The terms “worst movie ever” and “the most awful thing I’ve seen” are thrown around a lot nowadays, often just as a figurative explanation of something you really didn’t enjoy. They’re hardly ever used literally.
Then comes along Jonah Hex, which may literally be the worst comic book movie I’ve ever seen. I judge it so harshly because it clearly had a massive budget and some genuine star power. I mean, Elektra was awful, but it only really had Jennifer Garner and some dude from ER headlining. This had John Malkovich and Josh Brolin in it for crying out loud! Megan Fox (who seems to be a megastar somehow) is in it too, as is Will Arnett, who I genuinely think is one of the funniest people in Hollywood at the moment – God only knows why he took a straight role in this...maybe he was a fan of the comics? Here’s hoping he now makes an Arrested Development movie now as penance.
The plot is pointless and the explosive action set-pieces are just boring. Thankfully it’s not even 90 minutes, but it’s still time from my life that I’m never going to get back.
Why on Earth DC thought this was a better choice for a film adaptation than The Flash, Wonder Woman or Green Arrow is beyond me. Even Aquaman would’ve been preferable.
And as we all know, Aquaman sucks.
No comments:
Post a Comment