I remember a horrible "3D" movie in the 1960s named The Bubble (1966). It starred the guy who played Pete in Mod Squad (the 60s TV series.) The Bubble (1966) was written and directed by Arch Oboler, who was famous in 30s and 40s as a radio writer/director and for a film named Five (1951), which was an early post-apocalyptic thriller.
I went to see The Bubble with friends and when we came out of the theater and uncrossed our eyes, we agreed it was possibly the worst film of all time. (In retrospect, it looked like SCTV doing a 3D movie satire. Stuff on wires swinging in and out of the camera, etc. The Bubble (1966) in 3D made Ed Wood's movies look like, well, serious cinema.)
So, I saw this film The Bubble listed on Netflix last week and I thought: oh, no! They remade The Bubble! (No such luck.)
The Bubble (2022) is worse than The Bubble (1966). Karen Gillan, David Duchovny and Fred Armisen and a bevy of familiar actors are signed to make the sixth sequel in an action franchise during the COVID pandemic. They are filming in what the film industry may or may not actually call a "bubble" to keep casts and crews from coming down with COVID. (May or may not because I have no idea.) The plot, if you can call a plot about a movie about actors trapped making a bad movie in a pandemic a plot, is basically unintelligible nonsense with snippets of stereotypical big action movie special effects.
The Bubble (2022) has a few moments of humor (it is, after all, supposed to be a comedy), but not enough of them to justify over 2 hours of screen time.
A seven-minute Saturday Night Live skit, maybe. But only because SCTV isn't around anymore. I got through it by watching it in 30-minute increments, hoping for a big and glorious finish.
Nope. Didn't happen.
Two pity stars go to the actors stuck with The Bubble (2022) on their résumés. I like actors.
I went to see The Bubble with friends and when we came out of the theater and uncrossed our eyes, we agreed it was possibly the worst film of all time. (In retrospect, it looked like SCTV doing a 3D movie satire. Stuff on wires swinging in and out of the camera, etc. The Bubble (1966) in 3D made Ed Wood's movies look like, well, serious cinema.)
So, I saw this film The Bubble listed on Netflix last week and I thought: oh, no! They remade The Bubble! (No such luck.)
The Bubble (2022) is worse than The Bubble (1966). Karen Gillan, David Duchovny and Fred Armisen and a bevy of familiar actors are signed to make the sixth sequel in an action franchise during the COVID pandemic. They are filming in what the film industry may or may not actually call a "bubble" to keep casts and crews from coming down with COVID. (May or may not because I have no idea.) The plot, if you can call a plot about a movie about actors trapped making a bad movie in a pandemic a plot, is basically unintelligible nonsense with snippets of stereotypical big action movie special effects.
The Bubble (2022) has a few moments of humor (it is, after all, supposed to be a comedy), but not enough of them to justify over 2 hours of screen time.
A seven-minute Saturday Night Live skit, maybe. But only because SCTV isn't around anymore. I got through it by watching it in 30-minute increments, hoping for a big and glorious finish.
Nope. Didn't happen.
Two pity stars go to the actors stuck with The Bubble (2022) on their résumés. I like actors.