Stupider than stupid....
936293
This is unbelievably bad.

I came across this at a huge record shop recently, and was intrigued by the interesting packaging and the header of "Music Box Biographical Collection".

Fool I am, I bought this and was never more let down by anything. This is SO bad....not only is the entire program not even shown full screen but 'inside' a cartoon, ultra-cheesy 'television set'; the annoying female narrator mixes up dates in Madonna's career; footage from the 90s is shown during discussion of her 80s career and visa-versa; everything is VERY low-quality; and at one point footage of a Madonna impersonator performing as Madonna is shown, and passed off as being Madonna herself! The quality and cheap effects look like they were done in a high school video production class in the early 90s. Seriously, they do.

Do NOT buy this! I would like to give this zero stars. One is being TOO generous.
1041778
Ok, this movie is pretty stupid and it makes no sense whatsoever and the overall plot structure is a total mess, but it's far from the trainwreck that people wanted you to think it was, and Sandra Bullock is solid, as she always is, and is remarkably funny considering the lackluster laughs the film shoots for.  No, I would never recommend this film, but I can't say that Thomas Haden Church's sly delivery didn't make me laugh or that Sandra's manic expressions didn't produce giggles on my end.  The story is just a mess though.  To believe that Steve was anything worth Mary's obsession is far fetched since he's not nearly good looking enough to evoke impulsive rushes of uncontrollable lust, and he's not nice enough of a person to have felt a `connection' to.  In the end, Mary just comes across like a horny autistic person.  The end was a ridiculous attempt at giving this meaningless movie `meaning' and it just all felt kind of insulting.  Still, this is not the worst movie of last year (`Year One' anyone) and Sandra does not deliver the worst performance of that year either (I'm looking at you Hannah Montana).  That said, I'd still stay pretty far away from it.
3636367
OK - first of all, I feel this is more fantasy than Sci-Fi. There is very little actual "science" in it at all. The plot bases its drama on the stupidity and naivete of its main characters. I actually felt that some of them deserved what they got. I could not imagine calling these "aliens" intelligent. I found myself skimming over a lot of the paragraphs and pages, as they were just so "wordy". The main thing that kept me shaking my head, was that after witnessing and experiencing so many "miracles",  the characters were still letting their pride and egos guide their own selfish motives. I totally agree with the premise that a certain middle east fanatic religion will cause the end of civilization if not the world.  The projection of the ultimate welfare state of this country's future is right on. The author has basically projected the future based on present circumstances and situations. If you remove the fantasy stuff, this is ultimately a political thriller. Not sure if I will continue reading after these first 3 books, the sample of book four indicates more of the same. More problems caused by naivete, arrogance, pride and just plain stupidity. I hate it when characters never seem to learn.
3033445
Characters repeatedly did stupid things....not worth my time to list them all. Totally unbelievable behavior.....these were supposed to be bright people. An irritating waste of time.
296723
Expected better because of actors involved....but man...this was stupid on a ridiculous level.  It  sucked. I want my money back.
2264188
Not even sure why I picked this movie up; perhaps I found most of Seth Rogen's movies to be enjoyable.  Unfortunately, this movie is ridiculously outrageous and absurd.  It's a film that should be enjoyed on the pure fact that it is so stupid.  You should probably pair it with shots of whiskey or some pot.

All kidding aside, this has some funny laughs here and there and some may not even be intentional.  For some reason, I couldn't seem to pay attention to the plot either because the soundtrack just did not provide what was needed.

So what is Observe and Report about?  Some mall security cop, Ronald, trying to catch a flasher running loose harassing mall patrons and workers.  Police detective gets involved and Ronald tries to prove he is better than the police.  Unfortunately, Ronald is a loser and does everything wrong.  His miserable life is so miserable that its hard to feel sorry for him because the guy is a prick as well.

For the cast put together for this film, I'd expect more from Ray Liotta, Anna Faris, Seth Rogen, Aziz Ansari, etc.  I guess the funniest part for me was some of the cast itself.  I couldn't help to laugh at the two fat Asian twins and the Matt Damon look-alike.

Now this is a movie that you can just play in the background cause paying attention to it, is just painful!
862062
I'm giving this a hesitating 3 stars. I think the hero in this story is a mysogenistic dick. The whole book. He shows no sympathy, no compassion and why the hell this woman would fall for him, is so idiotic and stupid. And the end...she finally gives in? Why would she - he's abandoned her, accused her of being a whore, embarrassed her, semi raped her and what, she can't control herself because of his amber eyes? Oh for hell that was stupid. This is not worth a penny. Go read Julie Garwood isntead. She knows how to make heros be kinda of dumb lumps that eventually realize they'd be lucky to have this woman.
4472780
This book was interesting in its concept and to some extent its execution. The hardest part for me to get through while reading this novel was the exasperation with the constant stupidity of the main character. I felt that the author went too far in making her a tragic persona and what she really turned into for me was a driveling and pathetic woman pining for her cheating husband!
2354303
We enjoyed the first film so we figured we'd rent this one. However, this one is just plain stupid and boring. We didn't chuckle once while watching this one. The synopsis on this one sounded like it had promise. However, it failed miserably in the execution. We watched it for about a half of an hour before we shut it off. Nothing to this movie at all. It is just dumb and I can't recommend it to anyone unless you just want to waste time.
Overall, dumb and a complete waste of time, effort and money on our part.
3189829
Contrived situation. Stupid, cliff hangers with even stupider escapes. sophomoric references to history and folklore. What more could you ask...
Have you heard if a literary device called a "dio ex machina". It means a stupid, unlikely plot twist to get out of a situation.  How about a real honest to Betsy "dio ex machina"

here comes the spoiler...

