Cinematic Excrement: Episode 130 - Gigli
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- From the couple the tabloids loved comes the movie everyone hated.
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I have Tourette Syndrome. I know other people who have had it as well. None of them randomly blurt out swear words. It’s a very rare tic to have.
Stop it Hollywood, stop it.
This is what happens when Chasing Amy, Rain Man, and a mobster movie all get thrown into the garbage disposal
then devoured by pigs to be shat out
@@daviddrouant2852 You get something ten times better than Gigli.
@@gageperuti5519 lol
Gigli is more tame, than Sia’s - Music
@@MichaelMichael-us6wq What does Sia have to do with this movie?
Thumbs up for the constant variations of the Gigli name. Best one - Jigglypuff.
By the way Gigli means lilies in Italian
I liked jinkies and giggity. 🤣
Nice picks, but my favourite is Jimmyjams.
yes, all the way
@@CanItAlready Mr. Jinkies 😄 And I thought Sean was done when he called Larry by his name
2:07 Mr. Gigli
2:42 Mr. Jiggly
3:04 Mr. Gig-lee
3:15 Mr. Luigi
5:19 Mr. Ghibli
5:47 Mr. Giggity
6:08 Mr. Squeegee
8:06 Mr. Wheelie
8:28 Mr. Jiminy
11:21 Mr. Jinkies
12:10 Mr. Juggalo
13:06 Mr. Jambi
13:53 Mr. Jigglypuff
15:20 Mr. Jellybean
16:10 Mr. Quan-Chi
17:33 Mr. Gigli-Gigli-Cocoa-Pop
19:17 Mr. Jimmyjam
20:03 Mr. McFeely
21:57 Larry Gigli-Jingleheimer-Schmidt
I loved all of them lol
There's a few more Larrys in there
An honorable mention for, “Mr. Jigglypuff”
Larry Gigli-Jingleheimer-Schmidt…
His names are my names, too.
Super Mario, Studio Ghibli, Family Guy, Transformers, Scooby-Doo, Insane Clown Posse, Pee-Wee's Playhouse, Pokemon, Mortal Kombat
“Who watches a Smeghead video at 3 in the morning?”
And you know the rest.
Oh boy, 3 AM!
Yup. ^^
Best dang pet shop in town!
"Alcoholics, the unemployable, angry loners."
Wait, are we not quoting The Simpsons?
Currently 3:46 am. Lets go boys
Here’s a fun fact: My mother used to teach cheerleading, and one of her former cheerleaders actually appeared in this movie as a FedEx clerk. Both my parents actually really like this movie. It’s worth noting that my parents and I don’t have similar tastes on most things.
Edit: I meant coach. Not teach.
my dad rented this. was at his apartment being nosey and seen the vhs rental. was wtf is this?!?
"It's turkey time. Gobble gobble." It's one of those strange, baffling lines that kinda sticks on your head like other bad movies. A good example is "Man everybody got aids n shit" from Showgirls
Or "I love dogs. I've always loved dogs." from Jupiter Ascending. And then there's the "I don't like sand" monologue from Attack of the Clones.
If a chick or guy said that to me, I'd say: "Get out."
It's really hard to think of a less romantic line, and I've seen porn with razor-thin setups that scan better than this.
@@elennapointer701 Me, too.
Ah yes, the turkey - the most seductive and beautiful of birds :)
2011 Smeghead: I'm dreading the day when I have to review that [Gigli]
10 years later, the time has finally come
In case you don't know, the quote comes from his Cat in the Hat review
"NOT AS BAD AS 'THE ROOM' - CINEMATIC EXCREMENT"
-Gigli Blu-Ray box quote
“But also nowhere near as fun”
At Eurovision Song Contest there was a singer with Tourette. He went by the name TIX, meaning "tics" in Norwegian, that being the mocking nickname he was called in school, and his main tic was having eye twitches. During his performance on the song Fallen Angel he took off his sunglasses and displayed his tics to the audience.
