Comments on: From the Treadmill: About Schmidt

By: BlogFreeSpringfield

BlogFreeSpringfield — Wed, 24 May 2006 01:12:00 +0000

I'm interested in why you would have heeded Al's advice in the first place. If he told me to bring an umbrella to work or to go to a certain pizza place, I might listen. But for movies, Al's given me no reason to trust his judgement.

I didn't see Hoffa either. And as for the Cutting Edge, Anon, the fact that you call it a comedy makes my case for how bad it is. I don't think that we were supposed to be laughing.

Finally, I don't want to live in a time when Shelly Duvall is considered a "10".

Thanks for commenting,
Dan

By: UMRBlog

UMRBlog — Tue, 23 May 2006 22:21:00 +0000

No, but I’ve heard the same thing from others.

By way of disclaimers, I’m probably a lousy film critic, being self employed. I see maybe three a year. “Schmidt” just didn’t do it for me and I thought the ending was just a cheap cutaway. Actually, I went to see it because Al Roker liked it. Al Roker liked Zoolander, too. Now if Al Roker likes a film, I avoided it the Bird Flu.

By: Will

Will — Sun, 21 May 2006 17:00:00 +0000

Have you seen him in Hoffa? I completely forgot it was Jack playing Hoffa.

By: UMRBlog

UMRBlog — Sat, 20 May 2006 21:25:00 +0000

Cheap ending! Cheesy writing for Bates. Watching Nicholson lay out Schmidt in a pitiful shell of a “road trip” film was like watching Sergei Bubka clear a five foot fence.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 19 May 2006 12:19:00 +0000

The Cutting Edge is one the best comedies of the 90’s.

Toe Pick!

By: Monkey Boy

Monkey Boy — Fri, 19 May 2006 05:05:00 +0000

In regard to Shelly Duvall;

I recall many years ago in a TV show titled; "Women Who Rate a 10" Ms. Duvall was one that rated a "10" according to those who rated Hollywood stars at the time.

Must not have been a scientific study. Quite possibly the raters included numerous blind individuals.