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Subject: Summer Movie Awards Part II
Time: 6:39:00 PM EDT
Author: summermovieblog
Yesterday, I ushered in a new era of movie-awards awesomeness by presenting Part I of the Moviefone Summer Movie Awards (aka the Tommys), honoring both excellence and mediocrity in this season's cinematic offerings. Today, I bring you Part II.
Most Useless Character: Angel, 'X-Men: The Last Stand'
No offense to Ben Foster -- because he didn't actually write the screenplay or edit the film -- but his eagle-winged mutant had no business being in a single frame of the latest 'X-Men' installment. All the character did was flex his supersweet pecs and take screen time away from characters we actually cared about.
Most Inspired Cameo: Lance Armstrong, 'You, Me and Dupree'
His performance in the Kate Hudson orgy fantasy sequence was effortlessly breezy. Should he make room on his mantle for an Oscar next to those Tour de France cups? Well, maybe that's overstepping it -- but he's doing more with one testicle than most of us could do with three.
Runner-up: Marlon Brando for his from-beyond-the-grave appearance in 'Superman Returns'
Most Shamelessly Awesome Use of Gratuitous Nudity: 'Beerfest'
It's a movie about guys who want to be the world champions of beer-drinking, so sue them if they feel the need to have a scene in which a girl falls and inadvertently starts a game of "dominoes" whereby one good-looking gal after another loses her top. It's just like the old saying goes, "Nothing compliments beer like a bare chest." Pretty sure that was Confucious.
Come back Friday for the SUMMER MOVIE AWARDS PART III!
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I thought Pirated of the Caribbean 2 was a good movie. It was much funnier than the first one, and it had a lot more action. The characters were really well thought out. The acting was great I really enjoyed the movie.
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There should be an award for worst "put together" movie of the summer and "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" would win hands down. I've never seen such a sloppy screen play, where everyone (including a dog with a key, for god sakes!) is given seperate plots that never lead anywhere. The amount of character and plot inconsistencies was beyond ridiculous. If this movie hadn't had the popularity of the brilliant "Curse of the Black Pearl" and tons of marketing to lean on, it would have sank the moment it his theaters.
Another award this movie could be nominated for is "Movie to rip off the most Star Wars plots" We litterally see Will Turner morph into Will Skywalker in Dead Man's Chest. His main plot was finding his father and then deciding to save him from the clutches of the evil emperor...pardon me, Davy Jones (sound familiar?) When you throw in the the Luke-Leia-Hans...excuse me the Will-Liz-Jack half baked love triangle and the ending that left us wondering how Jack (Hans, via Empire Strikes Back) will be brought back in the third installment, you have to wonder why George Lucas hasn't filed a copywriting infringment suit yet. Then there is the cannable island where the "Will-Jack tied to poles and a group of people in a hanging cage/net" is suspiciously like scenes on the Ewok world in Return of the Jedi.
I half expect the third Pirates of the Caribbean movie to feature Storm Troopers, Ewoks, light saber battles and a hair brained plot about Will and Lizzy really being brother and sister. -
SUPERMAN RETURNS was an amazing film that didn't get enough time to be Number 1 because of a silly Disney movie with popular actors in it. Yes, Superman is comic book fiction, but PIRATES was completely childishly stupid. I have no idea how it made so much money.
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Yeah...I don't get the appeal of Kate Hudson either....just lucky I guess...
9/27/06 6:39 PM