Our hero survived after being shot, stabbed, poisoned, beaten, and tortured to near death because he is saved by... THE GODS!!!
Hooray!! He comes back, brand new, in one piece, and marries the the girl of his dreams!

It totally amazes me how many five star ratings this piece of trash got.
4295956
The soul-crushing truths which impel this narrative give it an undeserved authority.  Ultimately, we should all of us pray that these events are fictional.  But no.  Colin Firth is preposterous, so flagrantly stupid a choice for lead that I smell some manner of nasty metaphysical agenda at play.  Firth is amateurish as a successful Arkansan private investigator.  It seems to be a doomed effort for actors who are not Southern to portray Southerners.  Firth fails with an arrogant relish.  Not once does Firth address another person with "Please."  This is contemptible.  Southerners ask, they don't order.  And they ask "Please."  Always.  The phoning-in of a quasi British aristocrat with some Southern "accent" is painful.  In the words of our own American marvel, Steve Martin, hearing faked Southern speech makes a Southerner feel "like he's got lunchmeat in his shoes..."  And hearing same deployed by a successful British actor makes it worse, like maybe several layers of olive loaf all down in there

Reese Witherspoon's a pro, an adorable pro.  She always has been, always will be.

There are fine portrayals of Arkansan police officers, crushed by what they see and by what duty requires of them.  Crushed, but mobilized.  Cole Younger once said "...only a natural fool or an innocent madman would choose to be a criminal..."  The former would do well to view Devil's Knot, get a glimpse at the type of men and women who seek to cage criminals.  Or kill them.  Either option works for me.  The bond common to all police officers is that of the broken-hearted who must go on.

However, we remain human.  Wondrously, clumsily human, just people trying to deal with vile enormities and treacheries beyond us, not of our world.  We drop the ball, lose evidence, get played.  We collapse weeping, armed, wearing a badge.  But we don't quit.  Never will.  In the end, we win.

I should let this one "thing" go, but Lordy Lordy, I can't.  I won't!  I'm like the dog that caught the car with this one.  Midway thru, during trial, the silly Mr Firth actually rises, with court in-session, Judge seated, rises and ambles gracefully over to the bailiff's gate while Prosecution and Defense contends at bench with His Honor.  The silly Mr Firth stands there, I guess eavesdropping to get some skinny which might help his bottom line.  Maybe to the nasty idiots who cast him, Firth represents a beacon or Batman there to oversee things.  This conduct is criminal, a misdemeanor, contempt of court.  Yet the bailiff does not act, nor the Judge, to demand of Mr Silly that he immediately sit back down and shut up.  Please.  Excuse me, Southerners never employ "shut up."  We prefer "Please be quiet."  There's not a Courtroom in this country, properly run, Southern, Northern, Inuit, hillbilly, Tex-Mex, vegan, pick one, where such an act would be unrestrained, just allowed to happen.  Nope.

But, being human, I've just failed, introducing levity where, perhaps, it doesn't belong.  Forgive me, please.

There are the facts, there's this movie.  And there's us, human beings where we are, surrendering to the deadly attractions of evil, fighting back in self-defense if we've got the spittle for it.  And we usually do.  Heroically so.

For me, this movie was most effective, worth its price of admission.  I say this is a movie for those of you who have a heart.  Those of you who don't well, hey, we will all, each and every one, meet our Maker one day.  Now won't we?
467766
Since this movie's about artificial intelligence and computers and stuff, shouldn't that make it a little smarter? In fact, it's the film's general Luddite hatred of technology which informs the story and makes everyone act like an absolute moron all the time. The flick is so bent to tell you how bad computers are, all the major players keep making the strangest, dumbest and/or most contrived decisions to artificially push the plot forward to its strange conclusion. The flippant and silly emotions of these characters as they wrestle with the supposed big ideas of this film are so juvenile, illogical and inhuman, it's just hard to take this film seriously.
121583
Baldacci has written some pretty good books.  This was not one of them.  Trying to think of words to describe the main characters and the one I decided upon was absurd.  The absurdity of the characters was matched only by the unintentionally funny plot. I think Baldacci may have written this disaster on his lunch break. If you're a masochist for dumb, by all means buy this book!
3014881
Wow, the stupidity on the right continues.  This book is nonsense. The scandal was a Bush administration foulup which started in 2007 and now they want to blame the black guys who inherited yet another dumb decision by W.  For gods sake people, don't you even care about facts any more?  The author doesn't. He just wants to pocket those sweet dollars from the Fox blinded.
4290424
SLOW - all the negative comments are spot on. I couldn't even finish it. Stupid is as stupid does.
2805346
This had to be one of the stupidest  movies in the history of stupid movies lol I think it is a shame because if it hadn't been made to be so deliberately bad it could've been a decent movie. So cheesy yet I couldn't stop watching it.  Geez so yea 2 stars :-)
2561765
I quit half-way through. This book is insulting on many levels.  I wonder why so many authors create small town folks as being stupid. In this case, they seemed to be fat and stupid. Except those, of course, who had moved away to the big city, such as AJ and Elizabeth.  If we are to believe this author (co-authors), none of the parents at the school AJ took her son to had a clue about the disabilities act and simply let their special needs kids wither away. It would take AJ to set them straight on that. Neither author nor the editor took the time to use the correct term for Down syndrome (it's not Down's) nor that educated people do not use the word retard. David himself used the word, but in the special needs community with which I'm familiar, David would be offended by that word. This book really turned me off.