I think I actually may have liked 'Meet the Spartans' better than this movie

Rating: 1/10 (18 March 2008)

I was in the mood for a movie a couple of weeks ago, but had seen everything in the theatres. Reluctantly, I forced myself to go see 'Meet the Spartans,' and paid dearly for it. It took everything I had to stay until the end. It's one of the first comedies since the 80's that I have seen which did not manage to get a single smirk out of me. Hands down...the worst movie I've seen in years.
That is, until I saw 'There Will Be Blood.' I've read through some of the positive posts on here highlighting the acting and cinematography and can see where some people might be split on these elements (personally, I wasn't impressed with either). Even if I did agree, however, I just don't think that these alone can carry a movie to a 9 or 10 rating. Some other reviewers on this site hit the nail on the head: this film was just plain boring.
Literally, I could not wait for this to end. My wife and I were looking at one another in the theatre throwing our hands up in amazement every 30 minutes or so (2 1/2 hr. film) when the film's plot still hadn't gone anywhere. This is like a couple of snapshots in the life of some oil baron. Nothing really ever happens.
Did we really have to wait 2 1/2 hrs. to see an out-of-place conclusion to the movie which turned out to be yet another Hollywood shot at religion? Really? C'mon...hasn't Hollywood's take on religion been thoroughly documented in every film made that touches on the subject? I get it already.
What was there that could ever be mistaken as being inspiring or even entertaining in this film? If it weren't for the two or three scenes of bloodshed (mild at best) and some profanity, this is what I would put on TV to get my kids to sleep at night. I can only reason that the studio has hired tons of individuals to write positive reviews on this. Surely, IMDb users have better taste than this.
Pass.