Forgettable

Rating: 7/10 (3 July 2000)

I didn't expect it to be astounding. After all, 97% of the movies that are released during the summer are meant to appeal to anyone possible, except those who expect films to bring out more than trite surface emotions. This movie pulled out all the stops, man's son dies, man seeks revenge, bad-guy (who is inherantly evil and shows not a shred of humanity) dies a bloody death, little girl cries, boy and girl fall in love and die... on and on and on. There's nothing you haven't seen before. I was disappointed for the same reasons as the others, so I won't bore you by basically repeating their comments.
I would, however, like to comment about the voting on this site. It seems that many who believe their opinion is worth more than the rest of the voters have decided to compensate for those whose votes they disagree with. 20 people (last I checked) scored this movie a 1 out of 10. Now, unless these people honestly think this was among the worst movies of all time, it is obvious that they thought the average score was too high, so they decided to bring it down a bit. Are you saying that The Patriot is as bad as movies like Superman 4 or Billy Jack Goes to Washington (both of which I STILL wouldn't give 1's, maybe 3's...) I doubt it. So vote YOUR opinion, regardless of others, and quit trying to sway the average score to fit yours.