One of my co-workers went to see License to Wed.
She said it was good. It was hard not to let
my opinion of her drop, because these two things
seemed like serious offenses to me: 1) she chose
willingly to go see the movie and 2) she liked it.
Maybe she only watches movies like once or twice
a year though.

It seems a little petty of me to use that as a
personality/respect measure, but of all the movies
that come out, the trailer for License to Wed screamed, "DON"T SEE THIS MOVIE." Worst movie
of the year.

Slater, can you really pronounce License to Wed the worst movie of the year without seeing it yourself?

Crazymonk, did you just want to use the word "eschatological"?

this irritates me. comedians throughout the 20th and 21st centuries have a long history of appearing in bad movies and occasionally turning in UNfunny performances in said movies. does that mean they're not still funny? most comedians try to have film careers: they don't all write the material or direct the picture. they're working, for chrissakes. robin williams, for my money, when doing comedy, is still one of the funniest SOBs on the planet, with arguably the quickest mind around. just listening to his brain ramble from point to point while making insanely bright connections is astonishing.

so there.

I agree, it's astonishing. Astonishingly painful.

crazymonk, you get less funny by the blog post.

Rodenator, yes, the rational part of my brain says it is unfair to ridicule and criticize License to Wed without seeing it. However, the less rational part of my brain
says, "Ok, Rodentator. You go see License to Wed and
tell me it's NOT the worst movie of the year." Then
perhaps I'd back of on my criticism based solely on seeing the movie's trailer a couple times.

And, jbg. I listened to some of your podcast the other
day as I was packing up my belongings for a move. It was enjoyable hearing your critiques although I found your critique of public transportation disheartening
and your (perhaps sarcastic) association of yourself
as being poor somewhat dishonest knowing something
about your background. I say that because I doubt that
truly impoverished people would consider you to be one of them. That being said, publc transportation does have some pretty big annoyances and perhaps I'm overanalyzing something you are doing that is attempting to be funny and exaggerated. I'm sure if I had a podcast it would be riddled with similar inconsistencies.

Taking this clip of your podcast and your comments about
Robin Williams in combination though, I can't imagine how you can defend Robin Williams. He represents the worst
of homogenization of creativity in American culture. When I think of Robin Williams, I think of U2, Apple, and other things that were once unique that now have become somewhat over-hyped and over-appreciated in the wake of resting their laurels on past creativity and a brand of consistency in that you know what you're going to get even if its creators are not trying to hard. I think what you saying is something akin to Robin Williams = Paul McCartney. But to paraphrase one article I read recently, "haven't we gotten enough of Paul McCartney and the Beatles?" I certainly think so. I also have had enough of Robin Williams. He should try writing or producing instead like Bobcat Goldwaith, who incidentally, made one of the best movies I have seen recently (and I never would have thought Bobcat could make anything good).

Hot to Trot?

jbg, the King of Judgmental, is defending Robin Williams?

i like Robin Williams! he was and is (to me) a very funny fellow. as far as film work goes, he was good in Garp and Good Will Hunting (and Popeye!), and i don't recall seeing him in much lately that would make me actively dislike him. but that's not the point: in the functional capacity as "comedian," i enjoy him. watch him on charlie rose's show, for example. he's very quick-witted.

i don't put him in the upper echelon with steve martin and bill murray any more, but i increasingly find people who TELL me what i'm supposed to like (and be like, and act like, and how i'm supposed to think) to be obnoxious, self-righteous, unoriginal, uber-hipster retards.

ps., before anyone goes apeshit, that last comment was aimed at media-types and bloggers not unlike cm's original link, NOT at anyone on this blog.

Watching Robin Williams makes me sad. He tries so damn hard to be funny these days. Just watch him when he is a guest on BIll Maher. He takes over, not letting anyone get a word in. And the worst part of it. Nothing he says is funny. And yes, he pathetic movie choices disgust me. They seem like blind money grabs. He will do anything for a paycheck. Was he funny? Sure. But now he sucks. Hardcore. It's amazing how bad he, BIlly Crystal, and Whoopi are these days. And they used to do Comic Relief! Just put them on a rocket and aim it at the sun please. And put Steve Martin on it with them. He can make comedic, erudite jokes as they burn.

NYA, I'm not sure Whoopi was ever funny to me. But I like your idea to send them all on a rocket to the sun. It sounds like a great script-- kind of like a space cowboys for the anons with a sprinkling of fart jokes and a lot of people interrupting each other with verbal diarhea.

billy crystal was NEVER funny.