What works in comics doesn't always translate to film.
The movie was like a slapstick comedy with no likeable characters to actually get you on board with how over the top it was.
It was like army of darkness if army of darkness didn't have ash and wasn't winking at the audience.
I thought it was winking. Well everyone except Whinestone. He clearly was playing it straight. But you can do that when everyone else is over the top but your main guy isn't. They play off of him