Don’t make me bitch-slap your asses. Seriously man. It’s bad enough to come out with a movie that shows you have no creativity by virtually copying past films, but then it seems as if you almost go out of your way to make it a crappy movie at that. Just do me a favor and try to have one ounce of originality. Or better yet; don’t go out of your way to get the worst performers imaginable and throw them into your flick. God, people piss me off.
Yall know my feelings towards the unoriginality that has fallen down upon all filmmakers in Hollywood over the past decade, but it appears as if it is here to stay. No matter how far along we get or however many new directors and writers find their way behind the scenes…we’re going to see repetitive storylines and remakes out the wazoo. My problem isn’t so much with remakes and such as that, but more so the movies that are made and try to act like they aren’t from older films. Be honest or at least try to fool somebody.
My second issue is not even trying to make your movie a good one. You can usually tell from a film’s trailer whether it is going to suck or not. Often times you aren’t really sure if one will be good, but there is a really good chance that you know when it will suck. Things aren’t helped either when horrible actors and actresses are chosen for roles that are far and above their acting abilities. Better yet is choosing actors or actresses that have no talent in the first place yet somehow end up on the big screen.
What pisses me off the most is that these shitpiles are going to make enough money for either sequels or similar film spawns of the same crap. STOP GOING TO SEE THEM PEOPLE!
Ali Larter is kind of hot, but not very believable as this evil and conniving bitch. I’m sorry, but she just isn’t. I watch the trailers for this movie and wonder how on Earth they could have possibly come up with the idea to choose her out of all the actresses out there that would have much more convincing. There is no need for examples because I’m willing to bet that if you sat back and just thought about it…you could all come up with at least five other options besides Larter.
She is bad casting choice number one. Bad casting choice number two is on a totally different level because she sucks at everything she does no matter what.
Beyonce Knowles is just pathetic and pitiful. She is a by-God awful choice for any role in a movie because her skills are worse then those of actors picked up off the streets for hand-held camera filmed fifty dollar budget horror flicks. She sucked in the third Austin Powers, I had no desire to watch DreamGirls, and it is an absolute disgrace that she even began to think she could portray the masterful Etta James in Cadillac Records. She is untalented and really not all that pretty so everyone can write in and say “Oh, but she’s hot!” Nope, no she isn’t.
Oh yeah, and for those of you that think she can sing? I’m sorry but she can’t and her songs blow anyway.
For those that know, you can tell that Obsessed is loosely based on the 1987 film, Fatal Attraction. Forgive me for that isn’t exactly accurate. It isn’t loosely based on the film, but is almost a complete and total rip-off. The big change here is that we don’t have one chick overly obsessed with the guy and her trying to kill him so they can be together but we simply have two chicks trying to kill one another so they can have the man. Kind of takes away from the whole disturbing nature of it all when it’s Glenn Close trying to take herself and Michael Douglas out if she can’t have him. And let me reassure you all that neither Larter or Knowles will ever be Glenn Close in this sad ripoff or in any other movie they may ever star in.
A bothersome point to me about Fatal Attraction is the entire bunny scene. If you’ve seen the movie, then you know exactly what I’m talking about. It is very over the top and really gets the job done of showing how disturbed and demented Close’s character truly is. The bothersome point of Obsessed is that they did everything possible to appease all audiences by having the love triangle be interracial. Oh heaven forbid we keep it all one race or leave out a minority or random white chick or something. But since it’s all about the Benjamins so let’s get the black and white communities together in theatres for an overly shitty good time.
The world of underground fighting is a big subject in society today and is one tat has a lot of backing to it because it exists all over the world. Fighting is one that takes a look at the craziness of underground fighting with all of its illegalities, gambling, and intense violence. People sometimes had the God given ability to fight and know how to defend themselves. So if you’re down on your luck and need to raise some quick cash without worrying about your head getting bashed in, then perhaps illegal boxing matches are right up your alley.
Fighting just looks like a total piece of crap from the trailers and they bring in Channing Tatum who has done jack shit in his career and this helps his résumé none. I will give the kid credit though because he’s about to be a part of the new G.I. Joe live-action film and Public Enemies starring Christian Bale and Johnny Depp. But the Step Up movie franchise isn’t exactly anything that I’d be overly proud of when auditioning for this role of poor white boy who is going to fight for money.
Terrence Howard, you’re better then this. Don’t go chasing a buck just because you got dumped from Iron Man 2.
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Ok so I threw in two movies here because there is a bit of both of them in Fighting. Forgive me again because there isn’t a bit but more so a lot of both of them stolen for Fighting.
First up is Fight Club which is the ultimate underground fighting movie of underground fighting movies. It is a classic story with a great twist that has it not only with a cult following, but one of immense numbers that will be around for decades. Fight Club brings about a great plot and story while throwing in tons of comedy and great one-liners. Let’s not forget the main reason for the flick (obvious by the name) and look at the insane violence shown by underground fighting clubs. It is insane just how much pain and hell people will put themselves through for a big rush or just to feel like they have meaning in the world.
Still for as much of underground fighting is stolen from Fight Club and thrown into Fighting; it nowhere begins to compare to the sheer copycat nature that Fighting has taken on when looking at Gladiator.
And nope, not that piece of shit with Russell Crowe.
Gladiator is a flick from 1992 that stars Cuba Gooding Jr., James Marshall, and Brian Dennehy. Two boys are trapped in the world of underground fighting which is in this case, legit boxing with gloves and a ring. They both need money and enter the world of underground fighting with a con man that is doing nothing but running the show and making money off the kids who box. He cares not about them or the small amounts of cash they win, but only how much he makes off the film. Sound familiar? It sure as hell does, but how many people actually are going to think back seventeen years about a film that wasn’t exactly very popular or too well known.
I watched it though dammitt and I know all about it. I know that Fighting is nothing but a cheap knockoff of Gladiator with pieces of Fight Club thrown into it, but looking like a big ol’ piece of monkey crap.
There is not much to be said at the end of all this because you can obviously see my disdain for the abysmal crap that will be hitting theatres this weekend. Good for me that I’ll be sitting my ass at home and watching the NFL Draft. Not like I would head out to watch any of this crap anyway when all three DVDs of the better films are already in my collection.
Do me a favor though everyone?
STOP GOING TO SEE THEM PEOPLE!
