Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[flippyshark]

Ah yes, I did love The Tall Guy, and that scene was certainly memorable.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Also watched Gone Baby Gone. Ben Affleck, no more leading roles for you! Either you're behind the camera working hard boiled magic as a director, or you shine briefly like a shooting star in a small supporting role. Continue to let your brother take the lead, because clearly directing is your calling.

Maybe your first attempt at directing a feature length film wouldn't have been as successful if you hadn't starred in all those pieces of poop in which you were also poop. And though I'd like to be a big enough person to forgive you the poop, I cannot. I just cannot forgive you. But I will likely pay to see your next movie in theaters.

About the end of Gone Baby Gone.

Spoiler:

If the birth mother is a ****heel, screw her. He should have left that kid with Morgan Freeman. EVERYONE LOVES MORGAN FREEMAN. Every neglected/abused child would want Morgan Freeman for a father, dammit.

[Alex]

Sadly, nobody I knew at the time had seen Gone Baby Gone so I couldn't discuss it the way I wanted to then. So I made Lani listen me take both sides on a long drive (she hadn't seen it).

[Gemini Cricket]

Love Guru - 17% on rottentomatoes.com
Bomb!
But it may be #1 this weekend. They threw a lot of money into advertising.

[mousepod]

from A.O. Scott (my favorite critic):

[When Mike Myers delivers an expected punchline to a running joke] it’s somehow less amusing than it should be. Which might sum up “The Love Guru” in its entirety but only at the risk of grievously understating the movie’s awfulness. A whole new vocabulary seems to be required. To say that the movie is not funny is merely to affirm the obvious. The word “unfunny” surely applies to Mr. Myers’s obnoxious attempts to find mirth in physical and cultural differences but does not quite capture the strenuous unpleasantness of his performance. No, “The Love Guru” is downright antifunny, an experience that makes you wonder if you will ever laugh again.

The full review.

[Capt Jack]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Love Guru - Bomb!

gee...ya think?


didnt they already do this schtick?

[innerSpaceman]

I hear Get Smart really underwhelms also. Bad weekend for major comedy releases.


Too bad, though. I was looking forward to Get Smart.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Love Guru - 17% on rottentomatoes.com
Bomb!
But it may be #1 this weekend. They threw a lot of money into advertising.

Sadly, he still possesses the ability to be funny. They did a Mike Myers best-of SNL show last weekend which he hosted and did a few new bits. And the new bits were actually funny, I was shocked. It was really sad to see that he can still do actual comedy but chooses instead to pump out his crappy movies.

Although watching the best-of, it's really no surprise that he became completely full of himself. I mean think about it. He had one goal in life, to be cool enough to hang out with Aerosmith. He not only achieved that seemingly ridiculous goal, he exceeded it by actually getting to PLAY with Aerosmith. Oh, and by the way, he also made out with Madonna. If you actually achieved your lifelong childhood fantasy, wouldn't you feel pretty damn full of yourself? Not to say it isn't obnoxious that he's such a douche, but it certainly was pretty understandable how he got there.

[Not Afraid]

If Get Smart isn't funny I'll probably end up loving it. It was my Dad's favorite show and one we always watched together (with popcorn and soda).

[Alex]

Ebert liked Get Smart and hated Love Guru.

These days Ebert seems to be such a softy that I take his 1-star for Love Guru to be at very good sign of just how bad is must be.