During the performance my mom asked me "what does the word on his headband mean?". I said "that's just his scene name" and then he took his glasses off and I was like "oh, wait, it DOES mean something!"
Well well well greetings fellow Eurovision fan!
Halle Berry dodged a Gigli bullet but got lacerated by Catwoman’s claws. 😭😂
Catwoman >>>>>>> Gigli
Catwoman had its focus very well set on Halle Berry, and thus has many fans. I think I've seen it like three times, which maybe is not a lot, but it's more than any superhero movie for me that doesn't feature Anne Hathaway as Catwoman.
It wasn’t a good movie, Catwoman, but Halle Berry was just so darling as the nerdy girl (too beautiful, but she got the character’s personality about right) that it wasn’t completely awful.
The smeg head speechless, his face full of degection looking blankly at the camera for like 15 seconds.
Me: oh this is gonna be painful isn't it?
You know it.
Really that is how i knew this was gonna be good that and the length.
As a bi woman, I agree with Sean; if a woman like Jennifer said that to me in bed and was being serious, I’d also leave.
Or you could tell HER to leave since she killed your buzz.
having seen that line numerous times but never the context of it, it never made sense. But now that I know the context it does make sense but it is still a bad line.
@@origamipein18 I'd be so disgusted I'd leave my own home
@@seg162 Fair enough.
Girl, Same.
Executive meddling: always fun.
Gigli expectation: a mob movie
Reality: a mob… comedy?
Pearl Harbor expectation: a war blockbuster, akin to Tora! Tora! Tora!
Reality: a love triangle interrupted by the December 7th attacks
Hotel: Trivago
Actually, I found The Room to be a lot more entertaining than Gigli. Also, that “turkey time” line feels like a holistic suppression for sex addicts.
I think he’s judging “worst.”
It's amazing that these two films, which are now infamously bad, came out the same year.
Great timing with this, “Bennifer” has allegedly been seen on vacation together.
I just thought about that too☺️
Oh jeez. It's middle school all over again. Lol.
Jeez, this is taking me back to my junior and senior year in high school.
Man I guess 2000s nostalgia has really became a thing.
Which one? Lopez or Garner?
"It's turkey time. Gobble gobble". I don't even think Gonzo would be turned on by that.
Of course not! Gonzo is a chicken man
@@ForrestFox626 Good point.
@@shelbymckinney8888 plus he would never cheat on Camilla with a turkey, those two are a pair! A pair of what, I don't know or care
@@erichfiedler1481 I know, it was just a stupid joke I made LOL.
@@ForrestFox626 He's not. He's an alien.
I just want to say a big THANK YOU for your speech about Tourette’s and Hollywood. I have two kids with Tourette’s and neither exhibit corporalia (uncontrollable cursing). In fact, less than 20% of all people with Tourette’s have that particular tic. And yeah, it gets annoying how the syndrome is portrayed in the media. I myself was contacted by a talk show many years ago that wanted my daughter to appear on an episode about kids with Tourette’s. In the small print was a mandate: no meds for at least a week prior to the show. They literally wanted parents to stop giving medications to a child that were prescribed as necessary by a doctor just so their kids can be stared at on daytime tv. No thanks. Anyhoo, thanks again for setting the record straight rather than go for the cheap laugh. It’s appreciated.
"...and I'm dreading the day I review that."
The day came.
This and Jack & Jill were Al Pacino’s worst life choices!
88 Minutes
You forgot Sharktale
There is this obscure 80´s film named Revolution that nobody saw. It was set in the 18th century and Pacino didn´t bother to hide his new york accent.
@@erichfiedler1481 Actually, that was DeNiro. You're right that it sucks, though.
