But it had John Turturro! Every time John Turturro is on screen, you can’t help but think, “Am I really seeing this John Turturro performance in this movie about giant robots punching each other?” He adds that special John Turturro feeling to a movie that doesn’t deserve that special John Turturro feeling.
I saw this in Mexico. English sound track with Spanish subtitles and the traditional intermission that fell right in the middle of a chase sceen. None of which helped a dopey movie.
The Secret Life Of Bees It should’ve been a Lifetime or Oxygen movie. NOT a theater movie which gave me the false sense that it was worth both my time and money.
The most over the top John Turturro feeling in the history of John Turturro feelings :p. I gotta soft spot for that movie, because…well…giant robots punching each other. On the other hand it is kinda awful. But on the gripping hand John Turturro is so flat-out insane in that role that even those who despise giant-robot-punching-films should still be able to eke out a modicum of guilty, cheesey pleasure.
My brother in law described it as “Just like a French farcical comedy. But with giant robots beating each other up.”
I have to agree. There was SO much hype about it. I actually fell asleep watching it. Now, “Batman Returns,” – was that the first one with Christian Bale? I totally enjoyed that one.
War, Inc was just terrible. I still can’t believe I sat through the whole thing.
Indeed, it seems like it’s the Matrix * Star Wars, complete with Jedi powers, father issues, Sith defections, etc. Both of those movies were pretty derivative as well. But at least were stories presented well.
Now Equilibrium, on the other hand…
Yes. I love Mamet, (Spartan was vastly superior to any Bond or Bourne), but Redbelt got a big WTF from me, too.
It wasn’t just the dialogue either, I spent the second half of the film waiting for the big reveal… and I am still am.
It is to film, what Charlene’s “I’ve Never Been to Me” is to music.
In my catalogue of movies it is the soul entry in the genre of ''wankfest".
I can’t be around people who liked that film.
I’m not trying to pit you, I am really just curious. Is it your store? Is it your call to make? If you don’t want customers like that why do you have Larry the Cable Guy movies on the shelf?
I think the point was that he doesn’t want customers who will rent obviously shitty movies and then demand their money back. He doesn’t have a problem with people who rent obviously shitty moves and don’t demand their money back.
Hard to tell. I guess it depends on what part of the conversation was outloud and which part was in his head. Not a big deal. I was in retail a long time ago. Lots of shitty customers. I know management did not want me picking which ones to try to retain.
I’m trying to think of something that fits the OP. I have a pretty good filter. I can usually pick out which movies I will find unwatchable and then not watch them. Probably Meet the Spartans I knew it was going to suck but I was kind of a captive audience. I was right, it did suck.
I agree with every derisive remark said about “Wanted” and “Transformers”. “The Dark Knight” wasn’t great but I wouldn’t call it unwatchable – just unrewatchable.
I add “Death Proof”, “The Invasion” and “Shoot em Up”. I avoided all of them at the cinema but watched them later on DVD, partly.
Bored now.
Others, like “300”, I won’t even try.
Yes, and it had John Cusack and Marisa Tomei in, two people I normally like. Even Hillary Duff was hotter than I expected. But *still *unwatchable.