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"We're Fighting The
War On Terrible
Film-Making" |
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Directed by Joel
Schumacher - Written by
Ross Klavan, Michael
McGruther
Starring Colin Farrell,
Matthew Davis, Clifton
Collins, Jr.,
Distributed by 20th
Century Fox - 2000 -
100mins - Rated R |
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Jacob Hall's
Review
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No stars |
F |
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The system wanted them to become soldiers. One soldier just wanted to
be human. |
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| I've
managed to sit through many horrendous movies in my time, only for the
sake of writing a review. From "Battlefield Earth" to "Bad Boys II,"
I've managed to endure travesties that would make the normal moviegoer
weep. "Tigerland" is the first movie I've had to turn off. It was that
boring, that pointless, that stupid...I couldn't get through another
agonizing second of it. I was around the halfway point and nothing had
happened. I wasn't sure what was going on: there were some soldiers
training...they had sex...they talked...they trained...what? Nothing
engaged me, no characters stood out, and the plot, if one existed, was
simply impossible to follow. So I raised the remote and hit the stop
button. At least I knew what was going on in "Catwoman." |
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© Written by Jacob Hall -
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TC Candler's Comment
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Richard Propes' Comment
There's
something I really appreciate about Schumacher.
He's a film-maker. He's not afraid to cross
genres, experiment, try new things and/or simple
take risks. So many film-makers these days find
the one thing they do well and they keep doing
it...not Schumacher. Sometimes, it works
wonderfully. Sometimes, quite honestly, it has
been incredibly horrible. Personally, I enjoyed
"Tigerland" quite a bit, though I wouldn't dare
call it a perfect film. There's a naturalism to
"Tigerland" that I find incredibly appealing,
and it perfectly suits Farrell. In short, well,
Jacob is wrong.
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