@@1997residente Haven't seen it but I heard it's so bad he took a break from movie acting for 4 years before Sea Of Love.
a movie so awful, it officially killed the director's once-promising career, and made him disappear for good
My take...bear in mind that while I am bisexual and have some experience with how the LGBT community can work, I'm not a woman, so this is still somewhat coming from an outsider's perspective:
Chasing Amy has problems, but from the plot and real-life inspiration behind the script, it's kind of implied that Alyssa is bisexual, prefers women to men and finds it easier to identify as a lesbian than bi. The idea that you're either gay or straight and need to "pick one" still shows up in the gay community, never mind outside of it, to this day. I can't imagine the 90s were better on that front. So I can believe that a woman who mostly dates women in the 90s would either find it easier to identify as a lesbian than bisexual or not realize that bisexuality exists.
Kevin Smith kind of muddied the waters by bringing in his own life experiences, which don't include the context necessary to tell this story properly, but I don't get the sense from Chasing Amy that Affleck "converted" her. Just that a very good film about relationships, unrequited love and insecurity got turned into a rather messier film thanks to the inclusion of script elements from a lesbian's life experiences that don't fully mesh with the unrequited love stuff.
...I absolutely get that sense from Gigli.
Yeah I totally understand this POV re: Chasing Amy. I’m not bi, but I’m pretty sensitive to biphobia, probably because I identify as being on the asexual spectrum (albeit I mostly prefer men) which is also a minority sexuality that is misunderstood by a lot of people and thus I can feel sympathy for the bi community.
I guess🤔 yeah i think that makes sense
Your sexual orientation isn't a religion. There's no such thing as "conversion"-- there's only what (who) you do.
At least, that was the dominant thought process until a couple centuries ago.
That's my interpretation of Chasing Amy as well. Alyssa is bi; she's had relationships (although toxic ones) with men before. The impression is that she dates women because they aren't toxic. She starts dating Holden because their relationship is very positive, or at least it appears to be. Holden destroys it with his insecurity, but he didn't "convert" her.
As a bi woman who came out in the early 90s, it was definitely harder back then. It was hard to find good information on bisexuality. The L&G communities were prominent, but lots of people didn’t understand bisexuality or even believe it was real. It made sense to socially “pick a side” that kinda sorta fit better. So, yeah, Chasing Amy spoke to me in ways other films never bothered to.
I'm completely convinced that, had this movie been released in the version Martin Brest intended, not only would this review be about From Justin to Kelly, and rightly so, but Gigli's nomination spot would have been occupied by Uwe Böll's House of the Dead.
Yeah! DX
@@BaranoffIsaac Hey, what did Smeg JUST say?! DX
I can’t believe the Razzies overlooked House of the Dead.
12:10 “After all that whining, she finally decides to sleep with him!”
I mean, it “worked” in Attack of the Clones a year prior...
STILL not as poorly written a romance as labeouf and Megan fox in transformers
@@movieman410 And that is still a better love story than Fifty Shades of Grey.
@@jordanthejq12 Then again, I’ve read self insert fan fiction that were better love stories than that disguised Twilight fanfic that became a movie trilogy for some reason.
I remember reading at the time that this film only became a romantic comedy when the studio decided to re-edit it to take advantage of the Bennifer thing.
Me: I have this really important final essay that I really need to crack down on.
*sees notification.
Me: I mean, maybe this essay isn't THAT important.
I was "working" while I watched this. 😆
If I had a nickel for every time Ben Affleck was in a movie which the studio changed because the director's vision was too dark and the studio wanted something lighter, I'd have two nickels.
Which isn't much but its weird that it happened twice.
“DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT TIME IT IS?”
Yes. It’s Smeghead time.
A new Cinematic Excrement! We're at Red Alert!
Are you sure? It does mean changing the bulb.
I thought it was Miller time or Reyn Time, or that it's Time For Time Force
It's turkey time. Gobble gobble.
@dudeistpriest1067 it's almost valentine's day, not thanksgiving! Lol!
"It's turkey time" line has stuck with me for years. It is just so STUPID that I feel better about myself knowing I haven't said that sh*t
You could just feel Sean's disappointment as soon as the video starts. I feel so bad for Martin Brest. He helped Eddie Murphy become a legend and got Al Pacino his first Oscar. It sucks that the studio heavily interfered with making the film. I really hope we get to see the original version one day. It wasted Christopher Walken and Al Pacino completely. Love how Sean doesn't care about Gigli's name. I felt so bad for Justin Bartha. He was great as Riley in National Treasure. The turkey time dialogue will live on infamy.
