Saplings of Youth

Rating: Null/10 (10 July 2004)

I am dispensing with my usual "Final Analysis" because there's no need for it here.
Honestly, I did not like this movie. I did not think it was bad (certainly not like how Antoine Fuqua makes a bad movie), but there was something overwhelmingly lacking here.
I blame Rob Reiner Goldman for what happened. He frequently goofs projects up with his pedestrian, lethargic manner. Also, there's too much pandering against the modern youth culture. I can appreciate such actions in 'Calvin & Hobbes' when both sides (mostly balanced on the fulcrum of TV) are intelligently handled, but this is too simple. Shame on Goldman.
I did not leave this movie feeling like I'd experienced something unique. Disney used the self-irony method for 'Pirates' and had two competent actors to balance Bruckheimer's exuberance. I can see why other people would like this, but I'd just as soon forget it. Scott can make engrossing fantasy, Reiner can't.