Monday, May 23, 2005

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 Posted by Hello


and later that same day there was:
Friday Night Lights Posted by Hello


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.

3 with their own thoughts:

Heather Monday, May 23, 2005 11:05:00 PM  

Thanks for saving the rest of us from those 2 mistakes.

Anonymous,  Tuesday, May 24, 2005 6:09:00 AM  

I like Friday Night Lights....but it could have something to do with growing up in Texas...playing these teams...and knowing that movie doesnt lie....THAT IS TX HIGHSCHOOL FOOTBALL!

~**Dawn**~ Tuesday, May 24, 2005 6:13:00 AM  

it was more the way they produced the movie that i had an issue with. i thought the story line itself was good--i just got frustated the way they would just start to get into the characters & then yank you right back out & dump you into something else. it made me edgy & made me feel like at the end of the movie, i couldn't identify enough with any of the characters to feel anything. i just kinda wished they hadn't been so arupt & short with the way they told the story...

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