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The Wicker Man (2006)
Truly Awful
I've been a fan of the original Wicker Man for years, and I had my misgivings when I heard that it was being remade. I avoided seeing the remake because I just knew it couldn't improve on the first one. I ended up with nothing to do one night and someone had rented the remake. I put it in the player and spent the next two hours grimacing and cringing with each lame cliché and unsubtle piece of acting. I began to wonder if it was an attempt to make the original look that much better in comparison. Seriously, don't waste your time or money on this one. It's terrible, and everything about it is about as ham-fisted and crudely done as it gets.
Black Dahlia (2006)
Truly Awful
I didn't even get past the credits when I began to have my doubts. Then it got worse. This is basically bottom of the barrel no-budget B-movie. The acting is terrible, and the script is enough to make you cry. Don't bother renting or watching it. This film makes Italian giallo films look professional and slick. The gore is obviously fake, and you begin to wonder about three minutes in whether the director cast his family in it to keep them happy. I suspect he also borrowed their cars for the film. The childish sing-song and the inclusion of "666" in the Black Dahlia mix was cheap too. Nothing about this film looks professional or particularly well thought out. It is cheapness immortalized on celluloid.
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
I can't believe I watched the whole thing...
The Royal Tenenbaums was an appalling, pretentious movie with a good soundtrack. I don't understand why I didn't see it coming, what with the films that came before and after it. It just goes to show that even with a stellar cast, a movie may die a horrible death. What I haven't worked out yet is who exactly it's meant to impress. It was long and rambling, and without a point. The fact that it had Ben Stiller and BOTH of the Wilson brothers in it should have sent me running in the other direction. The only redeeming feature of this film was the soundtrack, and the mice were somewhat entertaining, even if the idea of dalmatian mice was that of a pretentious writer struggling under the delusion that he was funny. It was not quirky or funny. It just floundered under its own weight, and it caused otherwise good actors to flounder along with it.
Yama nezumi Rokkiy Chakku (1973)
Fairly Standard Japanese Animation
This isn't a bad little bit of animation, though. When I first saw Miyazaki his films reminded me of this. There are some moments where the attention to detail is breathtaking. The characters remind me somewhat of Pokemon, only done better. The scenery, though, is impeccable. Details like grass waving in the wind, or a character eating a persimmon stay in your memory long after their adventures do. I haven't seen the series since we had it on videotape when I was a child, so it's fairly amazing that I remembered that much about them. The basic storyline follows the adventures of a group of forest creatures and their brushes with humanity, somewhat reminiscent in places of Peter Cottontail and his adventures raiding the garden.
Wedding Crashers (2005)
A Waste of Time and Money
This was possibly the worst movie since Boat Trip. It was amateur slapstick. Stupid isn't a strong enough word to describe the film. This confirms the idea that Hollywood has run out of ideas and yet believes that people will sit through just about any old garbage.
The premise is that two men crash weddings and are mistaken for legitimate guests. It could have been very funny if they'd chosen people who could act. It's a crying shame that they didn't.
Will Ferrell and Owen Wilson I can understand being in this film. They've both done their share of bad comedies, but I almost expect better from Vince Vaughn, since he shows evidence of some acting ability and comic timing. Chris Walken and Jane Seymour should just be ashamed of having taken money for appearing in it.