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How do you know a movie is bad?

posted 13 years ago by hollymr23
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When you have a great cast and it is still un-watchable.

I am not a fan of modern day romantic comedies and this movie reminded me why. Firstly, it is not funny. Secondly, it is not romantic. Thirdly, none of the characters have a single redeeming quality.
Witherspoon, who I usually like as an actress, was so terribly annoying that it almost made me turn off the movie. Rudd is such a funny guy but he was clearly trying too hard with this role (though I still like him enough to blame the writers for that). Nicholson, who I am not really a fan of to begin with, was hard to listen to because he would drone on an on about nothing important and my mind wandered every time he spoke. Wilson was not funny, clever, or interesting, He was simply obnoxious. And don't even get me started on that pregnant "Annie" character.
This movie fell flat. I disliked every character. Overall, it was lack-luster and very disappointing.

[–] richglogan 13 years ago

You nailed it. This was like Ishtar. I was embarassed for the actors even watching it. The dialogue must have been written as part of an 8th grade writing assignment. Unmitigated garbage. As Dieter on Sprockets would say, "This film pulls down my pants and mocks me!"
In a white room with black curtains near the station

[–] nutsberryfarm 13 years ago

why would i care about these people's romantic problems.

We're not soldiers and he's not the enemy. He's a pizza man.

[–] jac91604 13 years ago

OP was spot on. I watched the first half hour and then came on to IMDB to see if others thought it was bad as I did.

I really don't like to give up on a film but this one has no charm, isn't funny, and I had a feeling it wasn't one of those films that you have to give it some more time and it will improve.

[–] flmngogirl 13 years ago

I agree. I had such high hopes that the movie would be better than the previews made it seem. I mean, such big stars it has to be good, right? WRONG!!! I found it to be very boring and kept waiting for a big "Awww, that makes the movie great" moment but it never came. The only part I really enjoyed was the proposal part and that was by secondary characters. Pretty disappointing...