tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218032304234379989.post4717418827704831198..comments2023-09-04T08:54:06.402-07:00Comments on Stop Ben Lyons!: At the Movies, 1/10/09Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15534672945058769050noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218032304234379989.post-64330179612989989922009-01-16T14:13:00.000-08:002009-01-16T14:13:00.000-08:00There is definitely a fine line between a disappoi...There is definitely a fine line between a disappointed movie and a simply bad movie with absolutely nothing to offer a viewer (Peter Travers however thinks Quantum of Solace was the former and therefore the latter). Indiana Jones was a monster disappointment full of cliches and too much popular culture of the time that was far more embellished in that film than the previous but it certainly was not the worst of the year. It was a good popcorn flick that might may win technical effect honors and nothing more. <BR/><BR/>Charlie Kauffman movies are in the eyes of the beholden. You either love it, hate it, or are deeply perplexed by it. He's a niche filmmaker and frankly a majority of critics like it though there is also a segment which hate it or they do not get it. Lyons doesn't get it. Fair, but really the worst of the year?<BR/><BR/>Love Guru and Bedtime Stories were films you know were bad the moment you saw the theatrical trailer.<BR/><BR/>Rachel Getting Married hits close to home because the family interactions are so real and I am surprised Ben M. hates that film but loves the gritty realism of The Wrestler (His #1 film of the year). They are really the same style going for the same deal of "these are real people like you so deal with it" kind of movies. Ben M. has arbitrary standards if that's the case.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218032304234379989.post-15102945271662019652009-01-12T19:24:00.000-08:002009-01-12T19:24:00.000-08:00I thought Rachel Getting Married is one of the yea...I thought <I>Rachel Getting Married</I> is one of the year's best films along with <I>Synecdoche, New York</I>. I can understand if people didn't like them. Yet, those 2 guys don't have the intelligence to put those 2 films in the Worst Films list. Where's the Uwe Boll films? The Friedberg/Seltzer parody crap of <I>Disaster Movie</I> and <I>Meet the Spartans</I>? Were those as bad as <I>Synecdoche, New York</I>? Give me a fucking break!<BR/><BR/>I haven't seen those films but please. You guys suck! <I>The Love Guru</I> at #9 and not as bad as the other movies mentioned. FAIL!!!!<BR/><BR/>I'd fire their ass for their lazy, inarticulate reviews.thevoid99https://www.blogger.com/profile/03055459287396592446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218032304234379989.post-78215635473177414682009-01-12T13:07:00.000-08:002009-01-12T13:07:00.000-08:00Allthough I'd give three and half stars out of fou...Allthough I'd give three and half stars out of four to Rachel Getting Married, I can see how someone might give it a thumbs down. It's a flawed movie and Anne Hathaway's performance is not as good as everyone makes it out to be.<BR/><BR/>Putting it on the Worst list, though?! You've got to be joking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com