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Click here for the review of Fired Up!

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Fri Feb 20, 2009 5:35 pm
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Looked terrible, good review. I'm not sure if this could be as bad as Seltzerberg. Then again, Ed Wood looks good compared to Seltzerberg!


Fri Feb 20, 2009 5:54 pm
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Ouch, I'm sorry James. I guess that's the disadvantage of being a film critic: You gotta see the bad and the good.


Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:07 pm
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You have to wonder which is worse:

(A.) The fact that movies like this are still being made.

or

(B.) The fact that people still pay good money to see movies like this and make them #1 at the box office. This in turn makes (A.) continue.


Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:11 pm
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I'd never even heard of this movie before reading your review. Thanks for taking the fall on this one, James!

(And for the record, there is nothing really worse than going into a theater and seeing only a few other people in there with you. Same thing happened to me with Alone in the Dark. That was the first and last time I went to a movie "blind".)


Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:52 pm
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Just point out that nothing could be as bad as Disaster Movie or Meet the Spartans. And I've seen both, not willingly, mind you.


Fri Feb 20, 2009 9:35 pm
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djphenaproxima wrote:
(And for the record, there is nothing really worse than going into a theater and seeing only a few other people in there with you. Same thing happened to me with Alone in the Dark. That was the first and last time I went to a movie "blind".)


I'd change that a bit; There's nothing worse thab if you go into a theater and there's only a few people there and it's opening weekend. If it's a few weeks in release, it being empty isn't unexpectated. The only time I've seen a crowded movie theater after a few weeks, was "300". I saw it two monthsinto release and the theater was nearly full.


Fri Feb 20, 2009 9:42 pm
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Battle Pancake wrote:
Just point out that nothing could be as bad as Disaster Movie or Meet the Spartans. And I've seen both, not willingly, mind you.


I haven't seen either. After Date Movie and Epic Movie, I'd had enough of those two guys to last me a lifetime.


Fri Feb 20, 2009 9:44 pm
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Enraging is the best word to describe them.


Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:59 pm
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I knew this was going to be a turkey with one look at the trailer. Thank you, James, for taking the experience of seeing this dreck for us. It makes life a lot easier.

And it also takes a bad movie to bring out the venemous best in a critic. I am fine and dandy with good reviews of good films since I want to make intelligent choices for the movies I see like anybody else. But the bad reviews are the most fun to read.

Anyway, keep it up and I'll be looking forward to your next bad review.


Sat Feb 21, 2009 1:36 pm
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I liked the cheerleader coach("You broke her face...almost in half!") but when I saw the ad with Chumbawumba and that guy singing along...I figured the movie was a loss.


Sat Feb 21, 2009 2:40 pm
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Philip Baker Hall, please don't do this.

... Don't do this... :cry:


Sat Feb 21, 2009 6:18 pm
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