While it may give you what you expect, this cuts both ways, as it gives you the same
idiotic plot elements, wafer - thin characterizations, and low - brow angst that made the first film so painfully trite to begin with.
For the rest of us, there's minimal interest in
the idiotic plot, and not enough laughs to justify putting up with the noise and stupidity.
More than that, it's dispiriting — a too campy, tonally schizophrenic barrage of
idiotic plot twists, wasted star cameos, and over-the-top gags that aren't nearly as entertaining as their creators think they are.
But James McTeigue's film is unlikely to get as warm a reception amongst us cynical Europeans who, while being more or less unconcerned with the skin colour of our protagonists, will be more focused on
the idiotic plot and the dearth of inspiration, talent or gumption at work.
Agreed, Agreed, Agreed, dear Walter... where the movie's
idiotic plot and Bale's hyper - emoting is concerned.
Only needing them to relay
idiotic plot details, and bullshit pseudoscience to the audience.
Here's
the idiotic plot: a former car thief is called out of retirement to save his brother's life, because it seems the knucklehead has gotten into debt with the criminal element.
If you won't be turned away by the fact this movie is made by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, then the horrible acting, terrible special effects, and a ridiculously
idiotic plot will.
Not exact matches
Like so many know - nothing know - it - alls before him, Oliver chooses to blunder into the breach, shielded by his oversize black toggle coat and armed with nothing more than a black notebook, in which he
plots elaborate,
idiotic plans for Johanna's seduction and his parents» future happiness.
The
plot is so
idiotic and stupid, Disney has made this high school like an Elementry school, and they have also made all these characters winey and unrealistic, basically this whole movie is one big cliche.
The
plot is
idiotic, but there's still a way to have fun with it.
Contrivance is everywhere, motivations are vague or non-existent and at least one major
plot point (in the many ways, THE
plot point), hinges on an almost hilarious
idiotic coincidence that doesn't hold anywhere near enough weight to justify what it's used for.
Meanwhile, Gargamel — who is now a big - time David Blaine - type illusionist in the world of humans — is hatching a
plot wherein he uses his two gray Smurf - like minions, the tomboyish Vexy (voice of Christina Ricci, «Black Snake Moan «-RRB- and the
idiotic Hackus (voice of J.B. Smoove, «Hall Pass «-RRB-, to kidnap Smurfette so he can extract her essence, or something like that.
The less you know about Dark City's
plot in advance, the better - which is why that
idiotic voice - over for dummies insisted upon by its studio was such a bad move.
Anything more than 95 minutes is asking for quite a bit, and given that the movie only begrudgingly has a
plot at all, what we have is a collection of skit - like scenes of two characters doing
idiotic things, which does tend to grow tedious after a bit since every joke has the same punch line — these guys are unfathomably dumb.
As to the
idiotic quip about the
plot being too similar: Please turn on the light, pick up a book (3 actually) and read.
But the
plot has been
idiotic, and wasn't helped by poor writing when it came to both men being able to pick stipulations doe their battle.