Why me?

Rating: 3/10 (16 August 2007)

"Why me? WHY IS IT ALWAYS ME?" This is the plaintive cry that was uttered repeatedly by Capt. Wally Binghamton whenever he was having a run-in with his nemesis Cmdr. Quinton McHale in McHale's Navy. Now I ask the same question, except I'm not contending with a Quinton McHale. Instead I wonder whether it is my fate to watch extremely bad movies, of which this movie may top the list. There is nothing more pathetic cinematically than a pretentious movie. This movie lacks a coherent storyline; lacks anything that even remotely approaches good acting; and is just another noisy Hollywood special effects-a-rama. There is nonstop fighting, ongoing violence, constant noise, but it's not a war movie. Actually I'm still trying to figure out whether this movie is a drama, thriller, action, science-fiction, or what? When I have to struggle figuring out what a movie is about (and Hollywood is not known to produce movies with complex plots) then there is a problem. Maybe it's me ... but maybe it's the movie. I opt for the latter. If you decide to watch this movie and don't like it, don't say I didn't warn you.