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28 December 2008

The Day Hollywood Vomited Up Its Own Balls

I went to see The Day the Earth Stood Still on Boxing Day. It was one of the worst films I have ever seen. I would try to describe the ways in which it was bad, but it was bad in all the ways a film can be. The only exceptions were a few nice epic visuals and quite a few good shots of Hummers.

Some people liked it. But the only reason I didn't walk out after 30 minutes was my concern for ruining the happy Boxing Day vibe.

Comments

  1. I nominate this post for best title.

    Laurence / 5:36pm / 3 January 2009

  2. Perhaps not particularly descriptive, but evocative I suppose.

    It’s possibly a little histrionic or at least naive to imply that this sort of vomiting has only just started. It has no doubt been going on for a long time.

    Ryan / 10:25pm / 3 January 2009

  3. poor grammar also

    (sorry)

    Libby / 1:55pm / 5 January 2009

  4. The title does not claim that it was the first day; perhaps it could refer to the first day in recent history.
    We’ve had a pretty good run of movies this year. Although I can’t say I’ve seen even a tenth of them.

    Laurence / 10:31pm / 8 January 2009

  5. […] Ripple and I went to see Knowing yesterday. It was pretty shit. Not quite as bad as that other super crap end of the world film, but it was competitive. The only good parts were when cities were exploding, and that didn’t […]

    Fat Vegan › Knowing / 7:49am / 4 April 2009

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