A teaser for Gigli is out on Movie-List ... I used to say don't judge and book by it's cover, don't judge a movie by it's trailer, but now...after seeing this...
THIS MOVIE WILL BE CRAP.
There's no other way. The plot is SO uninteresting it's scary. And really, does any-fucking-body still laugh at the "muscle pumping (feat. funny faces) in front of the mirror" scene besides mentally challenged people/your average teen ?
Kevin Smith is a hack ... maybe even more than Rat-ner
You've got your movies mixed up, though....Gigli is the movie by Martin Brest that Sony wishes they could get away with not releasing at all. You should do a search on AICN and read some of the test screening reviews...they're hilarious.
Jersey Girl is the Kevin Smith movie that has been getting fairly decent advance reviews...
Yes, I am afraid that Gigli is going to really screw up Jersey Girl's chance of doing well > very well at the box office. If a film with Lopez / Affleck comes out and everyone hates it...will people go see another Lopez / Affleck film even if it is good?
i'm so sick of hearing about these two anyway. i never follow tabloids or read things about the personal lives of movie stars, but no matter what, i'm watching tv, and i see these two all over the place. it pisses me off to the point where i don't think i'd be able to stand jersey girl, and i love kevin smith movies.
Quote from: bonanzatazi'm so sick of hearing about these two anyway. i never follow tabloids or read things about the personal lives of movie stars, but no matter what, i'm watching tv, and i see these two all over the place. it pisses me off to the point where i don't think i'd be able to stand jersey girl, and i love kevin smith movies.
you said it.
Quote from: themodernage02Quote from: bonanzatazi'm so sick of hearing about these two anyway. i never follow tabloids or read things about the personal lives of movie stars, but no matter what, i'm watching tv, and i see these two all over the place. it pisses me off to the point where i don't think i'd be able to stand jersey girl, and i love kevin smith movies.
you said it.
See, this upsets me because from everything I've heard, Jersey Girl is going to be an amazing film, I hope it does well, critically and at the box office.
i agree, shaftr, i just don't want to get the urge to jump up at the screen and tear it down from sheer annoyance. affleck as a lead pisses me off anyway. i enjoy chasing amy, but affleck still makes me mad. daredevil was just plain awful. the only thing i can stand to watch j lo act in is out of sight (and maybe selena, but i haven't seen that in a long long time), combined with the media's infatuation with the couple, i don't think i'll be able to handle it.
I enjoyed Daredevil, even more so than Spider-man, but I might be biased. I am a Daredevil comic book fan...not so much with Spider-man.
I thought Lopez was excellent in Out of Sight and even did a good job in The Cell.
Quote from: bonanzatazi agree, shaftr, i just don't want to get the urge to jump up at the screen and tear it down from sheer annoyance. affleck as a lead pisses me off anyway. i enjoy chasing amy, but affleck still makes me mad. daredevil was just plain awful. the only thing i can stand to watch j lo act in is out of sight (and maybe selena, but i haven't seen that in a long long time), combined with the media's infatuation with the couple, i don't think i'll be able to handle it.
He's a terrible actor, plain and simple. Just terrible.
See for yourself here. (http://www.themoviebox.net/gigli_mov.htm)
Quote from: GhostboyYou've got your movies mixed up, though....Gigli is the movie by Martin Brest
I'm so relieved !!! I truly tought this was the Kevin Smith "Ben and Jen" movie, cause I hadn't heard these two would exclusively do movies with each other from now on. I can't wait for the Casablanca remake :roll: :roll: :roll:
Quote from: MacGuffinSee for yourself here. (http://www.themoviebox.net/gigli_mov.htm)
Oh, wow.... I'm speechless. Simply... terrible.
Quote from: godardianQuote from: MacGuffinSee for yourself here. (http://www.themoviebox.net/gigli_mov.htm)
Oh, wow.... I'm speechless. Simply... terrible.
to quote samuel l jackson in pulp fiction:
that's some fucked up repugnant shit
I love how Ben Affleck is now the antidote to lesbiansim! First in Chasing Amy, and now Gigli, in which he manages to convince J Lo's lesbian hitwoman character of the joys of his endowments!
I haven't seen the trailer. But here's an actual exchange from the love scene in the film:
J LO: Are you ready to baste the turkey?
BEN: Gobble Gobble
J LO: Gobble Gobble.
