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Return of the weekend movie review edition: Part 3 « footprints… — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:54:45 +0000

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By: Ram Man

Ram Man — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:17:21 +0000

I’m out of town for a couple of days and ol’ Roger opens mouth and inserts both feet and his famous thumbs! Has anyone checked what drugs he’s on?? and it would be nice if he would share. Maybe he watched Pineapple express first..partook in the herb..then saw Mummy:TODE and loved it under the influence. I would be willing to try to see it his way..only if he shares his drugs! Otherwise the movie is SHIT! Brett is right..he did pave the way for film critics on TV,Radio and the internet. But when a player is past his prime and evidentally seeing things that aren’t there..they retire him. Sounds like they need some new blood in his seat.

By: Brett

Brett — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:06:31 +0000

hahahaha

By: scott

scott — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:08 +0000

forget comparing it to the first 2…it’s a bad movie!

By: Brett

Brett — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:50:05 +0000

just curious though, are you guys saying you think Mummy 2 with the Scorpion King thing at the end is better? I haven’t seen 3 yet, but it almost seems impossible for it not to be better than the first two. is this untrue?

By: Brett

Brett — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:48:15 +0000

also Travis, I agree. While I respect Roger Ebert, and think Scott’s comment kinda neglects that Ebert’s work in film criticism has paved the way for a review site like ours to even exist, sometimes even big name critics ARE off on certain things. I personally disagree with his recent review on ‘Baghead’, kinda seemed like he was overly dismissive and missed the whole point. But hey, so it goes.

By: Brett

Brett — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:40:21 +0000

Ah, the legend of the Bum Gurgle. may future generations never forget its lessons.

By: Travis

Travis — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:34:16 +0000

Hey, Scott… you did have “one” fan of the ten-star rating system! :)

Anyway, from someone who has a history of defending Roger Ebert, here’s my take on this… While I see where he’s going with his review, and I get what he’s sayign about it being dumb on purpose, I have to actually disagree with him on this one. Dumb is dumb, but ‘The Mummy: TODE’ was just plain stupid bad! I also have to greatly disagree with him on ‘X-Files 2′ as well.

By: ac

ac — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:03:33 +0000

“The movie that is currently sitting at a generous 9% fresh(we gave it a 2/5)”

If 9% is ‘generous,’ what would WAMG’s 40% fresh be ??

BTW, what happened to the 10-star rating system – screw Bum Gurggle AKA Brett – I loved that !!

By: Brett

Brett — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:29:28 +0000

er, he hasn’t been on his show for two years because of cancer. and now Disney is retooling his show with a couple of clown reviewers, so I’ll be glad when Ebert and Roeper theoretically establish their new show elsewhere.

and hey, some of the reviews on THIS site are equally ‘crazy’, so remember reviews are SUBJECTIVE!