I hear you, man. 🙁
@Branch 823 🙁
@@matthewdaley746 Damn.
@@matthewdaley746 Oh.
@@BaranoffIsaac Dammit! DX
Posted on the same day Bennifer is rumored back! How’s that for synchronicity!?!?
I actually always saw Chasing Amy as a Bi awakening story...
Either way, I get why people had an issue with it, but I still like it
Mmm from what was described it does SOUND like she’s bisexual
It's definitely got issues, but it doesn't feel malicious like Gigli. He was right to mention that it was kind of a learning process about non-heteronormative relationships for Kevin Smith and his self-insert character.
Maybe it’s because I’m from a dentist family but ... Damn Sean has really nice teeth! I notice it in every video 😂
For someone who graduated in 2003, you look great!
I think he's around 39 or 40, and he does have a little bit of a baby face in some ways. I'd definitely buy that he's a bit younger.
"Guess what? It's OVERTIME!"
-Catwoman-
Wait for June....
The only good thing that came out of "Catwoman" was Halle Berry's Razzie acceptance speech.
Honestly I feel like the Cat in the Hat is worse than this, if only because I can kind of see what this is going for but fails to achieve.
On the other hand, Cat in the Hat has one legitimately good line:
"How many shots?"
I'd say From Justin to Kelly is worse too. Not by a lot, but it's still a little worse.
I'd consider Cat in The Hat worse, since it's devoid of anything funny or amusing.
At least with other bad movies, some can be so bad they can be fun to riff at.
But when a movie fails at comedy, there is nothing worthwhile to me.
Take a look at Holmes & Watson for a prime example of that.
@@mattc2306 I get quite a bit out of Cat in the Hat while drunk. I just fall asleep on Gigli, so all I do is watch the Walken scene on UA-cam.
This one is the least entertaining of all the movies being mentioned here. From Justin to Kelly is a rom-com with no real romance and comically bad dialogue and lines, and The Cat in the Hat is weird, dark and has a great cast. It's also a bit of a cult classic for younger folks. Gigli is just boring, and that's the worst.
The difference between Gigli and The Room; as inept as it was, I found The Room incredibly entertaining. Gigli didn't even get that far. They had an amazing cast, gorgeous art direction and a huge budget...and still managed to shit the bed. Like, Taco Bell diarrhea all fucking over it. The only movie that I can compare with it on a technical level is Max Payne, which suffered the same issues, including garbage dialog.
The Room, however, is an absolute classic of trash cinema and damn, is it ever hilarious.
This movie is important in that it proves that there is no woman so physically attractive that bad dialogue and narcissism can't make her wholly unappealing.
On second thought, this is just one of many Jennifer Lopez films that prove that point.
Also - From Justin to Kelly would be a slam dunk any other year, IMO.
House of the Dead came out in 2003, and that didn’t get one Razzie nomination.
I'm guessing the voters were afraid Uwe Boll would challenge them to a fight if they nominated the movie.
@@tristanhartup4936 I was thinking similarly... But my guess is that it didn't play in many theaters, where it barely broke even so probably very few people at the time knew about it.
It's the worst zombie movie I've ever seen. Mostly because 20% of it isn't even a movie. Uwe Boll just spliced footage from the actual video game as transitions. As bad as some other movies were, I can at least say they were complete movies or were at least trying.
Did it get a wide enough release to be nominated?
Neither did Marci X.
I think Gigli got the Razzie due to its higher-profile nature than The Room, its larger budget, and the clear waste of talent involved. The expectations for Martin Brest and Sony were much higher than for Tommy Wiseau and friends.
This was timed absolutely fantastically with the spreading news of their reunion.
Finally a movie that the Nostalgia Critic hasn't even touched yet
He brought up the Christopher Walken scene in a Top 11 video once, but that's about it.
