it is the plot of Carrie.
Instead of seeing a killer confectionary, we see the trials and tribulations of a young outcast girl with telekinesis who falls in love with shoe rental guy, makes enemies with the reigning Roller Boogie queen, gets yelled at by her weird Aunt (who honestly I thought was a man and was going to be a parody of Psycho), and gets pig blood dumped on her, at which point The Gingerdead Man shows up and the movie enters its final act.
There were some cool deaths, like when G-Man hooks a hose up to some acid during a bikini car wash . . .
Or maybe she got bit by a werewolf
There were some funny lines, and some laughingly bad effects but to get to those you had to watch 20 minutes of melodrama The G-Man killed somebody and then back to 20 more minutes of teen angst set to a terrible faux-70's soundtrack that played over and over again.
And then Hitler shows up! Oh, you wacky movie you, I never would have expected that. But by the time he does (he's a good guy in this by the way) the movie has lost all it's charm for me. I did laugh when Jeffrey Dahmer jumped into a time portal screaming "Canibonga!" in spite of myself though.
This movie could have been better. That's the worst thing I can say about it; this movie disappointed me. It wasn't as funny or crazy as the premise allowed or the title promised. To simply use the plot of Carrie without making it a parody is lazy and lazy filmmaking is boring.
Good acting, hot chicks, some nice death scenes, fun villain + Terrible, boring plot = terrible, boring movie.
*Also, here's a tip for future film writers: Actors love scenes where they get to lay in bed, because what's better than showing up to work to lie down for 8 hours? It takes a long time to shoot even the shortest scenes. So before you write a script where 90% of the cast spends every scene in rollerskates, make sure you have a good enough plot to justify their discomfort. Just a tip.
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