Your Movie Sucks

I made it all the way up to Be Cool before I came across a movie that sucked which I have watched. But then I found twenty-five more I wasted my time on. Of those, there are only a couple I would watch again: Constantine and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. The former is a decent representation of the DC comic Hellblazer and the latter is fun if very unrealistic. There are also many which I have seen snippets of on television, but none upon which I wasted my hard-earned dollars - even the ones I thought I wanted to see.

That said, I completely agree with all of Mr. Ebert's reviews or at least I understand why he ranked them so low. The usual problem is poor writing. Without a good, logical script, movies must overcome many hurdles to be good or great.

One thing I did notice in this collection was the recurrence of names - be they directors or stars - and themes - video games we are looking at you - throughout the book. While I avoided many of the movies made by these individuals, I now know them to be indicators of wasted time and will try to avoid them in the future.

This book would be a good primer for students of film to know how to try and avoid the pitfalls of bringing a good story to screen and how to spot the clunkers before wasting money on them.

Finally, here is my list:

13 Ghosts

Be Cool

Behind Enemy Lines

Blade: Trinity

Charlie’s Angels

Christmas with the Kranks

Constantine

Elektra

Fantastic Four

Final Destination 2

High Tension

Hoot

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

Life or Something Like It

Men in Black II

Mr. Deeds

Pearl Harbor

Reindeer Games

Resident Evil

Resident Evil: Apocalypse

Rush Hour 2

Scary Movie 3

The Girl Next Door

The Grudge

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

The Legend of Zorro

The Skulls

The Village