I am inspired in this moment by a recent facebook post by my good friend Shawn. Hence, I begin a series of posts about movies I've seen and enjoyed, despite their possession of all the earmarks of lameness. Buckle thine seatbelts, gang.
The Movie:
Pathfinder - 2007, starring Karl Urban (of Star Trek and Lord of the Rings fame )
Here's what the critics had to say:
"Bombastic action rescues monotonous Pathfinder."
- Boston Globe
Both 'monotonous' and 'bombastic' in the same sentence! That's reason enought to watch, right?
"...a bizarre, bloody adventure movie..."
- Chicago Tribune
Who doesn't love bizarre and/or bloody andventure movies?
"...ridiculous..."
- New York Post
Yep. It was.
"All grunting, all goring, the witless action flick Pathfinder has little to recommend it..."
-New York Times
This one's my fave. 'grunting and goring' - brilliant. 'witless action flick'. Mmm, the words go down so smoothly!
That one's in the books. Please don't think less of me!
- Josh
Joshua Gordon
- Joshua Gordon
- Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- I live in Guelph - an artsy, tree hugging university town in Ontario. I work hard to be a creative and innovative influence in the places I find myself. Most of the time that looks like networking with other creatives, researching, or filling up my sketchbook / journal with ideas.
2 comments:
Not only do NOT think less of you, I admire your "bombastic" audacity to tell the world (i.e. blog readership) that you like what you like. In my book, if a movie is stupid enough, it may, at the very least, qualify as "entertainment". That's all I ask of a film.
I will admit to having rented "Pathfinder", but I fast-forwarded through most of it. I'd recommend "The Last of the Mohicans" with Daniel Day-Lewis...better acting, with no less blood-letting.
Keep the "Lame Movie Review" going...want more!
-W
Last of the Mohicans WAS good. It's definitely in the top percentile of my fave movies, as well as being a standout of American Fiction.
Thanks for the read!
- Josh
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