I'm 100% serious.
Quote from: GhostboyI love how Ben Affleck is now the antidote to lesbiansim! First in Chasing Amy, and now Gigli, in which he manages to convince J Lo's lesbian hitwoman character of the joys of his endowments!
ugh. affleck needs to be castrated. *snip snip* :twisted:
Actually they originally shot the film as J Lo being a lesbo but for some reason or another they went back and re-shot a shit load to change the synopsis. You PTA heads stop giving KS so much shit all the time.
Quote from: BankyEdwardsActually they originally shot the film as J Lo being a lesbo but for some reason or another they went back and re-shot a shit load to change the synopsis.
I'm sure lesbians everywhere are breathing a giant collective sigh of relief. At least Sharon Stone was sort of "dangerous."
Quote from: GhostboyI love how Ben Affleck is now the antidote to lesbiansim! First in Chasing Amy, and now Gigli, in which he manages to convince J Lo's lesbian hitwoman character of the joys of his endowments!
I haven't seen the trailer. But here's an actual exchange from the love scene in the film:
J LO: Are you ready to baste the turkey?
BEN: Gobble Gobble
J LO: Gobble Gobble.
I'm 100% serious.
ATTN: future hopeful screenwriters
See anyone can write dialouge...never give up!
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Well, the left side of the poster looks pretty good.
Not as much as you would expect ... she's kind of reversed "S" shaped on that pic
terrible poster. terrible trailer. its gonna be a terrible movie. terrible terrible terrible.
jersey girl, i do have hopes for. people who liked chasing amy will like it. and im not even worried about j-lo's involvement because --
MAJOR GOD DAMN JERSEY GIRL SPOILER
i hear she dies thirty minutes into the movie
Lester is correct.
As for Gigli...isn't there some rule about making mainstream movies with titles that no one knows how to pronounce?
*(cleaning puke off shoes). that poster needs a caution like a pack of cigarettes, CAUTION: MAY CAUSE SPONTANEOUS VOMITING.
Quote from: Lesterjersey girl, i do have hopes for.
its too bad the folks at miramax dont have the same faith in it, since they've pushed it back to next year.
Jersey Girl was pushed to February b/c the original release conflicted with Matrix Revolutions. Everything I have read about the film has been positive thus far.
like i said, aside from fellow nerds who enjoy both smith and matrix, most people who are interested in the whole bfleck/jlo machine are not the same who are going to the matrix. plus, move the damn thing a week or two so it doesnt open on the same day, but moving it back 3 months? i just cant buy that. it seems like they know gigli sucks balls and are trying to distance JG as far away from that as possible. JG may be a good movie, but that doesnt mean anyones gonna see it. the movie may be finished, but its all up to the marketing dept now to make sure people see it.
I agree, I'm worried about Gigli's effect. And although different audience, I don't think counter-programming works in the case of a film as BIG as the Matrix films.
what about July 2?
T3
Legally Blonde 2
t3 seems matrix sized, doesnt it?
Quote from: GhostboyAs for Gigli...isn't there some rule about making mainstream movies with titles that no one knows how to pronounce?
hah yeah, i just make gurgly bubble noises.
Do you really think T3 will make 200 mil?
I know T2 did...but that was 10 years ago.
'Gigli' Blasted by Critics
Critics have wasted no time in sharpening their pencils for Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck's movie Gigli - with one branding it "the worst film ever". The film has been beset by problems: it even changed its name to Tough Love at one point and has removed J.Lo's character's lesbianism. And one scene in particular, when Lopez's character invites Affleck's character into bed with the line, "It's turkey time" only to reply to his question of "What?" with "Come on, gobble, gobble!" has been ridiculed by reviewers. One says, "It was possibly the worst line ever said in a movie." Another critic adds, "Affleck is just totally miscast and J-Lo is just awful." The film is released in America next week.
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i cant believe they just cut out her being a lesbian! that is hilarious. "market research shows us that people dont want to see lesbians..." i can just see the meeting now. if there is a god, this movie will flop so hard, it knocks both their teeth out.
j lo is soooo hot!
I see in my crystal ball critics all over the US using variations of, "This movie B-LOs."
