I'm amusing myself by reading bad reviews of "The Love Guru."
It's hard to imagine who the comedian thought the target audience might be for a slapsticky self-help/ice-hockey/ elephant-poo comedy.
This girl at school? She told me that gelatin is made from ground-up cow's feet and that every time you eat Jell-O there's some cow out there limping around without any feet. But I told her that I'm sure the cow is dead before they cut its feet off, right?
Dawn ,'Never Leave Me'
Buffista Movies 6: lies and videotape
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Dana - Jun 20, 2008 11:27:01 am PDT #6602 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
P.M. Marc - Jun 20, 2008 11:31:03 am PDT #6603 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I have read so many bad reviews of it that I now REALLY want to see it.
I wish I were kidding.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 20, 2008 11:34:01 am PDT #6604 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
On the other hand, the reviews of GET SMART are making me REALLY want to see the movie, which is a huge surprise, much as I like Steve Carrell.
Dana - Jun 20, 2008 11:34:32 am PDT #6605 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
It's a rare film that makes a reviewer consider giving up the movies altogether. My own Waterloo came forty-five minutes into "The Love Guru" when I briefly considered stabbing out my own eyes so that I wouldn't have to watch it any more.
Dana - Jun 20, 2008 11:35:28 am PDT #6606 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
"The Love Guru" is just a half a step up from a loop of monkeys throwing feces at each other. This isn't a case of just turning your brain off and regressing to a childhood sense of humor. You could have a full frontal lobotomy and "The Love Guru" would still never be funny. It's just vile, vile, vile. I usually try to stay even handed about films and freely admit that all opinions are subjective, but if you like this movie you are categorically wrong and should be sterilized for the good of the human race.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 20, 2008 11:37:31 am PDT #6607 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I usually try to stay even handed about films and freely admit that all opinions are subjective, but if you like this movie you are categorically wrong and should be sterilized for the good of the human race
Wow. What's the source on that one?
P.M. Marc - Jun 20, 2008 11:38:05 am PDT #6608 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
On the other hand, the reviews of GET SMART are making me REALLY want to see the movie, which is a huge surprise, much as I like Steve Carrell.
All the ones I've seen have been terrible, and as a fan of the source, I think I should stay away.
Dana - Jun 20, 2008 11:42:25 am PDT #6609 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
What's the source on that one?
comingsoon.net, I think. I pretty much went to rottentomatoes.com and clicked on anything that looked funny and/or bitter.
Theodosia - Jun 20, 2008 12:07:20 pm PDT #6610 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Once again, it's usually not the actor's fault they're in a single bad movie -- lots can go wrong between signing on to a project, what with script, director, producer and star changes.
It's when an actor ONLY seems to appear in horrible things that you've go to wonder.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 20, 2008 12:09:47 pm PDT #6611 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
It's when an actor ONLY seems to appear in horrible things that you've go to wonder.
Or when he's the driving force behind the project the way Myers is with this one.