Tuesday, July 12, 2005
walking out of movies


We saw (part of) the world's worst movie this weekend. We didn't walk out because it was on DVD. From the very beginning it looked to be a sad, unoriginal, inept movie. Less than half-way through, we finally found the courage to turn it off.

First Daughter has taken over as the worst movie our family has ever seen. Before that, it was a toss up between Wedding Planner and Uptown Girls. Even though those movies were really, really awful, we actually managed to watch them all the way through. Although we probably shouldn't have.

We weren't expecting First Daughter to be original or really very good, but we expected something that was lighthearted and fun even though it was the 10th or so reincarnation of the same movie (think Sinbad in First Kid or Mandy Moore in Chasing Liberty). We were enjoying the jokes that it might possibly come up with, like, "Let me show how we have fun on my side of the tracks." Or, "You remind me of me 20 years ago, kid."

But, as bad as we expected it to be, it was much, much worse. Because it was so tepid and dull. And, the writing was truly awful. Embarassingly bad.

When I was a kid, I loved any movie I got to see. I had absolutely no concept of being critical of a movie. The first movie I walked out of was Spinal Tap. I was 14 and hanging out with my friends and my sister and her friends (who could drive). We just didn't get the humor of the movie.

In high school my friend and I walked out of The Gods Must Be Crazy and in college I met many people who loved it. I just didn't get it when I saw it (although I did like it when the natives found the coke bottle).

When we were first married, we walked out of Last of the Mohicans. I know some people liked it, but we couldn't stand it. "No matter how far, I will find you!" Eck. It was ridiculous.

When we were in Japan, seeing movies was really expensive, so we only went to one. We stupidly picked Batman Returns, the one with the penguins. We didn't walk out, but if we had paid a normal price, we totally would have.

We walked out of Jurassic Park near the end. I wish we would've had the good sense to walk out before Jeff Goldblum's beefcake shot. What was that?

We walked out of The Garfield Movie, but that's no surprise. That's like thinking Baby Geniuses 2 is going to be good entertainment.
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