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Ben Lyons' Bottom 10 of 2008

post #1 of 18
1/20/09 at 2:34am
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1. Repo! The Genetic Opera
2. The Women
3. Synecdoche, New York
4. War, Inc.
5. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
6. Meet Dave
7. Beverly Hills Chihuahua
8. Mad Money
9. Speed Racer
10. Twilight

Putting Mad Money and Meet Dave on a list like this is easy pickings, but Synecdoche? Really, Benny? Ugh.

http://www.efilmcritic.com/feature.p...lyons&latest=1
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post #2 of 18
1/20/09 at 2:37am
I've got three words:

FUCK. THAT. GUY.

I rest my case.
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post #3 of 18
1/20/09 at 3:12am
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Originally Posted by Iron Maiden View Post
Instant invalidation.
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post #4 of 18
1/20/09 at 3:17am
This guy is the Joe The Plumber of film reviewers.
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post #5 of 18
1/20/09 at 3:20am
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Originally Posted by Pop Zeus View Post
This guy is the Joe The Plumber of film reviewers.
That's a disservice to Joe the Plumber.

This guy is the Sarah Palin of film reviewers.

It is kind of funny how the rest of the list would make a fairly typical Ten Worst list, nobody would think otherwise, and then Synecdoche New York gets dropped in and he loses everybody again.
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post #6 of 18
1/20/09 at 1:04pm
To be fair, did anyone expect more from Lyons?
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post #7 of 18
1/20/09 at 1:27pm
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Originally Posted by Jakespeare View Post
That's a disservice to Joe the Plumber.

This guy is the Sarah Palin of film reviewers.

It is kind of funny how the rest of the list would make a fairly typical Ten Worst list, nobody would think otherwise, and then Synecdoche New York gets dropped in and he loses everybody again.
Noted wingnut Michael Medved is the indisputable Sarah Palin of film reviewers - Lyons is merely an unexceptional fool with an unusually prominent outlet for his foolishness.
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post #8 of 18
1/20/09 at 6:00pm
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Originally Posted by EdHocken View Post
FUCK. THAT. GUY.
“While his other films are a little bit more commercial in their approach and easier to understand, this is difficult because it really makes itself up as it goes along introducing characters out of context. You don’t know if it’s a dream or if it’s in his head. The symbolism behind things, it is a difficult movie to wrap your head around.”

Yep.
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post #9 of 18
1/20/09 at 10:48pm
War, Inc. doesn't belong on that list, either.
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post #10 of 18
1/21/09 at 12:09am
Do people really watch "At the Movies"?
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post #11 of 18
1/21/09 at 12:32am
Wow, that's some kind of stupid.
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post #12 of 18
1/21/09 at 3:49am
Speed Racer doesn't belong on that list either.
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post #13 of 18
1/22/09 at 3:57pm
Are we sure he even saw those movies?
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post #14 of 18
1/22/09 at 4:51pm
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Originally Posted by Eric Cordo View Post
Are we sure he even saw those movies?
Good question. There's a very good chance he was texting during Synecdoche, New York.
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post #15 of 18
1/22/09 at 9:10pm
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Originally Posted by Iron Maiden View Post
Good question. There's a very good chance he was texting during Synecdoche, New York.
That's how kids watch movies these days.
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post #16 of 18
1/25/09 at 7:41pm
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Originally Posted by Brad_Lohan View Post
That's how kids watch movies these days.
It was mentioned in the "Whores" thread that Lyons was texting during Towelhead and didn't pay attention at all. Despite those two things, he went ahead a reviewed it anyway.
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post #17 of 18
1/25/09 at 8:19pm
At the SAG Awards. Boo'ed him twice and told him he sucked. He turned and looked at me.
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post #18 of 18
1/25/09 at 8:21pm
Edit: double posted. Was on my phone at the time. Sorry.
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