Posted on 07/30/2010 11:17:42 AM PDT by inflorida
In the new movie "Inception," Leonardo DiCaprio burrows deep into the subconscious of a self-absorbed plutocrat to plant a powerful idea that will change the world. If the technology used in "Inception" were available in real life, Mr. DiCaprio might burrow into the subconscious of Hollywood plutocrats and plant these paradigm-altering ideas: Stop making movies like "Grown Ups," "Sex and the City 2," "Prince of Persia" and anything that positions Jennifer Aniston or John C. Reilly at the top of the marquee. Stop trying to pass off Shia LaBeouf—who looks a bit like the young George W. Bush—as the second coming of Tom Cruise. Stop casting Gerard Butler in roles where he is called upon to emote. And if "Legion" and "Edge of Darkness" and "The Back-up Plan" and "Hot Tub Time Machine" are the best you can do, stop making movies, period. Humanity will thank you for it.
In a millennium that has thus far produced precious few motion pictures in the same class as "The Godfather," "Jurassic Park," "Casablanca," "Gone with the Wind," "My Fair Lady" and "The Matrix," there is a knee-jerk tendency to throw up one's hands and moan that the current year is the worst in the history of motion pictures. But 2010 very possibly is the worst year in the history of motion pictures. Where once there was "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves," there is now "Robin Hood," prince of duds. Where once we could look forward to "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "The Last of the Mohicans," we can now look forward to "Dinner for Schmucks" and "The Last Airbender." This time two years ago we were treated to the ingenious, subversive "Iron Man"; this year we have the insipid, uninspired "Iron Man 2."
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Yes. The worst ever.
I do miss going to the movies , but if they don’t make any how can I go?
Hollywood jumped the shark.
I thought the worse movie ever made was Battlefield Earth that church of Scientology production with John Travolta’s.
That movie was terrible.
I like Book of Eli but the rest of the year......ugh
My brother and sisteIL waled out. Did you find it that bad?
The COST to get into see a marginal flic isn’t worth it in my opinion & even the so called bargain matinee’s are too much!
Mason Dixon
I have an enormous collection of classic DVDs. Stop on by. I’ll throw another steak on the grill.
Doesn’t Joe Qeenan hate conservatives? Screw TV and Hollywood. I cancelled Tv a year ago.
I avoid movies unless I know the cast are not raging libs which is hard. Last one was Batman as Michael Caine loathes what the Labour Party has done, Oldman got into it with Dem directors on one movie and Bale is no prize but he thought his liberal step mother Gloria Steinem was an idiot. It is easier to just avoid movies.
Shia LeBeof - who is he related to? Rahm’s super agent brother? He sucks and is not attractive at all.
Did Wall Street 2 die at the box office or did it not come out yet? Maybe Oliver Stone can have a cameo with an emoting and sympathetic Hitler.
Great article. They’ve been making duds for YEARS, but this is the worst I’ve ever seen. Blah.
Inception was great. I’ve seen some good movies this year, but it does appear that there were also some bad ones.
erotic yes - funny no
"Toy Story 3" is the only 2010 release I've seen, and it sounds like I've been right in avoiding all the others.
Yesterday I went and saw a movie at the theatre, but it was a 1927 release! "Metropolis," complete and restored. It was worth seeing.
Most recently viewed: Solitary Man.....horrendous
A bad movie for sure, but I don't think you've seen anything by Terence Malik if you think that. Try "The Thin Red Line" sometime or "The New World". Those make BE look like an Oscar contender.
let me know when TCM runs out of old Jimmy Stewart movies...
I like the classics also......lots of them around to make up for the crap Hollywierd puts out now...
And they wonder why less and less people are going to the movies for the last 15 to 20 years.
I really wanted to see this movie this weekend. Has anyone here actually seen it, because the other reviews I saw were pretty good. Is there extreme leftism in the film or just your run-of-the-mill leftist garbage? Or are people’s complaints about the acting and the film as film, as opposed to the politics
Again, I hadn’t heard anything political about it, so I thought it was safe to go. : )
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