morrismaciver Reviews

The Dilemma (2011)

The Worst Film since Batman and Robin

[1/10 · 5 February 2011]

I would happily give this a zero.

The only good thing about the movie was that it ended.

The writing is dire, the direction uninspired and the acting a waste of the talents of those involved.

Predictable, preachy, pathetic. Worthy of the worst of the Hallmark Channel.

It takes a lot for me to hate a movie - I like Phantom Menace! - but this was the pits, even worse than The Avengers (Ralph Fiennes, Sean Connery one).

Avoid at all costs.

I would summarize the plot were there one.

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)

Pathetic

[1/10 · 13 June 2001]

I was eagerly expecting something funny from this film, especially with such a cast. I think I only laughed once, when Moriarty and the opera guy got in bed together. This is a film completely lacking in subtlty and is quite a poor pastiche of Sherlock Holmes.

The humor inherint in this film (I use the word as no other exists) is below that of Naked Gun or Airplane! What went wrong?

Series 7: The Contenders (2001)

Dire rubbish

[1/10 · 24 May 2001]

This film is little more than an ersatz Verhoeven. The filming is supposed to be tele-realistic, but is simply sickening. The parody disappears after about 15 minutes to be replaced by a story which seems to take itself seriously. The Brechtian pauses for non-existent advert brakes are tedious, and even painful; undoubtedly there was no actual intention to render this film Brechtian, it was just an accident which happened like that. If you want to see a parody of reality tv, watch Celebrity DeathMatch - it's funnier and wittier, and most importantly shorter. I have rarely felt so much pain whilst watching a film. To be avoided like a rabid rabbit.

Daisies (1966)

Wonderful!

[10/10 · 25 March 2001]

Daisies is a masterpiece! It's bizarre and weird and surreal and completely against the rules but it's fantastic!

It can be read on many levels, a criticism of consumerism, praise for consumerism, pro-feminism, or anti-communism amoungst other possibilities. I tend towards the anti-communist reading but the others are all valid.

Not for those seeking simple entertainment, but a must for lovers of cinema as an art form.