Quote from: themodernage02
....And one scene in particular, when Lopez's character invites Affleck's character into bed with the line, "It's turkey time" only to reply to his question of "What?" with "Come on, gobble, gobble!" has been ridiculed by reviewers.....
well, I don't know if it's the worst bed line but it takes the taco from PDL "I wanna smash your face w/ a hammer" as the weirdest....
there is a god...
J.Lo and Affleck: We Will Never Work Together Again
imdb.com
Superstar couple Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are so distraught at the critical backlash to their movie Gigli that they have vowed never to work together again. Sources close to the twosome - who met and fell in love on the set of the gangster comedy - say that although in public they have defended the flick, behind closed doors Latina lovely J.Lo is very upset at the bad press. And the sexy pair believe their incredible fame and the gossip surrounding their upcoming marriage doomed the movie to failure before it was released. A source says, "Ben's brushing it off but J.Lo's taking it personally. They've admitted their relationship is more of a hindrance than a boost to a movie." However, fans will get one more chance to see them sizzle on screen together in Kevin Smith's upcoming movie Jersey Girl, which will be released in February.
the latest onion (http://www.theonion.com), Top Story:
Gigli Focus Groups Demand
New Ending In Which Both
Affleck And Lopez Die
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HOLLYWOOD, CA--Focus groups at advance screenings for Gigli, a
romantic comedy starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez set to open
nationwide July 30, have demanded a new ending in which both stars
die "in as brutal a manner as possible," sources at Sony Pictures said Tuesday.
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The Onion is the best source for such exclusive news
Well, "Gigili" was released today and only 2 percent of the critics liked it. Congratulations!
However Ebert's review was suprisingly gentle.
GIGLI / **1/2 (R)
BY ROGER EBERT
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are in love and plan to get married, as you already know unless you are sealed off from all media, in which case you are not reading this review, so put it down. Because they are a famous couple, starring in a movie romance, we expect something conventional and predictable and that is not what we get from "Gigli." The movie tries to do something different, thoughtful, and a little daring with their relationship, and although it doesn't quite work, maybe the movie is worth seeing for some scenes that are really very good.
Consider the matching monologues. They've gotten into an argument over the necessity of the penis, which she, as a lesbian, feels is an inferior device for delivering sexual pleasure. He delivers an extended lecture on the use, necessity and perfect design of the appendage. It is a rather amazing speech, the sort of thing some moviegoers are probably going to want to memorize. Then she responds. She is backlit, dressed in skintight workout clothes, doing yoga, and she continues to stretch and extend and bend and pose as she responds with her speech in praise of the vagina. When she is finished, Reader, the vagina has won, hands down. It is so rare to find dialogue of such originality and wit, so well written, that even though we know the exchange basically involves actors showing off, they do it so well, we let them.
Affleck plays Larry Gigli, rhymes with "Geely," and one wonders, learning that they rejected several earlier titles for the movie, which ones could have been worse than this. He's an errand boy for a tough-talking Los Angeles mobster named Louis (Lenny Venito). Louis wants to do a favor for a New York mob boss, and orders Gigli to kidnap the mentally retarded brother of a federal prosecutor. Gigli does, walking out of a care facility with Brian (Justin Bartha), who has Rain Man's syndrome. He takes him home, there is a knock on the door, and he meets Ricki (Lopez), who is also a mob enforcer. Louis is taking no chances and has assigned both of them to guard the boy.
This is the set-up for an obvious plot that the movie, written by director Martin Brest, wisely avoids. Instead of falling in love and psychically adopting Brian, or (alternate cliche) fighting all the time, Gigli and Ricki get to like each other very, very much, even though she makes it perfectly clear that she is a lesbian. So resolute is the movie in its idea of her character that she doesn't even cave in and have a conversion experience, which is what we're expecting, but remains a lesbian--as indeed, as a good lesbian, she should.
Their conversations take on a rather desperate quality, since Gigli feels lust and love, and she feels strong affection. What transpires between them, and whether they ever put their theories about genitalia through a field test, I will not reveal. Meanwhile, Brian behaves like a well-rehearsed Movie Retarded Person, does or doesn't do whatever the script requires, and conveniently disappears into his room when he is not needed.
Lopez and Affleck are sweet and appealing in their performances; the buzz said they didn't have chemistry, but the buzz was wrong. What they don't have is conviction. There is no way these two are killers for the mob. They don't have the disposition for it. And consider this: If you had kidnapped the highly recognizable Rain Man brother of a top federal prosecutor, would you drive him all over Los Angeles in a convertible with the top down, and take him to restaurants and malls?
