If only there were more films like this

Rating: 10/10 (3 May 2006)

After watching useless film after useless film, I always come back to this. It acts as a benchmark and I must remind myself to watch it more as I find myself become more accommodating to the rubbish which is being released these days. How many films do you find yourself counting the minutes till the end or where the media has created a publicity storm to cloak the fact their film isn't worth the huge budget they spent on it? After watching King Kong at Christmas I felt depressed, as here was a truly bloated, poorly acted, lazily directed, piece of film which was getting rave reviews from the critics and public alike. Please feel free to argue against me, but the fact that so few are willing to state the obvious, that the film wasn't great, just alright at best, highlights a continuing trend in todays society, that of applauding mediocrity.