TSP2003: The Statement

Much photoshop.

Very budget.

So eh?

He agrees.

Oh, whatever.

There!!!

Oh, Michael Caine.  I can’t quit you.

Uh-oh, missy!

So there!

Properly chastised.

Tell me more.

EEEVIL!

Je pense.

A lot!

Equations…

The Statement. Norman Jewison. 2003.

This is the kind of film where the dialogues go: “Why wasn’t I told this earlier?” “I’m telling you now.”. You can fill in the rest of the plot by yourselves. But despite it being somewhat generic, it’s not awful.

Some might disagree.

*checks imdb* Ah, Norman Jewison’s last film. I haven’t seen many of his movies. Er… I think only Jesus Christ Superstar, Rollerball and Moonstruck. And… I think this one is just about what you’d expect from seeing those three, strangely enough.

Oh, wow. A budget of USD23M. I would have guessed a fifth of that. I’m rolling the die again.

But at least it’s got plenty of actors that are fun to watch.

Geez! How come it’s always more fun to write comments about bad movies than good movies?

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TSP2002: Adaptation.

Adaptation.. Spike Jonze. 2002.

The first two thirds of this film are extremely entertaining. Metafictional tomfoolery to the max. And then, in the last third, it turns into a normal American action movie, and it’s incredibly boring. Which is a metafictional thing, too, because within the film, Kaufman is advised that people only remember the ending, so the ending of the film should be kick-ass. But like I kinda mentioned with The Protagonists, purposefully boring pastiche is still boring.

You should really stop watching this film after fifty minutes. In that case, this would be the rating:

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