Entertainment
by justed

Gigli ('rhymes with really')

There was a lot of controversy surrounding the release of the movie Gigli (2003). To me it all seemed to occur before the movie came out in release. And suddenly it was over before it even began: panned, bombed, dead before it even opened.

This, of course, amongst contrarians is like a red flag to a bull.

Can the movie really be so awful that it isn’t even released? Or in this case Gigli, released to a much more limited number of screens than originally planned?

Well, there’s a market segment known as straight to video. Usually it’s planned that way and can be very profitable. Production values may be poorer. Actors may be lesser knowns. Budgets are usually lower: hence the profitability.

Apparently, Gigli wasn't intended to go straight to video. The production values (all the technical details that make a movie) seem good. Bad or poor production values can become an irritating disruption to the enjoyment of a movie.

The stars of Gigli (Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez) don’t come cheap. They're not lesser knowns.

Could it have been the budget of Gigli? Was that the problem? The sets seemed inexpensive, the costuming cheap. But, I don’t think so.

I think the problem with Gigli, is that it's too far removed from the fantasy world glitter that's Tinseltown Hollywood.

Gigli is a brave (for Hollywood) break from the typical typecasting that's so insidious as to be practically unnoticed in Hollywood movies.

Ben Affleck plays a mobster with a style that's a pale imitation of John Travolta’s Vincent Vega character (Pulp Fiction, 1994) breakout role. But without the sense of menace Travolta brought to the role.

Jennifer Lopez portrays an intelligent woman of complex character.

However neither follows the script of movie fantasy cliché that Hollywood churns out typically. Consequently, without being forewarned, Gigli (written by Martin Brest) demands a more insightful appreciation than anticipated.

This isn't a bad thing. But the movie that results unfortunately (in this case Gigli), isn't a good thing.

Still, if you want to see something that shocks with its nonconformity to current Political Correctness, that adds a different view to what movies can be, (and you’re prepared for it), check out Gigli.

So on the b/p/n/g/x scale (bad/poor/neutral/good/excellent scale) I’d say: n.

This is the only neutral review I read of this movie. And some article about Ben being a "metrosexual...."

Its got Jennifer Lopez in it... Of course its not that bad... ITS WORSE!

Sorry, J-Lo just doesn't do it for me.

I can't !!~STAND~!! this movie.

Thats not an opinion. That's a bonified fact.

I'm pretty it's so bad that people have died

it really WAS that bad!!!!!!!