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Why America Went Sour on Sweet Jen and Ben
NY Newsday ^
| August 5, 2003
| James P. Pinkerton
Posted on 08/05/2003 8:24:26 AM PDT by presidio9
Every now and then a movie comes along that's so hyped and so bad - and such a box-office bomb - that it reveals a larger truth about the dynamics of our society.
"Gigli," starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, is such a movie. It cost $54 million to make, and yet it grossed less than $4 million in its premiere weekend - a number that would have to be multiplied by five if the film were destined to make a profit. But "Gigli" is not just a financial failure. It's also providing movie critics with an opportunity to unsheathe their swords and hack not only the film, but also the stars, into small little pieces.
When I checked, the Web site rottentomatoes.com tallied 101 critics; just five gave the movie a positive review. But numerical totals don't always convey rhetorical intensity. So to get the full measure of the fangs biting into "Gigli" - rhymes with "really" - one might consider the venomous words of Newark Star-Ledger critic Stephen Whitty: "'Gigli' is such an utter wreck of a movie you expect to see it lying on its side somewhere in rural Pennsylvania, with a small gang of engineers circling and a wisp of smoke rising from the caboose."
Whenever this much vehemence is aimed at a mere movie, something deeper is going on. Three things, in fact.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsday.com ...
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KEYWORDS: airbrusedbutt; fatisbeautiful; haveatwinkiejenny; jennyfromtheblock; jiggley; jlosgiganticass; startboozingagainben
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To: presidio9
If Ebert says it is good, it's more proof that the guy is either senile or his reviews depend on how much he's paid under the table for his praise.
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posted on
08/05/2003 8:56:09 AM PDT
by
Dante3
To: lafroste
Say what you will, but she still beats the h%ll out of Rosie. Perez? Or O'Donell? Or both?
Both, right?
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posted on
08/05/2003 8:56:39 AM PDT
by
presidio9
(RUN AL, RUN!!!)
To: w_over_w
Nobody likes to admit they delight in the suffering of others . . . but, honestly, how did you feel the night Al Gore finally conceded the '00 election? Deeply saddened?
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posted on
08/05/2003 8:57:11 AM PDT
by
presidio9
(RUN AL, RUN!!!)
To: PBRSTREETGANG
Boy, do I miss MST3K! Barry Diller earned his own personal circle in Hell for his decision to cancel MST3K.
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posted on
08/05/2003 8:57:23 AM PDT
by
jalisco555
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.)
To: BrooklynGOP
nope, fuzzy freeper thinking. The movie does not need to make a profit in its first weekend, and the article does not say this. did you notice the word "destined" in the article, as in "ultimately".
how well a movie does in its first weekend is a prime indicator of how well it will do in its theatre run.
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posted on
08/05/2003 8:57:49 AM PDT
by
dmz
To: presidio9
Her butt is HUGH. Sorry to spoil your fantasy. Yup...And outside the DaVinci like make up artists employed in Hwood, she's an Ugly skank....
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posted on
08/05/2003 8:58:11 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: Chad Fairbanks
WHICH ONES
To: PBRSTREETGANG
Siskel?Hmmm...I guess it stank so bad, even to revive the dead...so Siskel could vote... :/
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posted on
08/05/2003 8:58:30 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(Just because you're paranoid,doesn't mean they aren't out to get you. :)
To: Paleo Conservative
Why not Siskel?"He's dead, Jim."
To: presidio9
Apparently you haven't noticed her humongous ***.
How can anyone NOT love Jenny from the Block!
She's an angel!
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posted on
08/05/2003 9:00:13 AM PDT
by
JohnnyZ
(Bumper sticker: "Keep honking -- I'm reloading")
To: presidio9
i don't-pettier women in the hospital here
To: presidio9
I bet the movie does great in France.
52
posted on
08/05/2003 9:04:49 AM PDT
by
mbynack
To: JohnnyZ
Hint: That's not her body (see: Chicks, Dixie).
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posted on
08/05/2003 9:05:19 AM PDT
by
presidio9
(RUN AL, RUN!!!)
To: Sloth
ROTFLMAO
To: Paleo Conservative
He's been dead for nearly a year
To: jalisco555
"Barry Diller earned his own personal circle in Hell for his decision to cancel MST3K." did some checking on that and Hell has rethought their move, (apparently they are running out of circles and they want to save them for Bill and Hill and Terry) anyhow they've come up with a nice alternative.
Mr. Diller will go to that special level of hell reserved for child molesters and people who talk in movies!
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posted on
08/05/2003 9:12:43 AM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
(French: old Europe word meaning surrender)
To: presidio9
Countdown: 33 days.
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posted on
08/05/2003 9:13:24 AM PDT
by
Hildy
the publics love affair with bubble butt and cinderblock-head is over...
question is, who will take their place?
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posted on
08/05/2003 9:13:31 AM PDT
by
KneelBeforeZod
(If God hadn't meant for them to be sheared, he wouldn't have made them sheep.)
To: presidio9
the answer to the question is : because people are thoroughly sick and tired of hearing about J. Lo and Ben Lo.
I for one dread the day when we will be bombarded with pictures of a pregnant J. Lo on the cover of magazines, and the J. Lo line of maternity clothes and pregnancy gear, the Baby Lo line of baby clothes, toys, and equipment....and on and on ad nauseum.
To: presidio9
So lovely . . .
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posted on
08/05/2003 9:15:30 AM PDT
by
JohnnyZ
(Bumper sticker: "Keep honking -- I'm reloading")
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