Meh not bad even for a "Bad" Movie
357780
thought this movie had alot of promise its about a buncha scientists who find a sarcofogis thingy and it turns out that the body was 300 years old before it died so they go BACK into the forrest to find out if theres a tribe with the same blood thing and they run into a giant snake who kill everyone and thing

Thought this movie was going to be about a half man half snake hybrid thing....its not i was pretty upset but i love movies like this that only get onto the sci fi channel and even then only a few select people will watch it

Overall not bad but i recommend like Frankenfish or Dragon Wars 1st
2710990
Not a terrible movie, which is part of its problem.  There really needs to be a word for movies you wish were worse than they are.  "Schadenfilm" perhaps?  This movie is bad enough to not be worth watching, but not terrible enough to be laughable, or 'Rifftrax' fodder.  It's just a somewhat dull kids film stuffed with admittedly decent special effects.  It's only real crime is how incredibly long it takes to get to any hauntings or laughs (29 minutes).  Everything up to that more or less revolves around the work and family life of real estate agents.

It would've been 2 stars if it were not for decent performances from most of the cast.  Again, it's not a 'bad' movie, it's just not a good one either.  For kids and hardcore Disney Haunted Mansion fans, just skip the first 35 minutes or so and start from there.
1185989
With a title like that, I expected a very dumb movie, but it wasn't bad.....actually decent. It's a harmless cop-fantasy film with police drama mixed in with some humor and special effects.

I found a lot more drama than humor, which surprised me, although there were a few funny lines by the "gnome," a special- effects creation of Stan Winston.

Despite a film filled with angry characters - cops and crooks - the language was pretty tame and the film moves well and zips by since it's only 84 minutes. Yes, the story is ludicrous and some of the dialog is B-movie, but it was pretty enjoyable.

Sorry to see this unavailable in any form. Boy, if I had known that, I would have kept my VHS copy.
409748
Nice movie,  but nothing to knock me out of the park
3016794
Considering this was a made for TV type of movie, it clearly stays within the boundaries of straight forward mediocre Western.  Consider: Just about every cowboy's hat looked as though they had just bought it the morning of the shooting.  The clothes were fresh out of wardrobe's departmental closet and all the shoes/boots were squeaky clean.  Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Westerns.  What I don't like see mediocre Westerns in which this film lies directly dead center of.

The points this movie receives is mostly based on merit.  The story, while oh-so-predictable once we see the initial he-she encounter is actually somewhat decently acted.  The "stars", consisting of Meredith Baxter (less Birney, who doesn't even have this movie attributed to her on her IMDB listing), Kevin "Hercules" Sorbo, and Diedre Lovejoy (who played "Ronnie", the lawyer on The Wire), were the last used actors of the lot.

This is a feel good movie.  Boy meets long lost dad who never knew his son existed thinking the boy's mother was killed in an Indian attack and boy comes to call him 'pa' kind of movie.  It's an okay movie.  If you're looking for something with depth, excitement and want to feel the hairs in the back of your neck rise, go elsewhere.
1826695
The plot was stupid and the characters were trying too cool. Typical Hollywood ego getting in the way of making a good film with a good story line. No depth of character. It's not a horrible movie, just not much of a story.
1816657
By no means is this a terrible movie; it's just the very definition of meh. The plot is simple (probably a good thing); but the acting-aside from Eckhart is-subpar, and there's not one memorable scene in the movie. It's supposed to be an action flick-and there is some action-but there was nothing you haven't seen before, nothing you would describe to friends as "exciting". I watched it less than 48 hours ago and I'm already starting to forget what happened. I know I'll never watch it again and won't recommend it even as a 1 time viewing.
4529927
This was a pretty weak movie. We had to force ourselves to watch it all the way through. The story line was pretty decent and this could have been a pretty good movie, but the acting sucked, the special effects were stupid. Things would happen in the movie that would have you going "Huh??". I gave this two stars only because I didn't hate it, I just didn't like it much at all.
2032661
This is not the greatest comedy ever made.  It's probably one of the most overhyped comedies in recent memory.  But it isn't terrible, and it's not the gross out comedy that many have said it is.  It's a mediocre film at best that has some funny moments, and has some moments that make you wonder who could write such a bad script.

Many times in the film you see a situation (like when the boys wake up and find a tiger in the bathroom), and the characters in the film constantly say "oh my god, there's a tiger in the bathroom.  How the f*** did that tiger get in the bathroom?  Man, I can't remember how that tiger got in the bathroom" and so on and so on.  This type of situation happens a lot during the film (especially the first half), and it's really poor scripting.  The first half drags because of this poor scripting.  I almost shut the DVD off, but luckily, the film picks up in the 2nd half.  It's almost like the filmmakers realised that they had to finish the film, and decided to wrap things up very, very quickly.

