Possibly the dumbest wide release ever.

[BlackCatWhiteCat]

Did anyone else see this? It just kind of passed under my radar until I read about it at Cracked.com.

That's not even the kind of bad that you can laugh about.

[aargmematey]

I was just amazed that it had the Famous Jett Jackson in it. Hooray for old Disney Channel stars popping up in unexpected places!

[Hucklebubba]

Okay, this just isn't even fair. It's obviously awful, but has wrapped itself in a snuggly blanket of un-criticizable-ness, such that riffing on it would be viewed by most in the same light as a scathing dissection of crappy poetry written by a terminally ill child.

There oughtta be a law.

[DarthShady]

Come to think of it, this summer when I was working at a movie theatre, we had popcorn bags with ads for that movie. None of us had any idea what it was - I think we all figured it was some documentary that was supposed to inspire us to vote or something.

[CheshireKat]

"this is to remind you who you are.....*uncomfortably long pause* You. Are a Navy. Seal."

ROFL!

[StarOpal]

Oh, Heather, you had me going for a minute there. Hahah- Wait, what? That's for real?!

[Head Mutant]

"Ooh! Navy Seals!"

[Rett Mikhal]

Nov 9, 2008 23:12:07 GMT -5 Hucklebubba said:

Okay, this just isn't even fair. It's obviously awful, but has wrapped itself in a snuggly blanket of un-criticizable-ness, such that riffing on it would be viewed by most in the same light as a scathing dissection of crappy poetry written by a terminally ill child.

There oughtta be a law.

I do not share your morals, my good man! I believe anything corporeal is subject to criticism... and while we're at it, anything non-corporeal. Just to cover my bases.

This movie looks like the rejected hellspawn child of all the idiots that were fired from Hallmark and all the idiots that were fired from McDonald's advertising agency. I mean, really? Telling an Asian woman she has a boat to catch? What is this, 1866?

Also, this movie looks like a bunch of rejected ABC sob stories chained into one craptacular extravaganza. Apparently someone watched the Twilight Zone movie and said "I like that format, let's make it except this time... fail."

This movie is so dumb, it honestly completely backfires and makes me a little bit ashamed to be American. Just because, yes, there are people in this country dumb enough to think anyone buy this garbage and... yes... they were right.

Who's the more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows him?

[soylattemonster]

Wow! I'm shocked to see that Mr. Belding from Bayside High would actually stoop to this...and to think of all the Saved By the Bell spin-offs he turned down to be in this gem!!!

[BlackCatWhiteCat]

Nov 16, 2008 5:10:04 GMT -5 @soylattemonster said:

Wow! I'm shocked to see that Mr. Belding from Bayside High would actually stoop to this...and to think of all the Saved By the Bell spin-offs he turned down to be in this gem!!!

Wow. I didn't even notice that. That's insane. Oh and welcome to the forums, soylattemonster.

*cough*my friend who finally decided to say something instead of lurking*cough*

[frozenlizards]

LOL ahahaha I got such a kick out of this not b/c it's so funny, but b/c I can see my girlfriends parents watching this and thinking "OMG this is an amazing movie!" hehehe thank's for the chuckle.

[BlackCatWhiteCat]

Dec 6, 2008 16:21:05 GMT -5 frozenlizards said:

LOL ahahaha I got such a kick out of this not b/c it's so funny, but b/c I can see my girlfriends parents watching this and thinking "OMG this is an amazing movie!" hehehe thank's for the chuckle.

PLEASE tell me you're joking. Well...I guess I can't say much. When my husband saw this trailer he froze and said "I pray my parents don't see the Navy Seal scene and send me this for Christmas".

And they would, too.

Whatd'ya know? This thread was terrible enough to inspire TWO of my lurking friends to finally post.

[penguinslovedw]

The awful thing is some of the stories look like good ideas. I mean, we can all get behind a good underdog-beats-the-odds story, right? But it looks like these are so badly written and acted, they've taken out all attempts at subtlety and just gone straight for melodrama. It's worse to see a good idea horrifically mishandled than to see something that was a bad idea in the first place.
And another thing (I'm on a roll here), why did they have to make anything up in the first place? In a time in our history when confidence in our government and country are at an all-time low, a movie about regaining faith in it is great. But what's even better, is that there are actually true stories out there they could've used. There are thousands of stories of people who come from poor backgrounds or immigrants from war-torn nations who have succeeded in America.
I don't know how much money they spent on this, but they could've spent a third of it, taken a small documentary crew, gone into any city in the US and filmed dozens upon dozens of segments of real people who have lived real extraordinary lives.
I mean take my mom, for instance. Incredibly poor background, verbally abusive first husband, taking a stand and getting a divorce working through college, falls in love with her own Prince Charming, has two kids (who aren't half-bad if I say so myself), teaching at a local adult-education place to help high-school dropouts get their GEDs, retires, diagnosed with diabetes, has weight loss surgery and loses 124 lbs, becomes Senior Librarian of both the middle school and high school in one of the most respected school districts in our state, and lives happily ever after. And that's just my MOM dude! I bet we could all think of someone who deserves to have their story told and admired by Americans everywhere. Why did they have to make this schlock?!

Well now I'm angry and need to eat ice cream and watch Jeopardy. I apologize if I made a fool of myself.

[BlackCatWhiteCat]

You didn't make a fool of yourself at all. I like your idea, dw (like how I'm taking liberties with the destruction of your name?). I want first to say an extreme kudos to your mom overcoming all of that. And now, I'd like to stick in another story idea *cracks knuckles*

So my husband and I used to work at a cafe owned by a ministry that reached out to children in need across the world. There we met a busboy whom they had adopted long ago. He was an Afghan guy who had stepped on a landmine as a child and subsequently had both hands blown off at slightly above the wrist, was blind in his left eye, and left with some serious scarring on the left side of his face. He used his time with the ministry to learn nearly impeccable English, learned to write again, could play basketball and got a scholarship to one of the better private colleges in our state. Whenever we go home during the summer we've seen him at that cafe, working as a busboy to help out that couple who took him in and gave him so much. He's still in college pursuing his degree (I forgot what he's going for) and recently got prosthetic hands/arms donated to him (which he doesn't really use all the time cause honestly he doesn't need them that much). Between Abdul and your mom I'd say we have something worth pitching to the big wigs in Hollywood.

Oh and I love your avatar in ways that are a little embarrassing.

[penguinslovedw]

Oh thank you, I was afraid I sounded dumb. Your friend sounds amazing and I hope he goes far in life!
If you find yourself thinking that maybe this movie isn't that bad, check out the rating on IMDB. I've never seen any movie rated so low. It's lower than even the lowest in their bottom 100 (Disaster Movie).