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Strong Candidate for One of the Worst Movies of All Time

posted 8 years ago by mgr1900
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Let's be honest. This movie sucks. And it only impresses the avant garde, Grey Poupon eating, Hillary Clinton voting, Neil Degresse Tyson/Bill Nye loving pseudo intellectual leftists who could look at steamy cow excrement on a wall and mistake it for art.

This is truly a cinematic train wreck of Biblical proportions. The premise of the movie is a gimmick that doesn't work. And without the gimmick, the movie is no more entertaining than steamy cow excrement on a wall.

The kid is screwed up. Why? Because his post 1960s secular progressive loser divorced parents are his role models. Can you blame the kid?

Stupid movie. And if you disagree, you are worse than Hitler!

[–] academas-177-729004 8 years ago

When I heard about this movie, I thought it was an interesting concept however that doesn't make it entertaining. Therefore, I applaud your posting

[–] sonofbeach-sheet 8 years ago

To the original poster for this: I do hope the alcoholic stepfather, redneck threatening the kids with the Obama signs, and the Iraq veteran turned corrections officer are not ones you can better relate to. However, the photography teacher helped talk some sense and reality into the boy and what I'd consider the best role model.

I did like this movie, not bad, but not great. The reason being is I've loved Richard Linklatter movies, I grew up in Austin myself, the parents are the same age as me, and the kids are the same age as my son. I know what it's like being an X'er parent raising a kid born in the early 90's. And I did find the 12 year period fascinating; that boy did age quite a bit!

I'm not going to put the progressive loser label on the parents; I think they were fairly good parents, but with some maturity issues, especially Mason Sr.

How exactly was the boy messed up? He had a quiet and thoughtful demeanor and not a mean bone. You honestly think some alpha male meathead not given in to reflection and self-doubt is a better person?

[–] liutenantsalt 8 years ago

"How exactly was the boy messed up? He had a quiet and thoughtful demeanor and not a mean bone"

The Hell were you watching?

He's a nasty, mindless, solipsistic little *beep* wgo thinks his sense of self-entitlement gives him the right to control and manipulate everyone around him.

I'm guessing you empathized with this.

[–] mistereight8888 8 years ago

I love grey poupon, Neil DeGrasse and Bill Nye, but this movie sucks.

How about a scene where something actually happens?

We don't need a documentary on life, we want an actual story.

Or if we do get a documentary in this style, how about making it interesting?

Just depicting stuff is not enough. There has to be something going on.

This is better than Everybody Wants Some, but so is emptiness.

[–] shelemm 8 years ago

There is a lot going on, but you are oblivious. That's ok, you are in good company.

[–] liutenantsalt 8 years ago

Sounds more like you're a pseudointellectual haldwit who'd watch paint dry, and insist it's "deep".

[–] swordsaint0 8 years ago

It's got competition for *beep* recent film' from Cisbusters now.

[–] eb-terminator 8 years ago

My dad's a trump supporter and he loves this movie. Quit trying to assign labels. Anyone can enjoy it.

[–] liutenantsalt 8 years ago

Not those with brains or taste.

[–] jakenzz_7 8 years ago

Lol. Worst of all time? If you're gonna troll at least have some subtlety. If you're not, maybe keep your opinions to yourself.

You're a moron.

What she asked of me at the end of the day, Caligula would have blushed." - Morrissey

[–] stevenvh 8 years ago

I haven't seen all films ever made, so I won't say it's the worst ever. But I found it nearly as boring as Lost in Translation, which I easily found the Most Boring Film I ever watched.

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Rome! By all means, Rome.

[–] ktowny 8 years ago

I'm guessing that the OP uses Kenny Rogers epic movie, Six Pack, as the barometer of greatness.

"Loves turned to lust and bloods turned to dust in my heart"

[–] samup7775 8 years ago

The parenting sucked and it was typical lefty style propaganda.

[–] aidankost 8 years ago

I personally love this movie, but you probably don't care. You don't like this movie, and that's your respectable opinion. Just.. you can't call this one of the worst of all time (even if the OP is a troll, this can go for the rest of you). I mean, The Wozard of Oz, ET, all Michael Bay films, all Pixar films, TV movies (Hallmark), how can you say this is worse than most of those? Common sense, people!