09-02-2008, 09:46 AM
It's Jack Nicholson. It's Morgan Freeman. It's voice over narration. It's cold snow filled viewscapes. It might just be "March of the Penguins". No, this time Morgan Freeman is talking about being in a cancer ward and the unlikely friendship that grows between him and fellow cancer patient, Jack Nicholson. In case you don't know,
The Bucket List is the list of things you want to do before you kick the bucket. Get it? This film sat atop the DVD player for months before I popped it in. The olympics were over. The Republican convention wasn't starting. Football had ended for the day. I was hoping the Queen would see it while I was elsewhere, but no.
It wasn't as bad as I anticipated but it was just about what you would expect. A bunch of made for the movies characters. Morgan Freeman remembers everything but is a car mechanic. Jack Nicholson is a billionaire who just happens to run hospitals. Who would have guessed that when they both get sicked they'd wind up in the same room together. There are no private rooms in Jack Nicholson run hospitals. Do you see the irony? Do you? Look closer. It was kind of subtle.
As I watched the film I thought of it as the best gimic movie ever. Not a movie per se, but the kind an actor would take so he could travel the world to exotic locals. They go to India, Egypt, Nepal and France. Who wouldn't sign up for that vacation? But they didn't go to any of these place. It was all CGI on soundstages. And really bad CGI at that. I don't think they made any attempt to match the second unit footage with the first. It was like poorly done Science Fiction locals only it was the Taj Mahal and the Himalayas and the Pyramids.
I say Pass.
The Bucket List is the list of things you want to do before you kick the bucket. Get it? This film sat atop the DVD player for months before I popped it in. The olympics were over. The Republican convention wasn't starting. Football had ended for the day. I was hoping the Queen would see it while I was elsewhere, but no.
It wasn't as bad as I anticipated but it was just about what you would expect. A bunch of made for the movies characters. Morgan Freeman remembers everything but is a car mechanic. Jack Nicholson is a billionaire who just happens to run hospitals. Who would have guessed that when they both get sicked they'd wind up in the same room together. There are no private rooms in Jack Nicholson run hospitals. Do you see the irony? Do you? Look closer. It was kind of subtle.
As I watched the film I thought of it as the best gimic movie ever. Not a movie per se, but the kind an actor would take so he could travel the world to exotic locals. They go to India, Egypt, Nepal and France. Who wouldn't sign up for that vacation? But they didn't go to any of these place. It was all CGI on soundstages. And really bad CGI at that. I don't think they made any attempt to match the second unit footage with the first. It was like poorly done Science Fiction locals only it was the Taj Mahal and the Himalayas and the Pyramids.
I say Pass.
So much for the flickr badge idea. Dammit