Honeymoon Time, Back in a Week

Before I go, some things need to be said about The Spirit.

What a joke.

I'm not familiar with the source material but if the comics were anything like the movie then they weren't worth adapting. As a Sin City fan (for its visual style, at the least) my interest was peaked months ago when various Spirit teasers started popping up. All of that interest was gone fifteen minutes into today's screening. Gone, baby, gone. This movie is a mess and Lionsgate should be ashamed of themselves.

Not too long ago, I listed my 10 WORST FILMS OF 2008. Baby Mama came in at number ten because I honestly didn't see too many of the movies that looked to be awful. If you're curious as to which films looked completely unappealing to me, I wrote quite a list. But missing from that list was The Spirit. The Spirit looked cool. But it was not cool...far from cool...unaware of the concept of cool. Actually, that's not completely accurate. Spirit's biggest problem is that it's too aware of "coolness" and tries far too many things to obtain that status. If you're having trouble grasping my point here, allow me to break it down. I'd rather watch Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron five times than watch The Spirit again.

In short, Baby Mama is off my list. The Spirit is not only on, it's at THE TOP OF THE LIST. Here's a list of movies that are better than The Spirit:

01. 88 Minutes
02. Doomsday
03. Jumper
04. Semi-Pro
05. Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?
06. 27 Dresses
07. War Inc.
08. The Happening
09. Meet the Browns
10. Baby Mama

Gringo is: upset about the current state of Hollywood film

I was putting together my Worst 10 of 2008 list.
Here are the ten that I came up with:

10. Baby Mama 09. Meet the Browns 08. The Happening 07. War Inc. 06. 27 Dresses 05. Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? 04. Semi-Pro 03. Jumper 02. Doomsday 01. 88 Minutes

Those are the worst movies I've seen this year.
But am I qualified to make a Worst Of list?

I've yet to see: One Missed Call, First Sunday, In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie, How She Move, Meet the Spartans, Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert, Over Her Dead Body, The Eye, Fool's Gold, Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, The Hottie and the Nottie, Definitely, Maybe, Step Up 2 the Streets, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Diary of the Dead, Vantage Point, Witless Protection, The Other Boleyn Girl, 10,000 B.C., College Road Trip, Never Back Down, Sleepwalking, Drillbit Taylor, Shutter, 21, Stop-Loss, Superhero Movie, Leatherheads, Nim's Island, The Ruins, Prom Night, Street Kings, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, The Forbidden Kingdom, Then She Found Me, Made of Honor, Speed Racer, What Happens in Vegas..., Postal, Stuck, You Don't Mess with the Zohan, The Love Guru, Kit Kittridge: An American Girl, Wanted, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Meet Dave, Harold, August, Space Chimps, Brideshead Revisited, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Swing Vote, Beer for My Horses, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, The Rocker, The House Bunny, Babylon A.D., College, Disaster Movie, Bangkok Dangerous, Righteous Kill, The Women, My Best Friend's Girl, Battle in Seattle, The Duchess, Hounddog, Eagle Eye, Fireproof, An American Carol, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, RocknRolla, City of Ember, Quarantine, Max Payne, Sex Drive, What Just Happened, High School Musical 3: Senior Year, Saw V, The Haunting of Molly Hartley, Role Models, Soul Men, Bolt, Twilight, Four Christmases, Punisher: War Zone, Extreme Movie, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Delgo, Nothing Like the Holidays, Seven Pounds, Yes Man, or Bedtime Stories.

Let me watch those and get back to you.