does NOT come highly recommended for your viewing pleasure

what are the odds you'll watch 2 movies back-to-back on the same day & not like either of them even a *little* bit? ok so to be fair i didn't see ALL of one of them but what i did see did nothing, absolutely NADA, to make me want to see the whole thing in its entirety.

first there was this one (the partially viewed i mentioned) that i watched against suggestions that it was not worth the energy:
Man on Fire


and later that same day there was:
Friday Night Lights


i have to tell you, in all honesty, odds are i will like anything to do with football. and i truly expected better of movies that starred Denzel Washington & Billy Bob Thornton, respectively. swung & missed. both times. both had some strange filming/editing techniques employed that just plain annoyed me. both were intense which isn't bad unless it gives you a mild headache trying to watch the movie in question. and the latter of the 2: jumped around so randomly that you couldn't keep track of it all & the characters never had a chance to develop. i was completely frustrated.

one GOOD thing i can say is this: *so* glad i didn't waste the time & money seeing these in the theatre.