Alas, the viewing experience was as disappointing as finding a Jehovah’s Witness at my front door. And as for Mr. Farber’s quote, KABLUEY turns out to be pointless — don’t take my word for it, even Little Oblio agrees.
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Contemptible acting and an improbably script sink this turd, almost before it gets going. Renny Harlin’s direction is bang-on exciting for a film about racing, but he’s left stranded at the action starting line by some of the most godawful actors ever to come together in a single mainstream, big-budget film.
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Ab-so-lutely dire film from Steve Beck sees Margulies and Bryne scuttle their careers (temporarily, though) on the reef of Dark Castle’s lamentable Ghost Ship, a film so bereft of scares and logic that it almost defies description. While the opening scene is especially brutal and effective, the rest of the film never once begins to live up to the promise it starts with.
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Did you know that studios not always want their film to make profit and become a huge success at the box office? Sometimes it can serve them better to make a loss.
At least that’s what I was told by a guy I met at a recent meet-up with sci-fi fans where I live.
Read MoreBy the nineties John Hughes was turning his attention away from teenagers, applying his penmanship to stories about kids before they reach the teen years. These included Dennis The Menace, Beethovan, Baby’s Day Out, and Miracle On34th Street. However, it was Home Alone that certainly drew the most praise in his collection of films about kids, but today I’m focussing on the least discussed. Indeed, the worst of the bunch. Yes – even more eye-gougingly painful than Baby’s Day Out!
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From a production standpoint, Thirteen Ghosts is a visually stunning film. It’s a shame, then, that the film sucks ass. Seriously, how anybody thought this script might work beyond the basic premise still startles me. The film’s narrative is a disaster in almost every respect, although it’s only saving grace is the stunning house set and the cinematography.
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Funky Monkey is a children’s movie. This, however, doesn’t mean the acting need be childish, nor the directing juvenile, nor the script sophomoric. Forcing a tot to sit through an entire viewing of this immature production is akin to child abuse.
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– Summary – Director : Roger Christian Year Of Release : 2000 Principal Cast : John Travolta, Forest Whitaker, Barry Pepper, Kim Coates, Richard Tyson, Kelly Preston, Sabine Karsenti. Approx Running Time : 118 interminable minutes Synopsis: Aliens rule the Earth and have subjugated humanity – until one bright dude decides to fight back. What we think : Read Al’s review, and you’ll get some idea. ********************** Knowing what worst writers we are being, The Rod was nice enough to invite me and my frenemesis Saint Pauly [St Pauly’s…
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I have only walked out of one film at the cinema, and this was it.
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As a general rule, I don’t take much heed when I see posters and previews for live-action remakes of anime. However, while in London in 2009 I came across something while walking Piccadilly Circus that had me bubbling with ecstatic elation. A remake of one of my favorite anime short films — Blood: The Last Vampire.
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