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Sigh....was this movie screened by critics? It couldn't have been.

I kinda knew when I heard about it that this would be a honker, and then the trailers I saw confirmed it; but still: Oh, dear.

Demi Moore, who evidently still exists

I LOVE that.

I haven't even read the review yet, but the title has me in a fit of giggles.

I've done a massive amount of reading for the past week and am pretty tired of looking at words in general, so when I've purged some from my immediate mental capacity I may have something more intelligent to say. Or not.

Man, I really need something good to watch. Somebody, quick, make me a decent movie.

p.s. there is a typo, but I won't say where because I don't need that kind of validation.

I gave up on Costner looooong ago.

And here I thought Demi Moore had just quietly slipped into oblivion. Who knew?

Dammit....I was really looking forward to this. I absolutely LOVE William Hurt and really wanted to see him steal every scene he was in.

Yeah....I'm still going to check it out tomorrow. I suck at life.

i have been waiting for pajiba's review of this movie ever since i first saw the trailers. you guys didn't let me down.

I was strong in my conviction after being taken to see "Water World" by an idiot ex-boyfriend that I would never watch Kevin Costner in anything, ever again. And I havent.

When I see a trailor and he's in it, I know I'll never watch it. I cant stand him, he's an awful actor and he brainwashed my parents, and their generation into liking him.

Not only did his face immediately turn me off to this movie, but then Dane Cook came on screen and it made me wretch. Throw Demi Moore into the mix and you've got a movie that could only be used as torture.

A badly written movie with 3 of the worst actors in it? Oh, that's gonna be box office GOLD!

Yeah, I'll just watch through Dexter again.

Starring Kevin Costn...

PASS!!!!

I honestly want to know who in their right mind thought Kevin Costner could play a serial killer. Just because he butchers his films, doesn't mean he is effective at murdering people. Same with Demi Moore. She was on point back in the day, but heck, she couldn't play a convincing stripper. Although, in the interest of full disclosure, there may have been a wee bit of physical enjoyment from that Charlie's Angels sequel. I am weak.

Just give me one spoiler: does Dane Cook get killed? Since you weren't squealing in joy, I will have to assume either he didn't die, or the death was so ridiculously underwhelming that it sucked the joy right out of seeing Stooperfinger kick the bucket and be quiet for more than two seconds.

You know what is really scary? Those Promicin 'ads' on the sides there. Those things are freaking me out. I look over there, start reading, and forget they are promotions for "The 4400". Seriously, for a few seconds, I think they are real and really creepy. I hope the new season are as good as those ads.

And here's another person who is all excited about the new season of The 4400. I actually clicked on the "They can get in your home" link, and actually the promo site's not bad at all. It has a nice authentic fanatic feel, and the links work and everything.

Yeah, I'll just watch through Dexter again. I don't get Showtime and I've been itching to see Dexter since I first read a review. The premise just fascinates me. The first-season DVD doesn't even have a release date yet! Has anyone here read the books it is based on? Can you tell us if they're any good?

I'm with Jerce--Dexterless and chomping at the bit to see it...

But more importanly, WHAT IS THIS 4400 OF WHICH YOU SPEAK?

Jerce: I wouldn't be caught dead paying for Showtime yet I got to watch fare such as Dead Like Me and Dexter thru the magic of Torrents.

WHAT IS THIS 4400 OF WHICH YOU SPEAK?

http://imdb.com/title/tt0389564/

It's on USA. Season 4 begins next Sunday night.

It's a bit difficult to explain without blathering on and on; but basically the premise is that a bunch of missing people--4,400, to be precise--who have been "abducted" by "aliens" over the decades are all returned to Earth at the same time. They are from different times in the 20th Century and have no memory of where they've been. Some or all have "special" abilities. And yes, of course, they are back for a reason.

It's low-budget, soapy, indifferently written and full of Canadians. It also explores some very rich themes, most notably xenophobia, the abuse of power, the exploitation of public paranoia by the government...and other stuff.

I'll be parked in front of the tube next Sunday night with a spoon.

Phillip, I absolutely loved that review, and I was really getting into it, what with my utter hatred of all things Costner and such, but why did you have to cut it off so suddenly like that? I thought it ended too soon, and my initial thought was confirmed when I just now re-read it. Maybe this is such a horrible film that you didn't feel it deserved more than the precious few paragraphs you gave it, but I would have been more satisfied had you spewed a lot more bile on this sure-to-miss film. Otherwise, I thoroughly enjoyed reading it both times.

But the out-loud belly laugh of my day award goes to BarbadoSlim: "Starring Kevin Costn... PASS!!!!" I'm laughing even as I type this. No better way to spend my Saturday morning (aside from sleeping it away, that is)

Pass me a spoon, Jerce, and make room for me on that couch. I am all over that, based on your description...(tx)

I've been curious about the 4400 ever since I caught a random half-hour of it about a year ago. Glad to hear it's worth seeing. DVD rental--go!

"I honestly want to know who in their right mind thought Kevin Costner could play a serial killer. Just because he butchers his films, doesn't mean he is effective at murdering people."

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!Oh my, that freaking cracked me up. Good job Vermillion, for explaining so succinctly why Kevin Costner is a waste of space.

