Absorlutely God-awful

Rating: 1/10 (1 July 2008)

I finally, finally broke down to watch this (I know, I know, it took some time to do it) and now I know why it took me so long. My Lord, this sorry excuse for a movie is just plain awful. I haven't experience this much movie-viewing pain since trying to sit through Brokeback Mountain, another highly overrated, badly acted, sorry excuse of time and effort. Sappy dialog, boring, over-the-top characters, dull and predictable storyline, and so on and so on. The costume designs, set decorations, cinematography, and special effects were definitely worthy of notice, but nothing else. And to realize that this worthless piece of trash won the Best Picture Oscar over L.A. Confidential, a brainy, stylish, police drama, is unbelievably pathetic. But then again, I have noticed that most of the viewing public, including critics and Hollywood, don't like to think too much. In that case, this movie's for you!