Viewing Journal: 10/3/2014

434) LEFT BEHIND
(2014 dir. Vic Armstrong) Date Seen: October 3 2014

Aside from the condescending & puritan worldview on display, this film's major sins are that of a cinematic nature. Unbelievably lousy in every department. Unimaginative & lacking directorial vision. How did this get a wide release? Without reshoots, rewrites, or major post-prod doctoring?.. The plot is directly lifted from Stephen King's "Langoliers" with an added religious twist. All these problems only intensified my initial emotional response to the myopic book content. A sub-Roland Emmerich disaster fest, trying to pass itself off as something good for the soul. Made for and by creepy American evangelicals. & Cage isn't funny or unhinged at all.. Shame on the creators & financial backers of this turd. It's the 2nd worst film I've seen this year. Thank goodness I was able to use a free pass to see this & did not help their box office draw. (I did buy concessions though for the sake of theatre staff) 

433) FRIGHTMARE [COVER UP]
(1974 dir. Pete Walker) Date Seen: October 3 2014