FUBU for kids

Rating: 1/10 (5 July 2004)

African-Americans have FUBU, kids have the Harry Potter movies (I should take that back so Black America doesn't hunt me down for the insulting comparison). If you're under 8 and dig witchcraft, or you really like bad (and I mean BAD) acting in a high-budget movie, you might love it. If, however, your intellectual age is over 12, I would recommend avoiding this terribly long, drawn-out exhibition of children's sorcery -- WORST movie I've ever sat through in the theater. Yes, worse than "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" and even "Master of Disguise." The first hour, at least I had a bucket of popcorn to keep my interest. When it wasn't over after 90 minutes, I tried to take a nap but my bucket of cherry coke had me wired. My friend seemed to be enjoying it, so I tried to give it a chance. By the 2-hour mark, I wanted to commit suicide, but the theater apparently expected this reaction and restricted me from bringing in any weapons. I decided to stay and avoid the traffic, so I clipped my finger nails and toe nails (I guess if someone can hijack an airplane with clippers, I could have done some much-needed damage to myself, but I didn't think about that at the time). People really need to stop saying it's a movie to be enjoyed by everyone. There's a reason almost half of the reviews are saying everything from overrated to worst movie of all time. Guess where I stand.