Tuesday, December 12, 2006

DEJA VU= WTF?


DEJA VU, starring DENZEL WASHINGTON and VAL KILMER


So last night, instead of chillin' out and watching some Monday Night Football, I decide instead to catch a movie with a friend of mine. "No big deal" I thought to myself; It's always good to get away from the apartment, and the person I'd be catching the movie with is pretty cool too, so it would be an enjoyable evening. I'm sure whatever movie we saw would be good too. Or so I thought.

My friend decided that we should see DEJA VU, a film featuring DENZEL WASHINGTON. I hadn't heard too much about this movie, but I figure I'd trust her judgement and go with the flow. Little did I know.....

She meets me at the theatre, we hit the concession stand for the obligatory stash of popcorn and soda and get to our seats in the theatre. There's probably about 10 people in the theatre (not sure if that's a good sign, or maybe it was because it was the late showing of the film). We pick out our seats, settle in for the mandatory 30 minutes of previews and pointless ads (in which we critiqued every one) and finally got quiet when the lights dimmed for the main feature.

The next two plus hours were ones that simply defied logic. The basic premise of the film had DENZEL WASHINGTON playing an ATF investigator, on hand to investigate a "terrorist attack" on a ferry boat in New Orleans. What happens from there... well, I wish I could tell you but I'm still confused/befuddled by it all. It had every implausible situation you could imagine, from time travel, to resurrection, to hell knows what. We lost track of the number of times we looked at each other during the film with confused looks. Painful. Simply awful to watch. It was probably the worst movie I'd seen in..... ever.

We laughed about the movie afterwards (after sitting there stunned during the end credits), what else could you do? I think I remember commenting that maybe DENZEL just added a new addition to his mansion and needed to pay for it somehow- how else could you explain such a talented actor appearing in such a bad film? In any case, it was still fun, in spite of the really, really bad movie. It was great to get away from things for a few hours and just chill with cool people. Note to self: Next time, YOU PICK THE MOVIE.


DOLLAR DRAFT MADNESS CONTINUES TONIGHT ($1.00 Bud/Bud Light Mugs ALL NIGHT LONG)



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