Kevin Smith has described the film as a “big 80s homage” which is to say he has no idea what an homage actually is.
In the same interview he says Traffic editor, Stephen Mirrione, came in to assist with editing the project and said to him, “You don’t really need any help, maybe a few tweaks.” Smith then told the interviewer, “It felt great, I’ve never really been validated as an editor.” I wonder if Smith looks back at the comment now and wonders if Mirrione just didn’t want his name associated with what he was seeing.
To read my review of this one click here.
The fact this film is getting a sequel of sorts and Garry Marshall is returning to direct just proves how down in the dumps American filmmaking is at this point. While the same cast won’t be returning for New Year’s Eve I can only hope it isn’t the two hour-plus nightmare this mess was.
Find out how much I hated this movie right here.
To quote my January review, “To say I disliked this movie would be an understatement and to say the first weekend of 2010 has delivered a contender for the worst movie of the year would be dead on.” Dead on indeed.
I saw this movie over a year ago, December 1, 2009 to be exact, and its putrid nature still infuriates me. This is one of those films you can head over to RottenTomatoes and find a group of critics to take slightly less seriously if they were willing to give this a pass.
How bad is it? Matthew Goode told the Telegraph earlier this year:
“It’s turgid. I just know that there are a lot of people who will say it is the worst film of 2010. [The location] was the main reason I took it – so that I could come home at the weekends. It wasn’t because of the script, trust me. I was told it was going to be like The Quiet Man with a Vaughan Williams soundtrack, but in the end it turned out to have pop music all over it. … Was it a bad job? Yes, it was. But, you know, I had a nice time and I got paid.”
Love the honesty Matthew, but don’t you or Adams make films like this a habit.
So there you have it. I’m not sure if it’s cathartic or just mean-spirited, but those are ten films I’m happy to have behind me, but it only means I must now prepare myself for however many more just like it await me in 2011. But before we begin that conversation begin listing your worst films of 2010 in the comments below. I’m sure there’s some nastiness you want to get off your chest. Now’s the time, let it free, and breathe a sigh of relief.
