Reviews by johanlefourbe

If I remember correctly, I saw this flick in the first years I moved to the Netherlands. My wife made me watch this... In the Netherlands, some people wonder why almost no Dutch people watch Dutch movies but this movie is just the perfect example why. I mean, in my own personal opinion, it was a totally uninteresting and boring story with a bunch of soap stars. Back then, I didn't know them at all but now, when I check the cast, I notice there was many upcoming young actors who are all pretty famous nowadays in the Netherlands (Daan Schuurmans, Georgina Verbaan, Cas Jansen, Ellen Ten Damme, Michiel Huisman, Chantal Janzen, Lieke van Lexmond). Of course, if you don't live in the Netherlands, those names don't sound familiar at all but anyway... A part from this, it is pretty much worthless, I'm afraid. Of course, you could argue that I take this movie too seriously and you might be right, but even as shallow entertainment, it remains still pretty terrible and pathetic. To conclude, it is just a terrible flick and you should avoid it, even if you are interested in Dutch movies.

To be honest, even though I knew it was a rather obscure flick, I didn’t know it was that so completely unknown. Indeed, it is one of the very few movies for which I’m actually the only Listal user who has ever rated it. Apparently, it was one of the very first movies starring Keanu Reeves and the whole thing was just really pathetic. Basically, I have found somewhere this DVD for only 1 euro and I thought why not ? I thought it could be fun to see a very young Keanu Reeves. Well, it turned out to be a huge mistake... In fact, the whole thing was some kid of very bad 'Flashdance' rip-off. The funny thing is that 'Flashdance' was not even a really good movie, so imagine a rip-off... I mean, since 'Flashdance' was dealing with dance so you had some decent dance scenes but, here, it was dealing with gymnastics so, instead of some cool dances, you get to see some really pathetic and boring training montages supposing to be exciting/inspiring/whatever. To conclude, the directing and acting were just terrible, the whole thing was just completely tedious and you should pretty much avoid it, even if you are a die-hard fan of Keanu Reeves.

Honestly, I wonder how I ended up watching this flick… I mean, since I have been living in the Netherlands, I have been watching many Dutch movies, even some Dutch family features from time to time. Indeed, there is a huge market for Dutch movies for kids, in my opinion, because young kids can’t watch foreign movies because, in the Netherlands, they don’t dub movies in Dutch so as long as they can’t read fast enough, children can watch only Dutch productions. So, many of these are usually quite successful but most of the time I usually find them really average. So, even though I wasn’t expecting much with this one, it still was very disappointing and it is probably the worst one I have seen. I mean, honestly, the story, the characters, the directing, everything was just terrible and the whole thing was just really boring from the beginning until the end. Apparently, it was an adaptation of a rather obscure Dutch comic-book figure, a character pretty much forgotten nowadays in the Netherlands, and eventually, nobody went to see this flick which was a flop. To conclude, it is pretty bad and you should probably avoid it, even if you are interested in Dutch movies.

When I was a kid I saw the trailer for 'Hot shots' and it seemed to be really funny but I missed it. However, I was able to see this sequel in the movie theater when it was released. Honestly, it turned out to be a massive disappointment. Even though I was maybe only 12 years old when I saw it, I was still able to see how stupid and moronic it was. To be honest, looking back on the damned thing, I have to admit that it was maybe not as awful as I thought but the point is that I really didn’t like it and I didn’t think it was funny at all. I know it is supposed to be stupid but, honestly, the whole thing just bored me to death. Maybe if I re-watch it nowadays, I would enjoy it more (since I have seen most of the movies they are making fun of which wasn’t the case at the time) but, somehow, I highly doubt it so it is rather unlikely to happen. To conclude, even though I have seen worse since then, it still is in my opinion a very weak comedy and I don’t think it is really worth a look, except if you are a huge fan of the genre.