Sean learned he was right dreading to review Gigli because the movie has a nonsensical plot, reused the romance plot from Chasing Amy, has other issues including the awful lines It’s turkey time.” “Gobble Gobble.”
I really hope Al Pacino wasn’t ever an admissions counselor.
- “You wanna go to Harvard?”
- “Harvard?”
* Boom! *
Which is Worst "Musical" of Our First 25 Years?
Xanadu
Rhinestone
From Justin to Kelly
Glitter
Can’t stop the music
Spice World
12:50
Okay, my jaw dropped. My jaw ACTUALLY dropped upon hearing that line.
Somebody wrote that line, took satisfaction in writing it and did not at all think in the slightest that it was stupid as all fucking get out!!!
That this review premieres in the same week that "Bennifer" reunites is almost kismet.
What do you think brought them back together if not this channel's video?
They got married recently
Surprised this wasn't saved for use as a Thanksgiving Special
I think you are WAAAY too generous to Gigli here. This isn't a movie, it's a crime against humanity. Definitely one of the top 5 most painful films I have ever sat through.
I think because it was competent on a technical level he didn't see as the worst thing ever. Still way too nice, though.
@@Aster_Risk And there is no need for generosity because of that. The Room has a certain charm because it was made on a shoestring with loads of passion (and yes, little talent), whereas Gigli had $75M thrown at it, a credible director/scriptwriter, some of the biggest stars in the world in its cast and yet it never rises above being a highly irritating, moronic, charmless mess. I think I'm experiencing PTSD just discussing this.
@@DaveBoofhead1972 The Room was a misguided misfire. Made by someone who thought he knew what he was doing. Its entertainingly bad, because of how incoherent Tommy Wiseau is.
But Gigli is......SHIT. Made by people who KNEW better.
I don't care what Mr. Smeghead wants - RELEASE THE GIGGITY-CUT!
"It's Smeghead time. Gobble gobble."
I kept calling this film Gigi in my head for years. XD
That's an entirely different movie. I've never seen it, but it can't be worse.
It’s not. Trust me. It may be prime ‘50s musical cheese by today’s standards, but it’s WAAAAAY better than this. :P
I remember you said in your Cat in the Hat review you were going to tear this film apart one day and ten years later you finally did it!
Have not watched this yet, but all I will say is GOBBLE GOBBLE
17:41 And I thought Jack & Jill was the biggest mistake of Al Pachino’s career.
Obviously it was the Dunkacino commercial!
I was almost hoping the whole video would just be you staring into the camera, as if to say no.
I actually remember when "probably a local call" was a thing, though it might have been specific to my area. The DC area was odd at the time for having 3 area codes in close proximity. 202 (DC), 703 (Northern Virginia), 301 (all of Maryland). The 3 area codes were all local calls, but only to a point. Baltimore would be long distance (or IIRC "extended local" - cheaper than calling California or whatever, but not free.)
Anyway, if you were calling, like, Columbia MD from Virginia, it was sort of a gray area where it might be a free call, or you might be charged 50 cents or something. Maybe LA had similar situations?
Midnight Run is the best action/comedy ever made. It’s a shame Hollywood treated Martin Brest like some hack for hire
Not to mention Going in Style, the 1979 original not the remake, which is a pretty solid movie too. It didn't help Brest that his movie prior to this was "Meet Joe Black', which also underwhelmed.
True, but even if he was forced to re-write and direct this film just for the sake of making a romance...why like this? This seems like it was written by 13 year old brat.
How ironic this comes out now and the tabloids are speculating that Ben & JLo are getting back together.
Years ago, Entertainment Weekly had a critic review an Al Pacino film, and they said (and I'm vaguely quoting because I can't remember exactly after these years)
"There are three types of Al Pacino performances. Al Pacino the incredible actor, Al Pacino being bątśhit crazy, and Al Pacino the incredible actor playing Al Pacino being bątśhit crazy." Truer words, y'all.