So the crime plot is completely unconvincing. It does, however, open the door for the movie's collection of inspired supporting performances. Christopher Walken, as a cop who knows Gigli, walks into his apartment and does five minutes of Walkenizing and the audience eats up every second. Lainie Kazan, as Gigli's mother, sizes up Ricky instantly, likes her, learns she is a lesbian, chucks her under the chin and says, "But you've been with guys, right?" Then she talks about her own Highly Experimental youth, while solidifying her position as the ethnic mother of choice in modern American movies. And then toward the end, Starkman, the mob boss from New York, arrives, and is played in a cameo by Al Pacino--who makes the journey from extravagant
dopiness to chilling intimidation faster and better than anyone else I can think of.
So the movie doesn't work. The ending especially doesn't work, and what's worse, it doesn't work for a long time, because it fails to work for minute after minute, and includes dialogue which is almost entirely unnecessary. But there is good stuff here. Affleck and Lopez create lovely characters, even if they're not the ones they're allegedly playing, and the supporting performances and a lot of the dialogue is wonderful. It's just that there's too much time between the good scenes. Too much repetitive dialogue. Too many soulful looks. Behavior we can't believe. I wonder what would happen if you sweated 15 minutes out of this movie. Maybe it would work. The materials are there.
I wonder how him and Richard Roeper will get along with that statement.
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Gigli: The Affleck/J-Lo film has scored a rare honour - a perfect 0% in the Rotten Tomatoes meter rankings.
I wonder how this thread got to be three pages long. :yabbse-undecided:
I think it has something to do with people's fascination with train wrecks.
Quote from: RaikusI think it has something to do with people's fascination with train wrecks.
it looks like we can put the nail in the coffin now...
Meanwhile, the Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez romantic comedy Gigli failed to pull in any audiences during its opening weekend, landing in 8th place, and earning only $3.8 million from 2,215 theaters. It doesn't look good for the $54 million film.
i feel so happy
Shit, it might not even make 54$M even after DVD renting ...
I'm glad when J Lo and Affleck bomb
I'm glad for the way it makes me feel
I love it cause it seems to blow my mind every time
I'm glad Gigli came into my life
I'm so glad
Sorry
Quote from: Pas RapportI'm glad when J Lo and Affleck bomb
I'm glad for the way it makes me feel
I love it cause it seems to blow my mind every time
I'm glad Gigli came into my life
I'm so glad
poetry
I shiver at the thought of how horrible of an actor/actress their offspring will be...
Quote from: Still the WalrusI shiver at the thought of how horrible of an actor/actress their offspring will be...
this is just me but....i don't think they are both
that bad of actors....
they seem to both (almost always now) make bad choices when it comes to the next film they sign on too............but i agree its' been a while since they made credible roles in a film...by credible i mean..J-Lo(the cell, out of sight)
ben(good will hunting , chasing amy)................................Just an opinion
I liked Affleck's performance in Changing Lanes. Good departure from safe commercial fare.
I've only seen The Cell and Angel Eyes from Jennifer Lopez's work. She wasn't the star of The Cell, the visuals were, and if Rutger Hauer was playing her part the film would have been just as good. Her performance in Angel Eyes was decent.
I'll probably see it at the dollar theater, just to find out whether it is really as bad as the critics say. First I'll have to muster up the courage to say "One for Gigli, please."
Yeah I didn't pay a dime and still want money for seeing that shit.
It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't, yknow, two and a half fucking hours. Cut that by an hour and at least you don't feel you've been shit on the entire time.
Quote from: SalYeah I didn't pay a dime and still want money for seeing that shit.
It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't, yknow, two and a half fucking hours. Cut that by an hour and at least you don't feel you've been shit on the entire time.
Good point...most bad movies could be really tolerable if they didn't last so fucking long.
Affleck annoys me...I liked him in Changing Lanes as well, come to think of it. But for the most part, he annoys me...A J-Lo should stay out of movies...and music. Wait she was good in Anaconda...
No wait...no she wasn't.
Quote from: RaviShe wasn't the star of The Cell, the visuals were, and if Rutger Hauer was playing her part the film would have been just as good.
