December 15, 2003
Gigli - Just Plain Bad
"Yeah, we know, our movie sucked."
Over the weekend, I watched a really horrible movie, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez' Gigli. Now, I wasn't expecting a good movie or anything, in fact, I was expecting a really horrible movie. Since the quality of any movie is relative to other movies, I decided to watch Gigli to remember what a bad movie was. I guess I didn't really know how bad the movie actually was. The script poor at best, but the worst part of the movie had to be Ben Affleck (Larry Gigli). He has got to be one of the worst actors in Hollywood right now. I can't remember the last good movie he was in. Maybe Good Will Hunting? And he wasn't even the star in that! J-Lo wasn't too bad, but she couldn't even carry this load on her healthy-sized buttocks. Al Pacino was also in the movie, which was a pleasant surprise, but even he stank (not sure if he was better in Simone or Gigli).
In his New York Times review, A.O. Scott said it best, "Larry's name is pronounced ZHEE-lee, or as he likes to say, ''rhymes with really.'' As in really, really silly, which is the kindest way to describe this hopelessly misconceived exercise in celebrity self-worship." I would replace "silly" with "bad," but otherwise he is dead on.
- NY Times review: An Offer of Love He Can't Refuse
- Rotten Tomatoes on Gigli
Posted by tien mao in Movies at 9:21 AM
Somehow I know I'll end up seeing this, no matter how bad it sounds everytime someone else sees it. I think it's some sort of personal addiction to J-Lo movies. For some reason, and I blame HBO for the most part, I think I've seen Angel Eyes and The Wedding Planner about 5 times each. I think each viewing is good for a drop of 1-3 IQ points, but it's just so damn addictive...
Posted by: Joe at December 15, 2003 1:13 PM
if you see it, just go in knowing it's a bad movie. if you do that, you still come out thinking it's horrible, but at least you won't stop in the middle. j-lo didn't even get naked, although it did seem to be cold in some shots.
Posted by: tien at December 15, 2003 2:00 PM
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