Will was so thrilled to be included in my um, incredibly popular post yesterday that he damn near demanded a follow-up post. Picking a topic to write on is always annoying, since unless I’m outright inspired by some act of stupidity I usually ask for recommendations. The first half of this post is dedicated to the failure that is Will’s taste in movies.
If you haven’t guessed by the tone of that introduction, Will has quite the spread of appreciation in our modern day cinema. I’ll give him some credit; he does like an occasional good movie here and there. The downside to all of this is that this appreciation is completely overshadowed by his interest in other movies, and more appropriately, his track record in convincing his friends to see new releases. The beginning of the end was when he convinced a half dozen of us to go see what he claimed would be an “awesome” movie.
The whole night started off with the group meeting outside of the movie theatre. I’m not going to lie; I was mildly interested in seeing this film because the trailer did a decent job of making it look halfway interesting. The thing you have to appreciate here is that whenever a trailer makes a movie of this caliber look good, you KNOW it’s going to suck. On the other hand, Will continuously thwarted the general consensus by claiming it would be awesome. Whatever, we were all already there. So we all go in the theatre to see The Covenant.
On the chance that you haven’t seen this movie, I’m just going to be very plain and say it sucks. Like, it REALLY sucks. I’m going to equate this film to having an epileptic seizure in the middle of a minefield. It’s just something that doesn’t end well. The only thing memorable from the movie was the very end when Will turned to all of us and all he could manage to say was, “Wow, sorry guys.”
Now, a few months went by and we pretty much avoided seeing any movie with Will that was based off of his recommendation. We THOUGHT we had learned our lesson, but when it came down to it, we gave him another chance. Only a few weeks ago, a much smaller group of us (the others apparently hadn’t forgotten the prior shit recommendation) went to go see another movie.
We all had pretty much agreed that The Covenant was a terrible movie. Semi-Pro made that thing look like the best fucking film ever made. I used to be a fan of Will Ferrell, but his past few movies had instilled zero interest into me seeing Semi-Pro. Of course, Mr. LETS GO SEE THE COVENANT convinced us to check out this steaming pile of crap. There was literally one funny moment in the 60-minutes-too-long-Semi-Pro. The one thing I hate more than anything else when I’m watching a movie is noticing myself checking my watch for the time. I think I had a staring contest in the dark with the face of my watch. Hell, I think I got more entertainment watching the hands move in a circle than I did from the movie.
So it comes down to this. Will, since I know you’ll be reading this, you have one last shot. Three fucking strikes and you’re out. Be very fucking careful the next time you recommend a movie for all of us to go see. If it sucks, we’re going to probably drop you off a bridge onto the beltline. Be forewarned.
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