# I'm going to take the Gigli bullet **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 7, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-take-the-gigli-bullet/193654 "2003-08-07T20:04:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-take-the-gigli-bullet/193654/41 "2003-08-08T06:50:55Z")
I said it in another thread but I guess I can repeat it here. Before all the bad publicity, I was wholly disinterested in this movie but now that everyone and their brother is dogging it, I _want_ to see it. Too bad I live a good 800 miles or so away or I’d go with you, **tramp**. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-take-the-gigli-bullet/193654/42 "2003-08-08T10:45:01Z")
Could we agree where we’ll meet at the Potomac Yards cinema for the 9:55 show on Saturday? I can’t absolutely promise that I’ll be there, but I now feel sorry enough for Ben and Jen that I’ll see it just because I feel so bad for them for being cast in this turkey. Heck, perhaps I’ll send them a wedding present and enclose a note that says, “Congratulations on your marriage. Fire whoever told you to appear in _Gigli_.” ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-take-the-gigli-bullet/193654/43 "2003-08-08T12:05:35Z")
Battlefield Earth I managed to watch, _in entirety_, pretty much :eek: the whole time. Glitter I got literally 3 minutes into. Same with Blue Crush. I actually kinda like Freddy Got Fingered, but I’m such a die-hard Larry Sanders fan it was inevitable I wouldn’t hate it. Gigli has Al Pacino and Christopher Walken…how bad can it really be? ---
**Author:** ![tramp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tramp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tramp)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-take-the-gigli-bullet/193654/44 "2003-08-08T12:36:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wendell Wagner \* > \*\*Could we agree where we’ll meet at the Potomac Yards cinema for the 9:55 show on Saturday? I can’t absolutely promise that I’ll be there, but I now feel sorry enough for Ben and Jen that I’ll see it just because I feel so bad for them for being cast in this turkey. Heck, perhaps I’ll send them a wedding present and enclose a note that says, “Congratulations on your marriage. Fire whoever told you to appear in _Gigli_.” \*\* Anyone who wants to share in my suffering is welcome to come along. I think we can all meet in the theater because I think no one else will be there 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![godzillatemple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@godzillatemple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/godzillatemple)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-take-the-gigli-bullet/193654/45 "2003-08-08T12:38:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wendell Wagner \* > **Could we agree where we’ll meet at the Potomac Yards cinema for the 9:55 show on Saturday** Why not simply meet in the cinema itself? You’re sure to recognize each others as being the only ones watching that particular movie… 😉 Barry ---
**Author:** ![tramp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tramp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tramp)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-take-the-gigli-bullet/193654/46 "2003-08-08T12:42:31Z")
Great minds think alike Barry ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-take-the-gigli-bullet/193654/47 "2003-08-08T13:03:44Z")
\< Homer Simpson mode \> Tramp was the bravest one of all … \< /Homer Simpson mode\> ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-take-the-gigli-bullet/193654/48 "2003-08-08T13:20:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crunchy Frog \* > \*\*So am I off the hook as far as renting this one when it hits the video shelves next month? > > BTW, the weekend is coming up. Plans are to watch _Ricky-Oh, the Story of Ricky_, _I Spit on Your Grave_, _Freddy Got Fingered_, and _Battlefield Earth_. I may not get around to watching all four of them, but there should be at least two new bullet reviews this weekend.\*\* Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on here, CF. You’re the resident bullet-taker and you haven’t seen _Battlefield Earth_? Oh, my God… you don’t know, do you? You think it’s just a really bad movie. I assure you; nothing you have seen before can prepare you for it. Please be careful. Make sure you have a spotter and a physician on hand. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-take-the-gigli-bullet/193654/49 "2003-08-08T14:02:57Z")
I have no desire to see “Gigli,” and I never did. Still, my hunch is, it’s an ordinary, typical bad movie, not a train wreck. The one person I know who saw it said, “It stinks, but it doesn’t suck.” My theory (which I don’t plan to test by SEEING “Gigli,” mind you!)is that critics (like the rest of us!) were just sick to death or reading and hearing about J. Lo & Ben 24/7, and decided to treat an ordinary, average bad movie as if it were an Ed Wood movie. ---
