me likee Film Threat
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ateolfPAY IT FORWARD (PG-13)
negative *
(http://www.payitforward.com/)
Hopefully, this review will prevent three people from seeing this film, and
then they will each prevent three other people from doing the same. If it
goes far enough, maybe someday we can all go to a multiplex free of shallow,
sermonizing Hollywood horse-shit.
That thumping sound you just heard was me taking off the kid gloves to throw
down the gauntlet. This ain’t gonna be pretty. I’m sure the studio and the
producers thought they had a real winner on their hands. After all, the movie
has a MESSAGE. It also has a pair of Oscar winners in stars Kevin Spacey and
Helen Hunt. Haley Joel Osment is the real star, though, and even he got a
nomination for “The Sixth Sense”. The kid’s got talent. Too bad the poor guy
is in such horribly over-rated films, LIKE THIS ONE.
...
Unfortunately, the movie’s heavy-handed lessons are presented through so much
bullshit Lifetime-Channel psycho-drama that the biggest favor I could do for
the rest of the audience was to hold down my lunch during the excruciating
final hour. For one of his favors, Trevor attempts to pair up his teacher
and his mother. Eventually, his drunk, absentee father (Jon Bon Jovi, no I’m
not kidding) turns up, as well as his drunk, homeless grandmother (Angie
Dickenson, still not kidding). Of course, personal healing and strengthened
self-esteem ensue.
I could have dealt with the rampant mediocrity and underwritten characters if
it hadn’t been for one thing: the ending. I became more pissed off the longer
I thought about it. Now we at Film Threat might give one or no stars to
movies that are merely bad. When films cross the line from bad to offensive,
we drop down into the negative zone (If not properly reflected above, this
film should be negative one star). To properly express why “Pay It Forward”
is so bad, I will have to do the one thing that I’ve sworn never to do,
reveal the endingÖ [ ** SPOILER ALERT ** ]
i guess the spoiled ending's just on the website and not in my "newsletter" email thingie...sorry, just quite entertained by that review...
negative *
(http://www.payitforward.com/)
Hopefully, this review will prevent three people from seeing this film, and
then they will each prevent three other people from doing the same. If it
goes far enough, maybe someday we can all go to a multiplex free of shallow,
sermonizing Hollywood horse-shit.
That thumping sound you just heard was me taking off the kid gloves to throw
down the gauntlet. This ain’t gonna be pretty. I’m sure the studio and the
producers thought they had a real winner on their hands. After all, the movie
has a MESSAGE. It also has a pair of Oscar winners in stars Kevin Spacey and
Helen Hunt. Haley Joel Osment is the real star, though, and even he got a
nomination for “The Sixth Sense”. The kid’s got talent. Too bad the poor guy
is in such horribly over-rated films, LIKE THIS ONE.
...
Unfortunately, the movie’s heavy-handed lessons are presented through so much
bullshit Lifetime-Channel psycho-drama that the biggest favor I could do for
the rest of the audience was to hold down my lunch during the excruciating
final hour. For one of his favors, Trevor attempts to pair up his teacher
and his mother. Eventually, his drunk, absentee father (Jon Bon Jovi, no I’m
not kidding) turns up, as well as his drunk, homeless grandmother (Angie
Dickenson, still not kidding). Of course, personal healing and strengthened
self-esteem ensue.
I could have dealt with the rampant mediocrity and underwritten characters if
it hadn’t been for one thing: the ending. I became more pissed off the longer
I thought about it. Now we at Film Threat might give one or no stars to
movies that are merely bad. When films cross the line from bad to offensive,
we drop down into the negative zone (If not properly reflected above, this
film should be negative one star). To properly express why “Pay It Forward”
is so bad, I will have to do the one thing that I’ve sworn never to do,
reveal the endingÖ [ ** SPOILER ALERT ** ]
i guess the spoiled ending's just on the website and not in my "newsletter" email thingie...sorry, just quite entertained by that review...
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blah!
Date: 2000-11-03 01:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2000-11-03 03:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2000-11-03 06:09 am (UTC)THANKS!
Film Threat's website is
Date: 2000-11-05 12:18 am (UTC)www.filmthreat.com
ay...no problem!
Date: 2000-11-05 12:22 am (UTC)