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There is nothing remotely funny or entertaining to be found in this lame attempt to make people laugh.
That was the lamest attempt at comedy I've seen in a long time.
Nevertheless, it is beyond me why this film landed on Britain's infamous Video Nasty list, as nobody could possibly see anything but ridiculousness in this sorry attempt of a film.
Stracynski's attempt at a Lovecraftian tale is okay, but both somewhat at odds with B5, mildly redundant (aren't the Shadows Lovecraftian?), and at the end goes for a big battle/finish (complete with a "blow 'em up" bomb tactic).
It is simply an attempt to portray as objectively as possible the impacts that certain social issues have on society, including: poverty, child abuse, divorce, addiction, spousal infidelity, anger, revenge, and unforgiveness.
After great National Lampoon titles like "Van Wilder", "Animal House", and the "Vacation" movies, this one feels like the first attempt of someone straight out of film school.
It was obvious right from the start that none of the several sequels would ever live up to the original and this first attempt immediately confirms so.
.And once more, it's not even funny It's predictable, boring and you can see every attempt at humor coming a mile away.
And pay no heed to the comments of 'Oh Dear, Oh Dear'...that person obviously had no idea that the show wasn't there as a serious attempt to promote D&D to the masses...it was a COMEDY...a silly, camped-up comedy (like "Men In Tights' was to the Robin Hood franchise).
There's no logic or even an attempt to make things slightly realistic or interesting.
No attempt to deny that many French collaborated with the Nazis.
No surprise she had to raise the money herself - there is not a professional in the world would give her a penny, or do anything other than laugh and cringe at her every attempt to sound like a director who follows Orson Welles.
Strict one-child policies forbid any couples having a second child, but the Brennick's first child died at birth so they attempt to get away with a second pregnancy.
Plots and characters get lost in a desperate and schlocky attempt to prove just how gay a film can be.
A serious attempt at film making is often lost in a need to be gay and throws in unnecessary and explicit love scenes and nudity for no other reason than to remind the viewer that the characters are indeed homosexual.
When i was watching this film i thought that it was going to be yet another failed Britsh attempt at movie making, how wrong was I.
First Attempt to direct from Jeff Nichols (who also wrote the script and produced the movie) ,with beautiful cinematography, winner of New American Cinema Award in Seattle International Film Festival, this is a chilling, tragic and original story to see.
I know Lucy Lawless may be trying to move away from Xena but surely she could choose better vehicles for her talent than this half baked attempt at creature feature terror.
After viewing this debacle, my wife and I were both left wondering: "How they were able to create this parody of an attempt at entertainment with a straight face?"
They disobey, (as usual) and it leads to Kenny trying to attempt one of the stunts, (catching your "fart" on fire)leading to his death when a Doctor replaces his heart with a baked potato.
If you disagree with me, or...you are R.Kelly, please attempt to deviate this post.
The script itself was lacking severely and even with a poor script, the acting couldn't deliver an even halfway mediocre attempt at what would have made it a halfway decent movie to watch while intoxicated with this being the only movie showing within a 500 mile radius.
Overall, its a failed, but entertaining and sometimes funny attempt for Hughes to make a comeback at teen movies.
It might have helped they made an attempt at a plot that made sense, or better yet actually did something with the characters.
I saw this movie expecting a revenge film and got some director's attempt at trying out his camera angles.
The Director was not very skilled, and most of the scenes are filmed without any attempt to scare or surprise the audience.
I may have been influenced by the fact that I didn't have to pay to see it but I would say that this film is a reasonable attempt at a remake and will prove fairly entertaining to most people, whether or not they have seen the original.
Instead, she smoked and drank during the entire flick (is this the moviemakers' attempt to appeal to the teenage crowd this movie is aimed at??).
The only reason this pseudo-scientific effort has nothing but positive reviews and almost 7 points (so far...) is that no one seems to bother to (re)view this low-brow attempt at Science Fiction.
It's an actual attempt at comedy, not something Seduction Cinema does well.
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