True.....but i meant that she has done some credible work..the visuals were the whole film agreed....but ..the film is a credible piece of work under her name .....
Gigli: WTEV reports that Sony has pulled adverts for the failed Jennifer Lopez/Ben Affleck flick, replacing them with spots for "Bad Boys II", whilst the film itself is expected to disappear shortly when cinemas finish their 3-week contractual obligations to screen the film (although already its been relegated to the smallest screens at the multiplexes). Its also earned another honour - of the many thousands of movies in the Internet Movie Database, this has scored a 1.5/10 average score from nearly 2000 votes, making it the worst rated movie ever in the entire database - even the likes of "Glitter", "Battlefield Earth" and "Jaws 4" got over 2/10.
"In every relationship, there's a bull and a cow. I'm the bull! You're the cow! You got that?"
Quiet possibly one of the worst pieces of dialouge ever said. Imagine having to sit through that for two hours. I did. :cry:
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Quiet possibly one of the worst pieces of dialouge ever said. Imagine having to sit through that for two hours. I did. :cry:
filmcritic...I was about to feel sympathy...now I feel doubt.
Let me to ya, I'm a film critic so I have to sit through junk like this all the time. When I'm stuck with something like this, all I can do is to sit back and go to sleep or look around the room and count how many seats are in the theatre. That's how bored you get.
Doubt has shifted back to sympathy.
this just keeps getting better and better...
Oh, and Sony's Gigli dropped a record-breaking 83% in its second weekend with only $640,000. The $54 million-budgeted romantic comedy has only earned $5.6 million.
happy days are here again...
:arrow: fun fact:
thatyoupossiblyalreadyknew
Gigli has hit #1 on imdb's bottom 100.
followed closely by From Justin To Kelly.
Quote from: filmcriticLet me to ya, I'm a film critic so I have to sit through junk like this all the time. When I'm stuck with something like this, all I can do is to sit back and go to sleep or look around the room and count how many seats are in the theatre. That's how bored you get.
So, do you write for kingroom.com or what?
Quote from: Walrus, KooKookajoob
Doubt has shifted back to sympathy.
No sympathy from me. Quit, and then have that company give me a call. I'll gladly fill the position.
Quote from: filmcriticLet me to ya, I'm a film critic so I have to sit through junk like this all the time. When I'm stuck with something like this, all I can do is to sit back and go to sleep or look around the room and count how many seats are in the theatre. That's how bored you get.
How in the hell are you a "film critic" if you're under 18?
By the way, how did you get in to see this movie?
Quote from: PawbloeQuote from: filmcriticLet me to ya, I'm a film critic so I have to sit through junk like this all the time. When I'm stuck with something like this, all I can do is to sit back and go to sleep or look around the room and count how many seats are in the theatre. That's how bored you get.
How in the hell are you a "film critic" if you're under 18?
By the way, how did you get in to see this movie?
it's all about convincing the doorman that you are 57.
Quote from: PawbloeQuote from: filmcriticLet me [smooch] ya, I'm a film critic...
How in the hell are you a "film critic" if you're under 18?
filmcritic = a bullshitter to end all bullshitters
Quote from: PawbloeHow in the hell are you a "film critic" if you're under 18?
everyones a critic. age is irrelevant
Quote from: Cecil B. Dementedeveryones a critic. age is irrelevant
Oh, it's relevant if you can't get into the majority of movies distributed in the US. And, yes, the majority of movies in the US are rated R.
then said critic would just need to be accompanied by mom, or sneek in.
Well said, Cecil.
Ben Affleck was on Leno tonight. Say what you want about him, I can't help but like him in interviews. And he's willing to make fun at himself, which is always a great thing. So yeah, check it out if you want when NBC plays it again next Tuesday morning at 2:00 AM.
Tuesday August 12, 2003
Gigli: The worst movie of the century?
Ben Affleck has admitted that his latest movie, Gigli, bombed at the box office because it "wasn't very good". Partnering Affleck with off-screen lover Jennifer Lopez, Gigli was greeted by the worst reviews of the year, and earned a feeble $3.5m in its opening weekend in the US. "[Gigli] wasn't very good and we got buried," Affleck said this week. "I think there is good work in it, scene by scene. I think the acting is good ... but I don't think ultimately the movie held up as a whole." But the Daredevil star insisted that he was not apprehensive about the upcoming release of Jersey Girl, another film he's made alongside Lopez. He stressed that Jersey Girl is "a really good movie" and added: "Jen is only in it for 10 minutes." Affleck did not say whether the two facts were related.
