Refreshing Apologies

So I haven't been around in a week or so, but during that time I learned that J.D. Shapiro publicly apologized for his involvement in writing the script for Battlefield Earth, recently voted as the worst movie of the decade at the last Razzie Awards ceremony. Good for him. If you haven't read his speech, it's quite funny.

Soon after, one of the screenwriters for Monster House, Dan Harmon, apologized for his involvement in that movie. Now, I haven't had the pleasure (dis-pleasure?) to have seen either one of these films. I feel like I should though, just to see how bad they really are. The comments from these two screenwriters got me thinking about other recent movies that sucked so much that everybody involved should apologize for their involvement. Some are listed below....

All About Steve - This film became well known when Sandra Bullock "won" the Razzie Award for Worst Actress this last year, making her the very first person to win a Razzie and an Academy Award in the same year! It's bad...it's really really bad! It was unclear to me if Sandra's character was supposed to be mentally challenged or not. It wouldn't make a difference because the script was totally offensive to women, men, babies and all other living creatures. Terrible all around and not even worth the time I'm taking to write about it!

World's Greatest Dad - So here's the set-up: a father of a horribly rude, shit of a kid decides to make it look like his son's accidental death by asphyxiating himself while masturbating was just a simple suicide. The kid becomes an icon at a school that didn't even know his name and the father gets all the attention he desires as a result. WOW!! Comedy at it's finest. I sat with my mouth agape as I watched, wondering how a movie like this could be made. Then I realized it was written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait and all my questions were answered. This guy is nuts!! He made one interesting movie in the early 90's called Shakes The Clown (tagline: "The Citizen Kane of alcoholic clown movies"...funny), but he hasn't done ANYTHING of worth since then. Never, EVER watch his newest creation!

The Box - Richard Kelly wrote Donnie Darko, a very interesting movie that asked more questions than it answered but was enjoyable none-the-less...and has become a cult classic. He then went on to write Southland Tales, which was total garbage! He saved his worst stuff for last year's The Box. He took what could have been an interesting story about moral dilemmas and introduced aliens, ALIENS, for absolutely no apparent reason at all. Even though the first half of the movie wasn't great (with some terrible performances by Cameron Diaz and James Marsden) everything went straight downhill and hit rock bottom when martians were introduced to the plot. Horrible waste of time that made no sense!

...and let me just state once again...the TV show Glee is CRAP! I understand that I may be in the minority here, and that many people I respect like the show, but I can't get over how unbelievably bad it is. It's the worst of The Breakfast Club, Fame and The Mini-Pops all rolled into one. I HATE the way they ruin fairly enjoyable songs. No doubt they can sing, absolutely, but why must they do that to good songs?? I am also quite sick of Jane Lynch! She took a very funny character from The 40 Year Old Virgin and has duplicated it a thousand times since, becoming more and more mundane as time goes by. Stop the madness, Jane! It's tired and unfunny now.
Anyway, I'm allowed my opinions as are you, the reader, and I won't hold your love for Glee against you if you don't hold my pure hatred of it against me. Love everyone, be free and all that shite!