Nauseating

Rating: 2/10 (17 August 2009)

This movie left me feeling very bored and nauseated from all the shaky camera work, over-the-top villains, blood and gore, repetitious foul language, and loud, disgusting noises. The main character was foolish and nerdy yet entirely unsympathetic, which made him totally unlikeable and uninteresting. The fact that he had a beautiful, loving wife was not nearly enough to make him a round or curious character in the least. In fact, it would have been nice if he'd been killed off very early in the film so that we could see her marry someone with a hint of personality.
In this movie, every piece of dialog that was supposed to convey excitement -- be it terror or joy -- sounded the same. "Oh f$#k!" or "F$#k you, f$#ckin' mother f$#cker!" I wondered if the script was written by a 15-year-old boy. I also wondered why in the f$#k Peter Jackson would ever allow his name to be associated with a project so foul and so pointless as this.
After the first half hour (10 minutes of which was mildly amusing background done in documentary style), I was already checking my watch and wishing that I could walk out of the theater without offending my friend who chose this stinker of a movie. Several of the people sitting in front of me left early and, oh how I wished I had, too. This movie had absolutely no redeeming qualities whatsoever, aside from the fact that it finally ended.