Uwe Boll's (bad) reputation as the worst director ever was growing each year so I was really getting curious about his work so I had to watch one of his movies. Oh, my god... I wasn't disappointed or maybe the opposite, I was very disappointed, depends how you put it... Anyway, Uwe Boll really deserves the title of "Worst movie director alive".... As a matter of fact, I must admit that the first half was actually almost watchable. I mean, it was still pretty average but there was some B qualities to it, seriously. However, something went really wrong and the second half was probably the worst thing I have ever seen. I mean, the whole thing didn't make any sense anymore, it was ugly as hell and completely boring. I mean, I have seen my share of piece of sh*t movies but it was really something. The weird thing is that seven years later, Uwe Boll is still making movies (usually up to two every year...) and I wonder if those are making any money. There is some kind of morbid attraction to those movies ('Let's check out his next piece of trash!') but I'm proud to say I only saw two of his. To conclude, it is definitely one of the worst movies ever made and it is absolutely not worth a look whatsoever.

Maybe you have noticed, but from time to time, I tend to watch some major garbage. This time, since I heard so many bad things about this flick, I really had to check it to find out myself. Indeed, it was a massive flop at the box-office and it has the dubious honor of being ranked number 1 on the site ‘Rotten Tomatoes’ among ‘The Worst of the Worst movie list where the film managed to reach a 0% ‘rotten’ rating. Apparently, the director Wych Kaosayananda made ‘Fah’, his previous directing effort, in his homeland Thailand and it was the highest budgeted film in the country's history. It became a big hit and led him to direct this huge mess. With this in mind, I was obviously not expecting much and, eventually, it was indeed the worst action movie I have ever seen. Basically, the action scenes were worthless, the story didn’t make any sense and the whole thing was just completely boring from the beginning until the end. It is one of those very rare examples of a movie which is so bad, it is not even fun anymore, it is just embarrassing to watch. To conclude, there is no reason why you should watch this flick and you should probably avoid it.

Honestly, I may have to raise up the rating for this movie up to a 4 since most of the movies I have seen with Hilary Duff didn't end up with such a low rating. But then, it would require a re-watch and I'm maybe stupid but not that stupid and I have definitely better things to do... Anyway, the first time I watched this, it was with my step-daughter who was 13-14 years old back then. Of course, I had some very low expectations but I did't expect it to be so bad (and it is probably why it ended up with such a low rating). I mean, This story has already been made like 1000 times before, way better and entertaining than here and they didn't add anything to the formula. Furthermore, I have nothing against Hilary Duff, she is quite charming and she may have some potential (not so sure though...) but, as an actress, she is a total bore to watch. By now, I have seen a few Hilary Duff flicks but it is easily the worst one I have seen so far ... Personally, I think this movie was completely boring but if you're a 12 year old girl, it may be bareable, who knows ?!? To conclude, I don't think it is worth a look at all, and you should probably avoid it.

As you may have noticed, I’m pretty obsessive concerning my movie watching. As a result, I end up watching the most obscure and worst garbage you can imagine just because one actor appears to be involved in this misguided mess. This time, I ended up watching this dreadful flick just because there was Alec Baldwin in it. I also thought it could be a nice watch for my step-son... Eventually, it turned out to be a huge mistake! I mean, I’m well aware that I’m far from being the target audience but pretty much like the TV show itself, I thought it was pretty abysmal. When watching this, you really wonder who thought that it was a good idea to make a full length version of this family show. Maybe it was a huge success back in those days? Anyway, the whole thing just looked awful and it was just very very very bad, completely boring and embarrassing to watch. I guess it maybe nice for very young children (up to 5 years) but otherwise it is a complete waste of time. To conclude, I didn’t like this flick at all and I don’t think it is worth a look whatsoever.

Honestly, I wasn’t expecting much from this flick but, somehow, I still ended up watching it. Indeed, I have a 4 years old daughter, we had this flick on DVD and she really wanted to see this. So I put it on and, to my surprise, I noticed that Danny De Vito was in the opening credits so I thought I might check the damned thing after all. Oh boy, that was a big mistake... The only reason it doesn't get the lowest score it's because it is a movie for kids but even so, I still think it was completely worthless... Did they seriously release this in the theater? I hope not. Basically, like most of the TV cartoons adapted on the silver screen, they didn’t make the effort of upgrading a little bit the animation, so the whole thing looked terribly awful and cheap as hell. Of course, you could argue that kids don’t care about such trivial things but is it really a reason to rip them off or their parents?!? I always find it annoying that they don’t take children seriously as an audience. I mean, it is not because they are innocent and that they would watch pretty much anything that you should take advantage of them. To conclude, it was lame and ugly and you should definitely watch something else with your children.