utter garbage

Rating: 1/10 (29 August 2003)

sorry folks, but the movie sucked big time. people really need to get over themselves, like Im so tired of everyone using ebert or the critic's take so to speak to rationalize the fact that they either cant think for themselves, or have terrible taste. this is honestly as bad as any hollywood explosion flick, if not worse. worse because it tries so so SO hard, and it so painfully obvious, yet the "mature" viewer supposedly is able to appreciate it. ha!
How exactly is this a good movie? It's not even watchable! The most nothing story told in the most uninteresting way possible...ugh, it was even lamer than gosford park. Such flat charaterizations.... women: "hi" man " "hi, blah blah blah" women "blah blah blah blah" man "do I know you?" ...groan. that is an actual snippet of the soap opera cornball dialogue that makes up seabiscuit, but or course, people that "liked" the movie will tell you its a brilliant character piece. er, ok. believe me, you'll be more than just rolling your eyes while trying to take this nonsense in. not to mention the annoying, dare I say volatile editing. scenes that have no relation to anything, pointless conversations, jumping around timewise with no care for resolving anything brought up, geez, I needed a dramamine just to make it through this thing! I tried so hard to get into this but it just wasn't happening and I absolutely refuse, REFUSE to believe there are people out there who didn't think "what the hell is this?" at least a dozen times during this movie, hell during the first 30 minutes alone! sorry, but forcing yourself to sit through rubbish in an attempt to appreciate a "good" film is just wrong. if we all had that mentality crap like titanic would be in the top 250.
The emperor is naked folks, and it sure aint pretty.