Nostra and Terrence are running yet another relay race, and this time, we're putting people in jail. The premise, in their own words:
It’s time to put some movie people in jail. The object is to give a prosecutor’s argument as to why these movie people belong in “Movie Jail” whether it be for violating the integrity of the content source of one their films, or being a sell-out, just making bad movies overall, getting worse as time goes on or not being in a good movie for many years.Previous entries:
The baton will be passed to another blogger who will have to do the following:
In order to free someone from Movie Jail they have to do 2 things
1 – Give a defense attorney argument defending the plaintiff
2 – Pay bail: the cost of which is another case for the court and a prosecutor’s argument against the actor/director of their choice that will replace the one set free.
There must always be 10 people in Movie Jail.
Nostra/Terrence at My Film Views
Sati at Cinematic Corner
Alex at And So It Begins...
Steven at Surrender to the Void
I was passed the baton by Steven at Surrender to the Void, who threw Raja Gosnell in there. Here are the current inmates:
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| Al Pacino |
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| Clint Eastwood |
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| George Lucas |
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| Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer |
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| Jennifer Aniston |
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| M. Night Shyamalan |
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| Michael Cera |
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| Raja Gosnell |
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| Sam Worthington |
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| Tom Cruise |
I'm not really sure of why Clint Eastwood is on here. I mean, he's not my favourite, but he has made some damn good movies and he's a true icon. Sure, Hereafter and J. Edgar weren't very inspiring, and while I really disliked the former, I don't think they're really jail worthy films. Plus, I'm a huge fan of Mystic River and a slew of his other films (although I do need to see some more). But I guess he can be ridiculed for that chair-talking thing.
Who I'm throwing in:
How in lord's name is Adam Sandler not on this list? He's literally the worst thing to happen to cinema. In 2011, he graced us with Jack and Jill, which saw a new career low: once men start dressing up as women for 'comedic' effect, you know they're going downhill, but this was far worse than anything Eddie Murphy could do. And then there was That's My Boy, which may as well be one of the most offensive movies ever. He is just beyond terrible.
So I'll hand this one over to Josh at The Cinematic Spectacle - let's see who survives.
hahahahahaha! So true, why isn't Sandler in there? I suppose Punch Drunk Love works for him (but to be honest, I haven't seen that one, only heard about it).
ReplyDeletePunch Drunk Love is rather good and it is the only one I've liked from him, but he still deserves to be in here!
DeleteA choice I can fully understand and support, thanks for joining!
ReplyDeleteCan you add the links for the previous installments? This way people can see the progress of the race :) Thanks!
I will try and do it now, thanks.
DeleteGood call on throwing Sandler in! He has done some good work in Reign O'er Me and Punch Drunk Love but he still annoys the living shit out of me.
ReplyDeleteI know, he is capable of some good things, but he continually tries to be funny. It is so sad.
DeleteNice choice! Sandler hasn't made a decent movie in ages. I imagine Eastwood was in there partly because of him talking to the damn chair.
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure Eastwood was there because of his little chair incident. Sigh, Clint, what were you trying to achieve?
DeleteYou're definitely right, Adam Sandler deserves to be in there. I liked some of his films like The Wedding Singer and 50 First Dates, but cinema would be very much better without him, because then we wouldn't have Jack and Jill, Just Go With It or That's My Boy.
ReplyDeleteUgh, those three movies were some of the worst things that cinema has had to endure.
DeleteAdam Sandler was someone I considered but I thought he was too easy of a target. Still, he deserves to be in there for the shit films he's made.
ReplyDeleteI liked your choice - I didn't recognise the name, but when I searched him up I saw what travesties of films he had made. Good choice.
DeletePoor Adam Sandler, I used to like him so much. I did laugh during Jack and Jill, but the fact is I am prone to like stupid humour... I want him to come back with something good like in the old days, but I don't have much hope left.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I don't have much hope left either. Hopefully Paul Thomas Anderson has another role in mind for him.
DeleteFair enough. I'm actually surprised Adam Sandler wasn't in there already. :-)
ReplyDeleteSo was I!
DeleteThanks, Stevee! Don't who I'll throw in, but I know who I'm defending. :)
ReplyDeleteEastwood's a great choice. Sandler totally deserves to be there, but I do like his work in Punch-Drunk Love, Reign Over Me, and Funny People.
Interesting person to defend - I like it!
DeleteAh, I forgot about Funny People. While that movie was long, I still loved Eric Bana in it.
Oh I'm glad you rescued Eastwood, yeah he doesn't belong in jail. Sandler on the other hand should be locked up so we're save from his crappy movies, ahah.
ReplyDeleteHaha, if only!
DeleteExtremely fair trade. Eastwood has had some recent flops, but his career speaks for itself, in my opinion. And Sandler... we could all just get along better without his acting.
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