The Island - Why didn't you guy's warn me?!

[topspeed]

Ugh...

This was the worst movie I've seen in a looooong time. Even Scarlett Johannsen's considerable physical presence couldn't save this ode to stupidity. Dumb story, horrible direction (I swear, Bay would show a dog pissing into the wind in slo-mo if he could!), and rotten acting. Yessir, it was a veritable trifecta of dung.

To think, it usually takes a few shots of Tequila to make me feel this bad...

[kexodusc]

Wow...I can feel your disappointment emanating through my monitor...

I didn't mind this movie. It was terribly derivative of Logan's Run, etc, and wasn't anything to get excited over, but as a rental it was okay.

Will I ever watch it again? Doubtful.

[GMichael]

The one where the island is filled with drug dealers on one side and a small doped up community of wackos on the other? I saw that. Put me to sleep. On my worst list also. Right next to Bolaro.

[Woochifer]

I heard it wasn't too good, so this one might be one of those "wait 'til it shows on HBO" movies for me. The movie flopped at the box office and got lukewarm reviews for the most part, but it didn't seem like a Battlefield Earth-like stinker.

[topspeed]

Battlefield Earth... *shudder*...thanks for bringing back that painful memory, Wooch. At least no money was lost on that one.

Kex,
Yeah, I saw a lot of Logan's Run in this, too. The difference is LR was good. The Island is what you'd get if Logan's Run and Soylent Green had an illegitimate love child...and then pee'd on it.

[Woochifer]

Battlefield Earth... *shudder*...thanks for bringing back that painful memory, Wooch. At least no money was lost on that one.

My wife and I actually rented that flick, presuming that if it was as bad as everybody said it was, it might be in the "so bad it's good" category. But, that was just so bad it's bad! That was one of those movies that had a semi-decent trailer (my wife is a sci-fi buff and tends to get roped in by trailers, and when we saw the Battlefield Earth trailer the first time, she was telling me, "Hey! Let's go see this!"). Turns out that every scene that wasn't absurdly horrible wound up in the trailer, which didn't leave much for the rest of the movie!

Kex,
Yeah, I saw a lot of Logan's Run in this, too. The difference is LR was good. The Island is what you'd get if Logan's Run and Soylent Green had an illegitimate love child...and then pee'd on it.

Damn! I guess I'll have to pound a few shots before viewing this feature!

And I guess we'll have to brace ourselves ... a Logan's Run remake apparently is in pre-production.

[caniac]

The shame of it is, that during the first 20 minutes or so I was thinking "this has the potential to be one of the better sci-fi movies I've seen in a long, long time".

Then it turned into the typical Michael Bay let's-ignore-the-story-and-considerable-acting-talent-of-our-cast-in-favor-of-blowing-everything-up you would expect.

[Defshep]

I loved this movie! I thought it had a pretty good social commentary, even though it was a retread of other sci-fi stories. But then again, most the sci-fi/action films today are rehashes of earlier, but still very relevant ideas. For instance, my 15 year-old would laugh hysterically at Logan's Run (it's hard for me to sit through it now), but he liked The Island. I like movies about the dangers of a contained, socially engineered society, and we should always question authority. I also thought it was a great action flick. I don't have this deep hatred of Michael Bay that some possess. The Rock and Armageddon were fun, mindless roller-coaster rides. Bad Boys 2, even, had some great stunts and action sequences. I still can't forgive him for Pearl Harbor, though...