In an interview to be published Friday, Ben Affleck comments on why he thinks "Gigli" failed - "I think actually like scene by scene there's really good stuff in there, but I don't think it hangs together as a movie, so I think fundamentally it doesn't work, but I mean the worst movie of the century? I accepted what the movie was going to be beforehand going into it. It's not fun, but I was sort of prepared for it. In fact, I felt like it failed so SPECTACULARLY that it was kind of fun and I got a real kick out of it. I feel like at least I can say I did nothing small either succeeded grandly or failed grandly, so I think you must have perspective on it. I'm at a point where maybe four or five years ago this would have seemed like the end of the world to me, but it's doesn't really. I feel very comfortable and I'd feel a lot worse if I didn't like Paycheck and Jersey Girl so I feel I got a little room to breathe".
I think Jersey Girl will be bad also. I can't stand Kevin Smith.
I will probably rent Gigli when it comes out though cause I guess I like to torture myself.
Quote from: Lucinda BryteI will probably rent Gigli when it comes out though cause I guess I like to torture myself.
Yeah but come on, that's like cinematical (nice ring to it) suicide. Nobody should see this movie, not even to laugh and trash.
Quote from: Lucinda BryteI think Jersey Girl will be bad also. I can't stand Kevin Smith.
I used to like Kevin Smith, but I think that's just because I thought I was supposed to (this was long ago). Then I realized, he overwrites everything. Oh, and his movies aren't funny.
For Cecil's happiness here's (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=gigli.htm) Gigli's box office.
Man, within one week it went from playing in 2,215 theaters to 115, and in the weekdays it averaged $43 per screen!!! What's that, like ten people in the whole theater?!
Quote from: FernandoFor Cecil's happiness here's (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=gigli.htm) Gigli's box office.
Man, within one week it went from playing in 2,215 theaters to 115, and in the weekdays it averaged $43 per screen!!! What's that, like ten people in the whole theater?!
at my local theater, it is 4 and 3/8 people........
i love this thread
What's the song that plays toward the end of the "Gigli" trailer? I know I've heard it before but I just can't figure it out.
.......
Quote from: filmcriticWhat's the song that plays toward the end of the "Gigli" trailer? I know I've heard it before but I just can't figure it out.
HaHa. What a sick and cruel joke, trying to dupe someone sit through the two minutes of bad scenes just to listen to the end song for you. Are you insane? What a sadist.
I have no idea.
Hey, Game Boy, go look up sadist in the dictionary.
Hey, Roger Ebert wannabe:
1.) The deriving of sexual gratification or the tendency to derive sexual gratification from inflicting pain or emotional abuse on others.
2.) The deriving of pleasure, or the tendency to derive pleasure, from cruelty.
3.)Extreme cruelty.
Quote from: filmcriticWhat's the song that plays toward the end of the "Gigli" trailer? I know I've heard it before but I just can't figure it out.
i think the song is called "Who Cares". its by the Givashit's.
i realize this is so old news by this point. but i just got an old premiere that had been lost in the mail and came across ben afflecks quote about his new to-be-released movie Gigli...
"I feel it's far and away my best work," Affleck says "It's a movie I'll look back on as a special event in my life."
affleck, you are a liar sir. i love how the week it was coming out, he was doing all these talkshows and stuff telling everyone to go see it. and then the monday after it came out he's doing interviews saying "oh yeah, it wasnt very good. thats kinda funny". its like "uhh, why did you tell everybody to go see it, if you were so "in" on how it sucked?"
Quote from: themodernage02"uhh, why did you tell everybody to go see it, if you were so "in" on how it sucked?"
He was paid to by the studio.
mark it on your calenders folks...
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December 9th 2003
I can't believe they're releasing it on DVD! I seriously doubt that Martin Brest will do a commentary. if he did, that would be hilarious. I can just see him saying "Oh, I love this performance" or "I love this piece of dialouge here."
this movie might have sucked but Jennifer looks damn fine
If there really were smart and wanted to salvage some cash with DVD sales, they'd pull 2 or 3 people off the street and just have them bash it. Sit through it the first time and completely reem it a new one. No commedians, just ordinary people with good presence. Then it'd become a novelty and a "must have" commentary item.
