To some extent. But when there are thoughtful reasons it can still be interesting to read or discuss. When the explanation for several items is "I haven't seen it but it sounds dumb," I guess I feel like I've already spent more time on that list than the author did..
...Hey, you're just trying to evade Googling the movie!
[Edited because verbs help with the sense-making.]
I loved Once Upon A Time In Mexico.
Indeed. And the guy said he never saw it.
Not enough Selma, but I was psyched they let Mickey Rourke bring one of his dogs on the movie. And let Johnny Depp do pretty much what he wanted on a few days of shooting.
...Hey, you're just trying to evade Googling the movie!
I'm caught!
Okay, a while ago I posted to badmouth Idiocracy, and I stand by a lot of it, but I have to say, Tim and I cannot stop quoting the whole scene about whatever the Gatorade equivalent was: "It's what plants crave!" "Plants need it!" Especially since it's a billion degrees right now and he works in a warehouse. He's been drinking tons of Gatorade and will periodically text me to tell me, "Plants are chasing me because I have what they crave!"
Parts of it *are* funnier at a distance.
President Camacho is looking sidelong at you.
President Camacho is looking sidelong at you.
I did get a kick out of President Camacho; he was about the only thing I liked as I was watching. But I can't stop quoting the damn Gatorade parts now!
Ben Stiller Will Direct Ben Stiller in 'Secret Life of Walter Mitty'
Matt the Bruins fan will pass on seeing this and reread the James Thurber story instead.