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Total CRAP

posted 15 years ago by antonak
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My wife really wanted to see this when it came out. To say we were very disappointed by it is an understatement. The only good thing about the movie was the scenery. The script was weak and the comedy was very forced. The acting wasn't so great either. It didn't help that we're both Greek-American (she's first-generation, I'm second), so we had a bit of vested interest in the movie being good.

We were surprised that the movie was pulled from the theaters so quickly, so I told her the movie was most likely poorly attended and might just be a clunker. I knew it was panned by most critics, but I never pay attention to critics as long as the movie entertains me.

We found the movie online and decided to watch it. The first thing we cringed at was the bus driver calling himself "Poupi" Kakkas. My first thought was a 2nd grader wrote the script with a name like this. It's as funny as Ben Dover, Dick Hertz, etc. I would have laughed at this when I was a teenager, but not now that I'm 40.

I sometimes wonder how big a money truck is needed to get veterans like Richard Dreyfuss to do movies like this.

[–] Destroy_All_Humans 15 years ago

Worst movie I've seen this year by far.
Even Crank 2 was better.

[–] klimite 15 years ago

I'm british and watched this film last night, it's still stuck in my head, I couldn't stand it, It's utter *beep*

I agree with all you said, that woman was so fake.....I mean the acting....

it's leaves me speachless....
I'm very disappointed with the rating of this film and that mug thats said it's good

[–] coffeemann 15 years ago

ohhh come on.. it wasnt that bad.. what really was so bad about it???

if you ask me it was a perfect stereotypical movie..
Ive met so many people like that .. and a back drop of greece cant go wrong..

please rememeber the key point.. STEROTYPES!

[–] antonak 15 years ago

So I should like it simply because it's stereotypical? I have no problems with a movie with stereotypes. I've enjoyed several movies that were stereotypical. The "Vacation" series, "Vegas Vacation" notwithstanding, were enjoyable, even though the formula has been done several times before. This movie, though, was, for me, painful to watch.