21:55 It sounds like what from what you're saying that there is actually a good movie buried deep down (probably in the footage that was cut) but studio interference hampered what could have been a solid film with a strong message.
16:10 "Mr Quan Chi..." A Mortal Kombat reference... Respect 😅
Always happy to see your stuff pop up but at 3 in the morning?
Nah, just kidding. Totally watching this!
Sean’s “it’s just not FAIRRRR” made me bust my gut laughing 😂😂😂
Also, trying to compare Gigli to Chasing Amy is an insult to Chasing Amy; yes I know some people have brought up some problems with the movie recently but even my friends who are lesbians love Chasing Amy and just cringe at Gigli(save for Al Pacino’s performance; they loved that too)
This movie is to Chasing Amy what Death of a Nation is to Moonlight
Idgi
RE: the "Chasing Amy" segment - you HAD to have a goatee in the '90's. It was the law.
Also, it amuses me how goatees were the trendy facial hair in the 90's, and now I mostly associate them with paunchy middle-aged guys in MAGA hats and Oakleys. Guess that's how the Candlebox and Better Than Ezra fans ended up.
Candlebox reference = 👍
22:48 back in 2003 I was 8 years old my grandma took me and my sister to see this movie the thing was so bad the film projector had broke down so she took us to Family Video instead. (RIP Family Video)
Now we take a look at the movie that beat “The Cat in the Hat,” for Worst Picture of 2003.
23:02 And to think that Sony wanted to make 2 more sequels to “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle,” before we got the 2019 reboot.
Who plays the role of Oh hi Mark. I lost it xD
"Oh hey, look at the time. I should be heading to bead"
*Sees a new upload from Smeghead*
"On second thought....."
I offer my most sincere apology to any poor soul that saw this movie.
so our main plot centers around our main character kidnapping a mentally challenged man from a home for financial reasons
this is just rain man all over again
I remember I managed to convince my parents to rent this movie from blockbuster. It was me, my mother and my sister watching, while my dad was in the next room on the computer. As the movie progressed first my sister left, then my mother. Eventually even my dad came out and yelled at me because he couldn't stand hearing this awful dialogue.
What a weird time to watch this. Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck just got married.
You forgot about the whole “Bull - Cow” Banter from it.
The long-awaited review
You were putting it off...and we've all been waiting for the payoff of your suffering. Thank you for your service.
Oh boy 3 AM! He's back!
I forgot about "gobble, gobble"... how do I forget again?
Alcohol. Lots of it.
don't tell me, your 2nd look at Catwoman is next?! bring it on!
Catwoman is a entertaining embarrassment.
@@jasoncase9481 My little sister has a crush on Halle Berry, especially in that movie, so I saw it a few times when we were younger and it can be fun to watch.
Halle Berry's Razzie speech was the ONE good thing that came out of that trashfire.
You have a great "I regret everything" face.
Chasing Amy explicitly makes it clear that JLA was playing a bisexual woman, because...fingercuffs.
As bad as The Room was, at least I could find enjoyment out of watching, especially with friends, but I can’t say the same about Gigli. This movie was a chore for me to sit through. I had to take several breaks from watching it because of how bad the dialogue was, especially from that turkey line!
In a parallel universe I can imagine this movie being some sort of dark comedy that sends up the alpha male-ness of gangster movies... you know, if it wasn’t badly meddled with by TPTB and didn’t have cringeworthy dialogue, and of course the awful “turn the gays straight” trope and its problematic depiction of Tourette’s.
What’s the next movie after this? (Checks Wikipedia) UHOH...
I made myself wait to watch when I was more awake...this is my work treat.
And now they're back together, all lines up
Yes!!! New video! Unfortunately it's 5pm. I'll wait until later and snuggle up tonight with it.
I know one woman, who to most people she is a lesbian, but my wife and I know she is bi, the reason she just says lesbian is because of a lot of issues she's had with jerk guys, before ultimately marrying a woman, she thought letting guys she liked believe she was a lesbian (I don't think she ever lied) and coming out as bi once she decided they were not the same the assholes she dated before. But that's probably a minority of a minority of people, and I doubt that's how Jigalo was written.
