Rob, dialing in from the Undersea Kingdom of Houston, wrote:
> > I just finished watching "Dungeons & Dragons". I'm not proud of that,
but I
> > (a) had a free rental coming to me at the video store and (b) needed a
> > benchmark for when I watch "Battlefield Earth" later this summer.
> >
> > In the name of all the Dark Gods of the Universe, I never, ever, saw a
movie
> > this bad. Awful bad. Chair-throwing, popcorn spewing,
> > makes-you-pound-your-fists-on-the-floor bad. So bad, I doubt Joel and
the
> > 'Bots could make it watchable.
> >
> My take is that it was pretty typical for a fantasy flick, but it had
better
> special effects. You actually expected it to be *good*?
Lord, no, but I didn't expect it to be *that* bad. On reflection, it was
worth it, because I've got a good rant about it, but if I'd actually paid
money for the experience, I'd have been angrier.
Anyhoo, when my friend has his "Battlefield Earth" party later this summer,
I'll have a benchmark of awfulness to compare it to.
And no, I'm not going to subject myself to "Freddy Got Fingered" - I'm not
into self-torture. I'll admit a certain intellectual curiosity as to the
depths of Evil Tom Green sinks to in this film, but I'm not going to slow
down to scope out that artistic car crash.
Adam C. Lipscomb
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