A friend of mine told me to see this movie, knowing that I enjoy horror / monster type movies as a way to relax from the stresses of the "real world". Until I waste my time watching what amounts to a poor excuse of putting a number of idiots with the combine IQ of a turnip on some boat heading down the Amazon River not knowing where they are going and trusting some character (John Voight, who should have known better) who comes "from the mist". Did anyone bother to ask how he got there? Or how the lethal bee got into Eric Stoltz's character's diving gear? And the list goes on...
But that aside, I have not seen acting this bad since a couple of friends and I sat down one Saturday night to muddle through "Battlefield Earth". And it is true - Jennifer Lopez cannot act - much of what she did, or at least attempted to do, was strained at best. And since when is it written that successful rappers actually make talented and successful actors and actresses? Ice Cube's facial expression and voice modulation did not change through most of the movie. I suppose that it would have been more interesting if he had broken out into song just to get the storyline moving.
To me, the sign of a bad movie is when you, as the viewer, start cheering for the "bad guy" to win. A good example of this is the Phantom Menace - I was so hoping that Darth Maul would exterminate them all! In this movie, I was hoping the snake would end it all, but in the end, the entire premise sank. Avoid this movie...
But that aside, I have not seen acting this bad since a couple of friends and I sat down one Saturday night to muddle through "Battlefield Earth". And it is true - Jennifer Lopez cannot act - much of what she did, or at least attempted to do, was strained at best. And since when is it written that successful rappers actually make talented and successful actors and actresses? Ice Cube's facial expression and voice modulation did not change through most of the movie. I suppose that it would have been more interesting if he had broken out into song just to get the storyline moving.
To me, the sign of a bad movie is when you, as the viewer, start cheering for the "bad guy" to win. A good example of this is the Phantom Menace - I was so hoping that Darth Maul would exterminate them all! In this movie, I was hoping the snake would end it all, but in the end, the entire premise sank. Avoid this movie...
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