Every year at this time my mailbox (and Fedex delivery) fills up with DVDs of the year’s movies “For My Consideration,” e. g. my Academy Award vote. Therefore, I usually save my movie-going for Nov-Dec since I can see the films in the comfort of my own home – this time around on a spiffy new projection system. That hasn’t helped the movies, needless to say. Also, almost none of them are worthy of lengthy comment. (Yes, I admit I would have made a lousy movie reviewer because I have seen way too many films and “the movie pleasure joints” have long ago begun to wind or grind down. So factor that in. I don’t like a lot of movies and I rarely watch them through if I’m not entertained or interested.)
So this year I am going to keep it short (unless I don’t) with the ultimate one-word DVD movie reviews: WATCHED/EJECTED. It comes down to that end anyway. I’ll provide a link to Rotten Tomatoes so you can see how others felt.
By the way, there’s nothing special about anybody’s movie review. It’s just an opinion.
Spiderman 3 – WATCHED
Across the Universe – EJECTED
The Namesake – WATCHED, but considered ejecting. (Oops, I already broke my rule.)
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3 Comments
1. OregonGuy:Lol.
Please keep at it. This is the best movie reviewing system I’ve come across in a long time.
The RL Simon Watch or Eject.
Still don’t think I’ll watch either Spidey3 or ATU. Maybe catch them in syndication.
Good luck on the strike. Power to the people.
Nov 11, 2007 - 2:35 pm 2. Lem:Roger’s review system is excellent way of comparatively demonstrating how the new AFI’s 100 greatest movies of all time is a disgrace.
Can someone tell me how in the world can ‘Unforgiven’ go from 98 to 379 in less than 10 years?
That is unforgivable.
‘Fargo’ didn’t do as bad, it went from 84 to 117. If you put a gun to my head asking me to choose I choose ‘Unforgiven’.
If this keeps up, very soon ‘Citizen Kane’ will not continue to be as good as it gets.
Nov 12, 2007 - 7:09 am 3. Lem:Way OT (but good)
The combination of the flags falling around Hillary at a town called Waterloo on Memorial Day is just perfect.
Wikipedia – “The Battle of Waterloo, fought on 18 June 1815, was Napoleon Bonaparte’s last battle. His defeat put a final end to his rule as Emperor of the French.”
Hillary’s comment “I don’t think the bases are weighted enough” could have been alluding to her bases Moveon.org et all.
This is a Perot moment for Hillary
Nov 12, 2007 - 10:18 am