2 articles from 2008
31 August 2008 10:53 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news
After sitting through over six years of awful movies, never moving from my stance that Swept Away was the worst I'd seen in years, I changed my tune this week. You see, I saw Disaster Movie.
There had been many contenders, some unprofessionally made garbage, others completely misguided major studio fare, but neither Gigli nor Catwoman nor Pluto Nash nor Son of the Mask nor The Love Guru could reach the highest of lows.
There is something different about Disaster Movie, which appears to purposely avoid being funny or perhaps more accurately, appears to purposely choose to be unfunny. There's no story, no good performances, no imagination, just a downpour of bad celebrity impressions - all of which have to be introduced to the audience - and the occasional nod to a disaster movie, which never amounts to anything.
Finally, I had a new answer to the question, "What's the worst movie you've ever seen?
(more)
Colin Boyd
21 August 2008 5:08 AM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news
Variety and the majority of the other movie sites running this story all seem to solely be focusing on Ben Affleck's involvement in Mike Judge's Extract, but quite frankly I was enamored enough with Affleck's Gone Baby Gone that I now know I don't want to see ol' Ben in front of the camera as much as I want to see him behind it, at least not as much anymore, but a Judge comedy may get him back to those good ol' Kevin Smith days. His work on Good Will Hunting with Matt Damon was phenomenal, his directing on Gone Baby Gone was kick ass, and as an actor I will always remember him solely from Chasing Amy, Dogma, Mallrats and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. A lot of people rag on Affleck for films like Reindeer Games and Daredevil, but his contributions to the film world
(more)
Brad Brevet
2 articles from 2008