One Job I Could Not Do: Movie Critic - Democratic Underground

Yavin4

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Thu Feb-03-11 09:42 AM
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One Job I Could Not Do: Movie Critic

Edited on Thu Feb-03-11 09:43 AM by Yavin4

Sure, you get to see a great film every now and then like Blue Valentine, but you have to sit through and write about pure shit as well. This month alone, there's another horrible Nic Cage movie coming out and yet another vanity project from Adam Sandler.

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mikeytherat

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Thu Feb-03-11 10:35 AM
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1. I could, but only in a "Mr. Cranky" kind of way:

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An excerpt from the review for "Battlefield Earth:"

Battlefield Earth is based on a novel written by Church of Scientology
founder L. Ron Hubbard. Perhaps the Church of Scientology wanted to
ensure nobody else joined up. This movie is like watching the Pope
accidentally catch on fire while giving Easter Mass. If that’s not a time
to rethink your spiritual choices, what is?

Discussing the details of the plot is akin to discussing the literary merits
of a Nora Roberts novel. I just can’t emphasize enough how bad it all is.
It’s such a disaster it may resurrect Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs’s career.
He’ll be able to defend himself by saying, “At least I didn't make
Battlefield Earth,” and executives will have to acknowledge that he has a
point.

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Yavin4

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Thu Feb-03-11 10:39 AM
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2. A Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs Reference?

Bless his heart.

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mikeytherat

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Thu Feb-03-11 10:53 AM
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3. Ron Palillo also gets a shout-out in the review.

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