I love that this movie is so bad, the comments have been tangented into talking about TV series'...

If you really are interested in The 4400, you might want to get ahold of at least the Season 1 DVD and catch yourself up before next week, just so you're not totally lost.

I realized as I was writing my little synopsis above that NBC's Heroes more or less rips off the premise of this older series...Hmph.

One of the fantastic dresses in the Vivian Westwood show at the De Young was proudly mentioned as being worn by Demi Moore, which drew a few derisive snorts from the assembled museum-goers last night. How strange that she should come across my radar twice in 24 hours! I'm STILL not going anywhere near this craptacular snorefest, thank you Philip for confirmation.

I knew this movie would be total shit. I said so and even had the nerve to criticize Kevin's acting skills on this movie's IMDB board. I don't think I'm allowed to post in there anymore.

People who like Dane Cook should be gang raped.

Hmm well we don't get the dexter series over here but i just finished reading the books (which i LOVED and highly recommend- very very funny streak of dark humour all the way through) so all the way through reading this review i was thinking 'plagiarism much?' too bad its unoriginal AND boring because i do love serial killers. oh well next book comes out in a few months apparently- yay!

on a sidenote- who the fuck hires kevin costner anymore?! Hasn't he proved ENOUGH to these people that he sucks the life out of his films- do we really need one more lifeless film? ugh producers deserved a flop hiring him and deserve to be shot for hiring dane cook- don't encourage him for christ's sake!

The Amazon gods tell me the Dexter DVDs will be released August 21. *drooools* I don't have cable either so I watched it through a french version of Youube until they shut it down. :( But the DVDs will be here soon so: :)

I saw "Mr Brooks" last night and thought it was an *excellent* movie.

And when I say *excellent*, I mean "the antithesis of everything that is, or might be construed or implied to be, excellent."

Costner still does one decent film about every five years, which somehow keeps him in the game. For example, see this site's spot-on review of "The Upside of Anger," which is a fine and moving film with a great twist ending. (The example before that is probably "Open Range," another fine film belonging to one Robert Duvall.)

Costner is good in Upside, though the film belongs to Joan Allen all the way. Costner does well in films where he plays what I perceive to be himself: low-key, well-grounded, with an appealing sense of humor, a decent man in extraordinary circumstances. E.g., "Dances with Wolves," "No Way Out." "Mr. Brooks" is not that movie.

BTW, Leaf, just screwing around ...

The strange this is I really don't like Kevin Costner, but during the movie I forgot who I was watching. He truly became the character for me, so he surprisingly did a good job.

That's how I felt about "Open Range." I think I was the only person I know who liked that film, but KC really disappeared into the role of the reluctant gunfighter. He was great with Duval also.

Dane Cook is the logical result of the long progression of entertainers, beginning with the Rolling Stones, who are all posturing and movement, but who have no act.
Leo Sayer, Sinbad, any Mexican comic, etc.

No, I loved Open Range as well.

Oh Demi...

Costner hmnn...

Nuff Said.

So Basically this was American Psycho with a couple crappy sub plots thrown in, and instead of a voice over, they had Hurt act out the psycopath persona......am I getting warm?

It's not even *sort of* like American Psycho.

So has anyone else (besides Phillip and me) on this entire site actually seen this movie? It was sold out when I tried to see it the first time, so clearly they've sold more than two tickets to date.

Leaf -- it did a respectable $10M over the weekend, so some folks are obviously lining up for it. I like William Hurt, so I'll definitely catch it on HBO (or similar).

4400!!!! YEAY!!!!! I'm so excited for it! My hubby and I watched all of season 1 one Sunday during the fall and got caught up and we are die hard fans! We're so excited for Sunday. You have to give it a look see!

I don't mind Costner. He's not one of those actors that makes me want to gouge my eyes out and ram knitting needles through my eardrums (Ben Stiller, calling Ben f***king Stiller). In a good film, say Upside of Anger, Costner is not going to tip the scales in the thumbs down direction. I personally enjoyed his character in Rumor Has It. But the catch is that it has to be a good film. He can't rescue dreck. And this sounds like dreck cubed. Next.

People who like Dane Cook should be gang raped.

Posted by: Case at June 2, 2007 5:50 PM

Your douche-fu is weak, my friend.

Saw this last night b/c it was on after 1408 at the drive-in. Fucking awesome. Perhaps it was the residual tension from the previous movie, or the several bottles of beer....but this was hilarious. So bizarre, such a laughable script, and it took itself so. very. seriously. I enjoyed every minute of it. But I guess the moral of the story is, get drunk or high before you see it, and it should be fun.

I'm in the middle of watching this farce and just came across another laughable plot hole (demi's hunch + newspaper in steering wheel) so I had to do a search just to see what other people had to say about the holes. Anyways, you guys are a riot, I got more enjoyment out of reading your comments than I'm getting from watching this mess of a film.

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and agree with Leaf. The number of people on here who jump on the Pajiba bandwagon and abuse films they haven't seen is ridiculous. Mr. Brooks? it wasn't bad. I thought Kevin Costner was alright in it and enjoyed the movie overall. As Leaf says, you forget it's Costner and believe him in his character, which is pretty much what acting should be. OK Demi sucked, but that's not news.