Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by clarkjohnsen (R) on August 01, 2003 at 11:47:01

Man, the movie review pages haven't been this hot to read in weeks! Here's a movie everyone can haul out the heavy (verbal) artillery for. Locally I've only read the Globe, but here are a few select gems on the Bennifer epic:

"Schadenfreude can be a beautiful thing...

"Their kidnap victim, meanwhile, is one of those adorable mentally challenged characters Hollywood really should learn to resist. Brian curses at inappropriate times (as does everyone else in the movie)... [I'm told, 15 F's in first 10 min. from Affleck alone.]

"I've saved the worst for last: Larry and Ricki eventually climb between the sheets in a scene that is insulting to the sexuality of all living creatures, from plankton on up.

" -- No stars -- "

Full text:

http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/213/living/Fools_for_love+.shtml

But the most skillful slashing has to be The Onion's:

GIGLI FOCUS GROUPS DEMAND NEW ENDING IN WHICH BOTH AFFLECK AND LOPEZ DIE.

HOLLYWOOD, CA — Focus groups at advance screenings for Gigli, a romantic comedy starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez set to open nationwide July 30, have demanded a new ending in which both stars die "in as brutal a manner as possible," sources at Sony Pictures said Tuesday.

• http://www.theonion.com/onion3929/gigli_focus_groups.html   (Open in New Window)