**Author:** ![Gotterfunken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@Gotterfunken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gotterfunken)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-take-the-gigli-bullet/193654/50 "2003-08-08T14:04:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ellis Dee \* > \*\*Gigli has Al Pacino and Christopher Walken…how bad can it really be? \*\* I like Pacino and Walken, but they both have a habit of playing typecast, maniacal characters in really bad movies. Sometimes I wonder if they’re intentionally hamming it up because they realize how dreadful the film truly is, and ironically, the movie actually becomes good to watch if only for their over-acted characters. From the sound of it, however, _Gigli_ may prove to be beyond even their powers of “bad movie redemption.” ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-take-the-gigli-bullet/193654/51 "2003-08-08T15:41:24Z")
No, thank you. I don’t care if there are only a dozen people in the theater. I’m not interested in asking each person there, “Hi, are you one of the Straight Dope people?” and getting tossed out of the theater for harassment. I’m easy to recognize. I’m 4’11", red-haired, and wear glasses. As I said, I can’t be absolutely sure I can make it. ---
**Author:** ![tramp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tramp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tramp)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-take-the-gigli-bullet/193654/52 "2003-08-08T15:50:53Z")
Just run through the theater yelling “Tramp? TRAMP? TRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMP?” ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-take-the-gigli-bullet/193654/53 "2003-08-08T17:50:10Z")
**Tramp** , have you got a couple of robots you can take along? They can sit on either side of you during the movie. I have to admit, I like the poster for Jiggly (well, the left side of it anyway). ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-take-the-gigli-bullet/193654/54 "2003-08-08T18:39:45Z")
Why couldn’t you make it for tonight? I would go if it was tonight. I will be in Ohio at an Iron Maiden concert. I will not be thinking of the sacrifice you brave souls will be making for us. ---
**Author:** ![carimwc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ac8455/32.png) [@carimwc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carimwc)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-take-the-gigli-bullet/193654/55 "2003-08-08T19:04:24Z")
You are brave souls. I must commend you for your efforts, not only in seeing Gigli, but braving Potomac Yards on a Saturday night. Ugh. I hope you find a decent parking spot, but that adventure may be more fun than the movie. I’d join you, seeing as I’m a whole 5 minute walk from the Yard, but I’m going to Live on Penn. And maybe Air afterward. Plus I’m filling up my once-a-week quota of Potomac Yards visits tonight. Good Luck. ---
**Author:** ![tramp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tramp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tramp)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-take-the-gigli-bullet/193654/56 "2003-08-08T19:07:34Z")
Eh, I’ll park near the Old Navy and hike on up to the theater. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-take-the-gigli-bullet/193654/57 "2003-08-08T20:32:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by astorian \* > \*\*I have no desire to see “Gigli,” and I never did. > > Still, my hunch is, it’s an ordinary, typical bad movie, not a train wreck. The one person I know who saw it said, “It stinks, but it doesn’t suck.” > > My theory (which I don’t plan to test by SEEING “Gigli,” mind you!)is that critics (like the rest of us!) were just sick to death or reading and hearing about J. Lo & Ben 24/7, and decided to treat an ordinary, average bad movie as if it were an Ed Wood movie. \*\* Yes. Exactly. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-take-the-gigli-bullet/193654/58 "2003-08-09T15:05:22Z")
Well, guys, c’mon, give us the skinny – was as bad as they say? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-take-the-gigli-bullet/193654/59 "2003-08-09T15:09:49Z")
It’s 9:55 tonight that we’re going to see it. ---
**Author:** ![tramp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tramp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tramp)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-take-the-gigli-bullet/193654/60 "2003-08-09T15:13:52Z")
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