Worst than Congo... that should say it all

Rating: 1/10 (3 August 2007)

Honestly, I don't know what I was expecting when I went to an advance screening of this in Edmonton Alberta Canada at South Edmonton Common cinemas last night. I had heard NO "buzz" about this movie at all, even from my teenage son, who considers it his mission in life to try and know more than me when it comes to movies, music and games...
The movie, honestly, was the single worst movie of modern times and recent memory that I have ever seen or been subjected to. It is one of the first screenings that I have physically had to restrain myself from walking out on within the first 20 minutes.
Some of the extended school hallway "dialogue" scenes in this movie will leave you wanting to take your drink straw to your ear drums and fill your eye sockets with popcorn. They seem to go on for a week and a half, then you wake up, and realize it's still going on.
I hear that the writers of this movie started to write it when they were 14 years-old. My take on this is that they had older brothers who were 14 years-old, and started writing it when they were about 11, imagining all the "cool" things their older brothers were dreaming that 17 year-olds did "at parties"... And considering it is rated 18A in Canada, I don't think many under the age of 18 are going to be seeing this movie. Which just may save a generation of youth.
In short I told my son that if he listens to anyone over the age of 13 who advises him to go see this movie, or heave forbid, that it's a good movie, he will never trust an adult again in his life.
The physical pat down and wanding with a metal detector I had to endure to get in to make sure I didn't pirate this 'leet movie on my cell phone in 10 second chunks, was one of the most insane pre-screening experiences of my life, and being one who goes to quite a few advance screenings, this was truly over the top, even for Sony. And after the confiscation of all cell phones, even ones without a camera, the security guard hired to watch us all throughout the movie with his night vision gear, then proceeded to talk on his cell phone in the theater about four times throughout the screening... nice...