I appreciate that you're doing the Razzies, but I feel like we could use a bit of a break when you get to something you've already done, or at least a two fer, give us a five minute revisit, what it won to and do the next one. I just want to get to new bad movies again.
I remember being puzzled when this came out: as you say, most reviews didn't really go into detail as to why it was bad, just that it was bad. A hate-on for Affleck & Lopez certainly didn't help the movie, but it does deserve the criticism.
With the bizarre tone choices (and tone shifts), plotting and dialogue passages, not to mention the slack pacing, it feels almost like a student film that happens to star A-listers.
Regarding Chasing Amy, that criticism of it has always puzzled me: Affleck's character THINKS he's turned a lesbian straight, but freaks out when he learns she's bisexual and has been involved with men before. Did all the people who claim it's about a guy who converts a lesbian just take an extra long bathroom break during the second half of the film?
With all respect to The Room, I've seen one film from 2003 that's even worse: The Singing Forest. It's about a guy who becomes convinced that his daughter's fiance is a reincarnation of his past life's gay lover (both of them having died in the Holocaust). I'm not giving too much away here, since all that is coughed up in a big expositional speech at the very start of the film. That his daughter's name is Destiny just adds to the eye-rolls. I haven't seen a worse film from that entire decade, much less that year.
How did Martin Brest get the character of mobster so wrong when directing Ben affleck? He also directed midnight run and Dennis farina was amazing in that film.
My dad is a big fan of Chasing Amy and gets super mad if anyone calls it homophobic saying they don't understand (or haven't seen) it. I haven't seen it myself so I can't really weigh in. But according to my dad the main "lesbian" character in Chasing Amy never calls herself that and says she doesn't like to define her sexuality using labels. Again I haven't seen it so I don't know what to think. Is it a heterosexist fantasy about a man turning a lesbian straight? Or is everyone who claims that just being biphobic (unfortunately lesbians don't always support their bisexual brothers and sisters)?
But I'd like to think that anyone gay, bisexual, or straight would have better taste than to date Ben Affleck.
I don't remember. Amy's friends definitely identified as lesbian.
But for a good while, bisexuality was the REAL "love that dare not speak its name." You had to pick a team and stay with it for life, so to speak.
@@BaranoffIsaac I had completely forgotten that, but it's part of a weird and kind of creepy thread running through Kevin Smith's movies where the protagonist is way too interested and judgy about his girlfriend's sexual history.
I'm an asexual who has aesthetic attraction toward some people: Ben Afflec is in my roster.
I don't know why... Also Justin Trudeau and Night Shyamalan makes my list: do as you wish with that information. 😆
And ironically, The Disaster Artist was a FAAAARRR better movie than The Room; kinda like that documentary about Troll 2 and how that was far better than the actual movie(but, I have a soft spot for Troll 2 and is proudly on my list of “so bad, it’s great” movies)
I will never understand studio execs thinking they know better than the creative team. Every time I’ve seen a case of studio interference it ruins the project, and yet these idiots never figure it out.
What a coincidence, I was just watching a fan made trailer for Zack Snyder’s Justice League 2 and 3, and a review of a Ben Affleck movie pops up in my notifications!
Another coincidence is that Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez's relationship was being talked about and then this pops up.
This is the funniest. F@#king review, by far. Benifer Lopefleck’s nicknames, alone, have me rolling. “Jiggly, Jiggly Cocoa Puff” 🤣 At least Bartha would go on to redeem himself as Doug in The Hangover
Thanks for the review, I remember when this piece came out and thought I'd like to see it for its legendary badness. I watched your whole review with my head cocked sideways like "da fuq?"
I love the recurring joke about mispronouncing the name Jiggly/Jigglypuff/Giggedy/Quan Chi/Jiminy.
And I have not seen all of The Room, but The Nostalgia Critic's review of it is enough.
The Room is enjoyably bad. Gigli is just painful.