simon024 Reviews

Britney, Baby, One More Time (2002)

You liked American Movie right?

[1/10 · 19 June 2006]

Then stay the heck away from this.

If you've never heard the expression 'so bad it goes past good and back to bad' then this movie is a big steaming example of it.

Remember how funny these losers were when they were being themselves? Not so much when they're trying to act, even when (or especially when) the characters they're trying to portray are themselves.

There are ride-along characters that do nothing but annoy, the dialog, again, see 'so bad...' description. The premise is funny enough for the first 15 minutes, but rather than a brilliant observation of idiots, we get a movie by idiots.And not in a funny, cute, or fascinating way, only in a way that should make any higher primate rage at the very idea of spending money to release it.

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

If you've waited this long...

[2/10 · 19 June 2006]

...wait a little longer, someone will rent it, or someone with no taste will buy it. Watch it with them, and count yourself lucky that this unloved, unfocused, uninspired pile didn't get a dime from you.

Only those with no concept of dialogue or development would call this good, much less better than X2.

This is not coming from someone who demands faithfullness to the TV cartoon, or even the many comics. The characters were not insults to their origins, only to their audience.

I assure you, the bulk of positive reviews come from tasteless teens. I happen to like both comics and violence in films very much, I don't even mind when movies defy physics, logic, decency, whathaveyou. This movie was made with nothing in mind beyond securing millions of parents' dollars.