and here with some commentary is a grumpy old man

[rone]

You know, there was this dumb gorefest film in a claustrophic setting that counted Samuel L. Jackson among its stars and scary animals as the nemesis.  It was called "Deep Blue Sea".  It sucked and it did poorly.  Now we have "Pacific Air 121", with all the same core qualities, except this time it's been hyped to death, given a stupid yet catchy title, and somehow you people think it's the greatest thing since sliced bread.  It isn't.  It's still a stupid movie.  The whole "so dumb it's fun" thing has been done to death by pro wrestling, Norm McDonald, and the Bush Administration.  So if that's what you like, sure, go watch the movie.  But let's not pretend that somehow this dumb movie is better than other dumb movies.  I didn't see you people lining up to go watch "Dungeons & Dragons", after all.

Comments

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

OK... so it's the next-generation Rocky Horror Picture Show. Gotcha.

[merovingian.livejournal.com]

Yeah, pretty much.

Except that no one is there to hit on sixteen-year-olds.

[missionista.livejournal.com]

Speak for yourself! :)

[merovingian.livejournal.com]

I stand corrected.

And also stricken by the creeped-out jibbleys.

[madbodger.livejournal.com]

Now I wish I was 16 again!

[therobbergirl.livejournal.com]

Oh.

So I did deserve to get slapped then.

[merovingian.livejournal.com]

If it's any comfort, the movie was rated R, so they were at least 17.

[schwa242.livejournal.com]

Bingo.

I think the people that brought silly string to the sneak premiere last night helped add to that. As did the giggly teenagers who started hissing whenever snakes appeared on the screen.

It's crap. But it's fun to go into a movie expecting MST3K levels of dumb, rather than worrying about whether you're going to piss other moviegoers off because they don't realize it's a dumb movie, or hope beyond hope that it isn't. When everyone goes in to a film expecting it to be shit, there's a certain shared level of fun that can be had by all. I wasn't really there for the movie, but the experience of the movie.

Oh yeah.... can I sound pretentious about justifying being a prick who spends fifteen bucks on something that doesn't deserve my hard-earned cash just because I've still got that lame I-enjoy-bad-things-because-I'm-so-much-better-than-the-people-would-really-enjoy-it mentality that was tired ten years ago, or what? Somebody fetch me a trucker cap, a Spaghetti-O stained t-shirt with a decal of the Downy bear on it, and a case of Hamm's... and quick!

-- Schwa ---

That reminds me, I still need to see Dungeons and Dragons.

[also-huey.livejournal.com]

Somebody fetch me a trucker cap, a Spaghetti-O stained t-shirt with a decal of the Downy bear on it, and a case of Hamm's... and quick!

You and I clearly gots some beer-drinkin' and settin-things-on-fire to do.

[jwgh]

Dungeons & Dragons is in my Netflix queue somewhere. One of these months ...