Saturday, February 23, 2008

VANTAGE POINT (DENNIS QUAID, MATHEW FOX, IDI AMIN, ELLEN RIPLEY;2008)


FROM MY VANTAGE POINT THIS MOVIE SUCKED. YES, I WAS SHOCKED TOO. JUST IN CASE YOU MISS THE FIRST HALF HOUR OF THIS MOVIE, DON'T WORRY. YOU GET TO WATCH IT 6 OR 7 MORE TIMES. THERE'S ABSOLUTELY ZERO CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. THE VIEWER FEELS ABOUT AS MUCH EMPATHY FOR THE STARS AS HE OR SHE DOES FOR PEOPLE IN THE NEWS. THERE'S ONE REDEEMING CAR CHASE WHICH WAS OBVIOUSLY CHOREOGRAPHED BY THE SAME GUY WHO DID THE BORN IDENTITY. OL' PIRATE-EYES WHITAKER'S CHARACTER IS JUST AS UNECESSARY AS ALL HIS OTHER CHARACTERS SINCE GOOD MORNING VIETNAM. HIS CAMCORDER IS MORE RELEVANT TO THIS ABSURD PLOT THAN HE IS. THE STUDIO COULD'VE SAVED MONEY AND PAID A SPANISH BUM TO PLAY HIS PART. I ALSO NEVER REALIZED DENNIS QUAID IS A BAD ACTOR. GRANTED I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT HE'S DONE SINCE INNER SPACE....AND WE ALL KNOW MARTIN SHORT WAS THE REAL STAR IN THAT FILM. THE PLOT TWIST IN VANTAGE POINT IS ABOUT AS EXCITING AS DROPPING YOUR BALLS IN A HOT CUP OF TEA. WHICH, LIKE THIS GIANT LET-DOWN, I DON'T RECOMMEND. I'M SURE WITH ALL THE HYPE SURROUNDING THIS MOVIE YOU'LL WASTE 10 DOLLARS ON IT ANYWAY. FEEL FREE TO LEAVE COMMENTS TELLING THE MOVIE JERK HE WAS RIGHT ONCE YOU'VE SEEN IT.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

right? you're about as right as I'm upset about seeing this movie twice thus far since it was released. And how dare you accuse Idi Amin of shoddy acting, his right dead eye could probably write better crap than you do. See this movie and keep wondering how these geniuses created the biggest illusive puzzle since 2 days in the valley!

Anonymous said...

I'm speechless. We've actaully managed to find somebody defending this movie.

Anonymous said...

Dennis Quaid in a miniaturized ship that was supposed to be injected into a rabbit but ended up in the ass of Martin Short, sharing a drink from a bottle hidden in a big fish and dancing to 'Twist the Night Away' = solid gold. I love you Jack Putter.

Anonymous said...

MEG GO FUCK A DOG

I AGREE WITH MR. MOVIE JERK THIS MOVIE SUCKED CAT BALLS, LOTS OF BAD ACTORS, THAT SCENE WHERE HE TAKES THE BULLET FOR THE PRESIDENT IS REALLY BAD, DAYS OF OUR LIVES IS BETTER