I saw the worst movie of the year last night in NYC at my favorite movie theatre in the world, the AMC Empire 25. The Wicker Man is so boring that I almost can't muster energy to write about it. It's truly horrible and truly boring. I wanted to leave after 15 minutes but I stayed because I heard the last two minutes are super-ridiculous and good news, they were! It was almost worth the wait. Ellen Burstyn appears in split-color face make-up like the kind guys wear to football games.
And Nicholas Cage beats up a bull-dyke and steals her bear costume. If the whole movie had been this absurd it might have been worth it but you have to wait through a lot of boring film to get to the campy stuff in the last 10 minutes. Not worth the wait.
On a side note: James Franco appears in the epilogue and I am now officially worried because Franco starred in the worst movie I saw LAST year, Annapolis. Does he need a new agent?
Good News: The Casino Royale Trailer
OH - MY - GOD! I watched the Casino Royale (James Bond) trailer online last night and all I can say is OH - MY - GOD! Did I mention I watched it about 8 times.
You can see it, too, at:
http://movies.aol.com/casino-royale-james-bond/exclusive-video-features
It's so beautiful and elegant and mysterious and action-packed and sexy. I am now officially crazy for this movie. That makes three films I can not wait to see this fall: Borat, Casino Royale, and The Prestige. I know nothing about The Prestige but it's directed by Christopher Nolan who did Batman Begins which I find to be endlessly entertaining.
It's been a bad summer for movies. Theatres are packed with movies I have less than zero interest in seeing but hopefully that's all about to change as we move into fall.
1 comment:
They remade Wicker Man?? The original is a classically good in the most bizarre way, I just can't believe someone would even try to redo that.
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