Archive for the 'Avoid At All Costs' Category

John Carpenter’s Vampires

Oct 301998

Avoid at all costs and sue the studio
I have not been this upset by a movie since Anaconda, Batman and Robin, and Sphere, or as bored since The Avengers , Lost in Space, or the X-Files. However, I have not wanted to make a film STOP (either by walking out or by pressing stop […]

The Avengers

Aug 241998

I don’t know what my friend saw in this movie. Really. My three companions and I all had the same perception of the movie, despite one Avengers fan, three Avengers virgins, and one dozing reviewer. It sucked. It was incoherent, slow paced, and it didn’t even delivery style in spades - it was devoid […]

Sphere

Feb 131998

A wise friend, who had joined our party for the previous film (The Big Lebowski, talk about your contrast), refused to sneak into Sphere after the other movie because, “We have nothing to sphere but Sphere itself.” Oh, if he only knew how right he was.
I don’t think it’s unreasonable for movie goers these […]

Devil’s Advocate

Nov 101997

After a friend came back from seeing the Devil’s Advocate creaming over its “epic struggle between good and evil,” (and after a canned food drive allowed me to get in for the price of 3 cans of soup), I decided to act against my disdain for Keanu Reeves and Master Thespian of ACTing Al Pacino […]

Batman and Robin

Jun 231997

6 butt shots. 5 crotch shots. Infinite chest shots. Stupid stupid stupid! Oh, if only watching this movie was like mixing liquor and beer - at least I could have thrown it up. OK. Um, good points….nice Gotham City architecture left over from Batman Forever. Uhhhh…Mr. Freeze’s makeup is very cool - even with a […]

Anaconda

Apr 221997

OK, I didn’t expect this to be the next Alien or anything, but my GOD. I at least hoped to see some really cool snake effects or maybe be able to tell the salivating hordes out there that there was some bare female flesh. Neither exist. There is an embarrassing acting turn from Oscar Winner […]