A movie that goes on and on and on and on...

Rating: 5/10 (26 November 1999)

Ok. I read Ebert's review first. I expected a tongue-in-cheek, semi serious, "Jewel of the Nile" like semi parody of the Adventure-Action genre film.What I saw was a nod of the hat gesture flick that went on and on and on. My brother in law summed it up perfectly. if inadvertantly, when he said, "It's not to long a movie. If youn undertand how movies are made. Movies have a begininning, a climax and an end." That's exactly what this movie has. A start, a climax.Another start another climax.Still another start, another climax.After starting a 1/2 half bottle of a rather decent white wine when the movie began I was "chilled" when the wine ran out but the movie didn't.It kept going on from one salute to another. A salute to Indy Jones, a salute to Romancing the Stone, a salute to Ray Harryhousen (sp), a salute to Star Wars, a salute to Temple of Doom, a final salute to Romancing the Stone and a final salute to itself. Yada, yada, yada. Ok already. Yeah. We got the point.You're a COMEDY/action movie. So was "Last Action Hero". Put an end to it already. Please. Once is enough. A guess it comes down to the difference between fine art and flim-flam art. Real Art knows when/where to stop. Flim Flam keeeps going and going and going. Too full of itself to to say, "Iv'e made my point.I can quit now"