Bradley Cooper's character is a very smarmy guy and not very sympathetic.  The dentist is actually a decent sort saddled with a ferociously bitchy girlfriend (played by Rachel Harris), and Zach G plays a guy who is supposed to be nerdy and funny, but quite often he comes across as weird and creepy, not funny.  But there are some good moments in the film, especially the scene where the 3 guys are in the police station, and one of the officers (played by Rob Riggle) calls Zach G "fat Jesus".  Then the 3 guys get tazed by the cops and an audience of kids touring the police station.  It's the funniest scene in the film.  The black drug dealer (called Black Doug in the film) is also a good character and the performance is very funny.

While this film is overhyped, it is not the most overrated comedy I've ever seen (that honor still belongs to Knocked Up), and I didn't feel like I was cheated after watching the movie.  Aside from Bradley Cooper's character, the overall tone of the film isn't smug.  It's just light.  So, watch the movie if you like this type of humour.  It's a decent rent.
1626835
Opening special effects are pretty good, but it's downhill from there. Movie just plods along with nothing really happening. Fight scenes are terribly over staged.
2884981
not a bad movie, but not very good either.  Just average.  The acting was good, but the story tried to be too clever at times which just confused the whole thing.
610289
I never really wanted to watch this movie so I guess I was pretty impressed with that fact that it wasn't extremely boring. It was somewhat interesting. It kept me entertained. It was an ok movie. Just OK. I think the plot of it is so generic that it offends people. The people I saw this movie with (they wanted to see it, not me) did not like it at all. So what does this all mean? Well, if you are looking for a mediocre sci-fi adventure to kill time, this could be what you're looking for. But please, let me say once more, this is not a bad movie, or a good movie. It is just an OK movie.
731300
It is an OK movie. Nothing special, and not too bad either.
3383841
I saw this film in the theatres and recently when I had nothing to do I started browsing Amazon for something to watch.  Any of the new content I was interested in was either pay to rent or I had already seen it but this film came up as free.  I remembered having seen it and it not being terrible but not particularly good either but I decided to give it second try just in case I had been too critical or had seen it in bad company the first time around.  Unfortunately it was just as meh as I remember it being.  Rather than being used as a vehicle to debate philosophy the movie seems to try and cram the idea down the audience throats that science and religion (Christianity particularly) can be justified within a single equation.  I feel as though I am constantly told throughout the movie that "science is great but don't loose your faith".  This whole movie would be better served as the novel originally did not choosing a side and merely posing philosophical ideas that sometimes conflict and leaving the audience to debates these different ideas among themselves.  Aside from the overly preachy anthem of the movie it just isn't very interesting.  Its just barely entertaining enough to keep you watching till the end but never enough to leave you feeling satisfied or truly entertained.  It isn't bad enough to be good and laughable, good enough to be memorable and entertaining.  Its just meh, totally meh.
2536415
Not a bad movie, but the plot is weak.  I agree with previous comments that they were so focused on bringing every significant character into the story that the plot suffered.  That being said, as a great fan of the "Certain" series, I enjoyed it - but this is not the way to introduce anyone else to Index or Railgun.
179323
Not a very good vehicle for either Tom Selleck or Sam Elliott, but I watched it because they were in it.  The dialogue was wooden, the bad guys were even worse.  No surprises on the ending, but hey!  the good guys deserve it.
3265450
I didn't really have high expectations with this movie after reading a variety of reviews but I didn't think this was as bad as some reviews I read.  On the other hand, I wouldnt call this a great movie either.  In a lot of ways this is a typical political drama but there are no real surprises here as the movie is very predictable with a rather mediocre conclusion.  To me this movies director couldn't make up their mind on what this movie was supposed to be as it tries at times to be a drama and other times a comedy.  It really doesnt do either particularly well as the comedy portions are few with really the highlights being between Bullock and Thornton in the second half of the movie.  Those two actors really saved the movie for me as the story was definitely not very well written with a rather mundane plot.  There are long stretches of really monotonous dialogue that does little to move the movie along and the movie to me felt too long even though it was only 1 hour and 47 minutes.  Unfortunately, the lack of a clear direction in what the movie was trying to be and a weakly written story cripple the chemistry between Bullock and Thornton and make this a rather mediocre movie.

3 stars