Re: The Worst Films of 2002
Originally posted by dave durbin
Madonna rolled over in bed one morning and purred to Guy Ritchie, "Mama wants to make a movie." And so, the Material Girl's fantasy about being dominated was played out and spewed onto the American public who quickly rejected it. (PS-Note to Madonna: eat something, gain some weight, enjoy your life, you're Madonna for Chrissake!)
I desperately want to see this film. It could turn out to be the most enjoyable bad movie since Showgirls (which, if you haven't seen it, is staggeringly funny and should be watched post haste. Honest!). I'm amazed that there are already Madonna apologists on IMDb.com saying that if you give it a chance, it's a really good romantic comedy.
Yes, folks, a really good romantic comedy.
This is a film about a nasty woman whose personality is improved by frequent beatings and a rape. Then she falls in love with her attacker. I mean, no-one finds this a bar to their movie entertainment? No-one found this a bit iffy? Jesus Christ. The project's sheer wrong-headedness can be gauged by Guy Ritchie's claim that people were offended by the beatings "even though it was done with a bit of humour." Actually, Guy, you overrated chucklehead, I think you'll find people were offended because it was done with a bit of humour.
Honorable mention: 'Signs' -a laugh riot!
Thank you! The word 'genius' is frequently abused these days, but it is rarely savaged harder than when it is applied to the inch-deep marshmallow mystic M Night Shyalaman. I'm sure we all know how hilarious the ending and the sledgehammer-subtle religious message is, but for me, the most entertaining thing was imagining an alternative version in which we see Mel Gibson hunting down the aliens, then finding and accidentally killing a dimwit yokel holding a plank and a bit of string. I mean, come on! Crop circles? Give me something you can believe in, like David Icke. ;)
Perfume V - he tries, bless him.
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