Round Up the Usual Suspects...

Here is my favorite review line, from Tom Long of the Detroit News: "It's total garbage." If you live in Detroit and can say that about anything, it's BAD.

Its not so much that I'm defending it, I'm just having a hard time believing that it will be worse than this Jonah Hex, Vampires Suck, The Bounty Hunter, Killers, Marmaduke, the Spy Next Door, The Tooth Fairy... the list goes on. Maybe it's because I'm not a habitual cynic, or that i don't find him offensively bad. Don't get me wrong, I don't think he's gods favorite actor like some of his defenders seem to think he is, I put him more in the so bad he's good/funny category. (Not nearly as good as Ah-nuld though -- he is still the king of the one-liners, and Stallone will never reach that level).

Of course, I could be wrong: I completely underestimated the sh*t pile that was Transformers 2, so I'm no Nostradamus. I'm just trying to inspire healthy debate that doesn't involve people talking down to each other or childish name-calling. Personally, though I'll bet that, come award season this movie will be the front-runner (And no Miguel, unless Eclipse's RT/MC number  is below 20 it will not be the front runner.) This movie has Rob Schneider and David Spade in starring roles... it doesn't get much worse than that! I actually thought they were both picked off by Hamass long ago, so imagine my shock when I saw the trailer.

Originally posted by Vits According to R.T.,despite the bad directing and writing,the cast is amiable.If the movie gets acting nominations it would only be for them being in the movie,not for bad acting.

I'm one of less than half of the population where I live who doesn't like Adam Sandler. Generally speaking, my classmates love Little Nicky, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, You Don't Mess With the Zohan, and some of 2002's RAZZIE classics because they love Adam Sandler movies. Even they can't compare with AWESOM-O 4000, who submitted 5,000 film ideas to Hollywood, 80% of which starred Adam Sandler.

I understand the reasoning for the Schneider comment...but don't get why Spade is in there

Here's what's bugging me lately. People think that I'm too down on movies, that I hate everything that comes out, that I'm basically just a jerk for not being able to get behind Karate Kid, or A-Team, and then we get Grownups, and I have no desire to see it at all... I mean, AM I a jerk for thinking this movie would end up in the mid 20's on the RT meter before it came out, only to OVERRATE it? And the better and more encompassing question, are movies actually particularly bad at the moment? I mean, I think so... Once again, if you look at the top 10 grossing movies along the RT ratings, it's almost never more than half of them that have positive ratings, and the most common ratio seems to be 2 fresh to 8 rotten. Has it always been this bad?
I've made this argument countless times on this board, and I get the feeling that a lot of y'alls tend to agree with me, but really... Am I a jackass for thinking this way? Being particularly unsatisfied with the last several years in particular, even as ticket prices soar higher and higher? People think that I'm like a movie hater or something, when in fact, it's entirely the opposite. I don't feel like I need to go all the way back to the so called Golden Age to find good movies... the 90s were actually pretty decent. The 80s had a few sneak in here and there, but I suppose maybe this past decade has been much the same way. The 70s had plenty of good stuff... I'm getting sidetracked.

Back on this piece o' crap, I'd like to put it in the same boat as Love Guru, but I can't. This one has more comedy star power, and it seems to fall every bit as flat. I'll give it credit for having a vaguely original storyline, and I'll take one of those over a reboot/rehash/remake/nostalgia movie any day, but I guess I'd like to hear whether or not anyone particularly disagrees with me about this past decade being crap, and whether or not I'm a jerk for pre-judging movies, and being fairly close to the critics 90% of the time.

Originally posted by dEd Grimley Back on this piece o' crap, I'd like to put it in the same boat as Love Guru, but I can't. This one has more comedy star power, and it seems to fall every bit as flat. I'll give it credit for having a vaguely original storyline, and I'll take one of those over a reboot/rehash/remake/nostalgia movie any day, but I guess I'd like to hear whether or not anyone particularly disagrees with me about this past decade being crap, and whether or not I'm a jerk for pre-judging movies, and being fairly close to the critics 90% of the time.

Originally posted by vegasfilmboy ive never really checked this site out before now, and now i fell like ive found a 2nd home. its so nice to see that there are people that actually dont like the mainstream crap that hollywood throws at us.

Yeah, that's what we are all about. Welcome aboard!