This just in from IMDB:
After averaging only about $300 per theater, the 73 British movie houses showing Gigli have decided to pull it after less than a week. The film debuted with reviews that would have made the dismal American notices appear like raves in comparison. "Celluloid manure," critic Alan Frank called it in the Daily Star. Peter Bradshaw in the Guardian wrote that stars Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez "are awe-inspiringly, world-historically awful." The film itself, he added, is "just so catastrophic I expected the audience to adopt the 'brace' position in the stalls, as if on a crashing plane." TV critic Jonathan Ross of Sky's Film 2003 remarked that despite the American reviews, "nothing can prepare you for quite how bad Gigli is." Likewise James Christopher in the Times commented "Mere words fail to express the awfulness" of the film.
Hail the British!
I still have to see this. On Dec. 9th I'll talk my friend at Blockbuster into letting me buy it at bulk price, buy a keg, invite some heads over, watch it, get stinking drunk, and then throw a Gigli bonfire! Huzzah! :twisted:
Or should I go the burning effigy route? Might be cheaper......
bennifer dumped jennifer - I guess no more stupid movies.
Quote from: mollybennifer dumped jennifer - I guess no more stupid movies.
Like they can't make stupid movies on their own? "Enough" comes to mind.
Quote from: MacGuffinQuote from: mollybennifer dumped jennifer - I guess no more stupid movies.
Like they can't make stupid movies on their own? "Enough" comes to mind.
Grab the special edition of Enough today!
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Quote from: RaikusIf there really were smart and wanted to salvage some cash with DVD sales, they'd pull 2 or 3 people off the street and just have them bash it. Sit through it the first time and completely reem it a new one. No commedians, just ordinary people with good presence. Then it'd become a novelty and a "must have" commentary item.
Or, along that theme, relaunch a 21st Century version of MST3K with the bots taking on Ben and J-Lo.
There are soooooo many movies from the past five years that could use a strong dose of Joel, Mike, Crow and Servo.
A friend and I rented Gigli a few nights ago. He told me that there were several copies left and that he felt like he was renting a porno when he took the DVD to the counter.
We didn't even finish it. The film offers nothing to make fun of. It is just plain tedious. The dialogue and acting are horrible, and every moment was too long. When Jennifer Lopez is at Ben Affleck's door, they stand there talking for about a minute until she enters the apartment. I don't have a short attention span, but I was incredibly bored. Even the sex scene was boring.
What's funny is that the DVD includes widescreen and pan-and-scan versions of the film. Why bother with two transfers? Why even do one? Will anyone miss it if it was never released on home video or shown on TV? This film didn't even make it to the dollar theater near me.
I want to the rental store last night and all copies of Gigli were remaining. I thought it was pretty funny.
I honestly haven't seen a movie as universally dumped on as this one. Its amazing. Has anyone seen a positive review of it? That's what would amaze me more than anything.
Quote from: The IdiotI want to the rental store last night and all copies of Gigli were remaining. I thought it was pretty funny.
I honestly haven't seen a movie as universally dumped on as this one. Its amazing. Has anyone seen a positive review of it? That's what would amaze me more than anything.
Ebert liked it
He thought parts were good. He still gave it thumbs down, though.
I honestly don't think it could have been even close to the abomination that is The Cat In The Hat.
I saw Gigli to see what all the hoopla was, and the problem with it is that it IS terrible, but not uber-terrible, such as Battlefield Earth, Freddy Got Fingered, etc. Gigli's at that point where it's painfully bad, not funny bad. I admit I liked a couple of things about it (Al Pacino, or maybe just the sound of him eating), but it just gave me a headache, it was so uncomfortable. I dunno. I wanted to like it to be different, but I couldn't.
As for Cat In The Hat, I think they're both bad in the same sort of way. I'm not sure which one's worse, though.
the cat in the hat was bad?
If an unfunny comedy is a good thing, then no, it wasn't bad at all.
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Robert Elswit did the cinematography on this one movie after Punch Drunk Love (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005696/)
...that just ruined my morning and day.
yeah, I'm watching it again. Gonna try to make it through the second hour this time.
I love that he gets separate credit for the Mattress Man commercial.