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Primetime Glick (2001)
Abysmal and insulting
I cannot believe that Comedy Central is so desperate it needs this show. I "wanted" to like Martin Short as Glick (the main character), but his humor is so obvious - it's an insult.
The premise of the show is a camp guy in a fat suit. This may hold your attention for a skit, and may even raise a smile, but a whole series? Maybe some senior citizens find the idea of a camp guy on TV quite funny. Or perhaps kids will split their sides at an obese guy. Well, they can have it.
Short plays a chat show host who insults his guests by not listening. And that's about it. Maybe, if the guests were really uncomfortable, or if Short were to ask some awkward questions, it would have some comic value. The guests try to have fun with it, but it just falls flat. In most cases the guests are funnier, and add more to the show than Short himself (after all, they are playing themselves, and are pretending to be "insulted" at the same time).
I assume the guests participate out of pity or respect for Short. But if you have that many great talents on your show (Steve Martin, Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Maher, Conan O'Brien, etc.), and you fail to raise a laugh, it's time to pull the plug.
Planet of the Apes (2001)
Mediocre but visually interesting
The movie begins as a classic sci-fi suspense flick, then turns to action, quickly followed by fantasy. It slips in some comedy, throws in a lame moralistic tale, provides a bit more action, and finally descends to farce. It was crying out for an emotional interlude by way of a romantic connection between the "hero", Mark Wahlberg and supermodel Estella Warren, but this was denied.
I guess the movie must have been made by committee, because Tim Burton failed to develop any consistent threads. Instead we have a disjointed collection of Burton trademarks - dark austere sets, amazing visual detail, slightly warped humor, all competing with tired block-buster themes of choreographed fighting sequences, large explosions and poor scripts.
The best thing about the movie is the make-up and visuals. But even that is not enough to carry the mediocrity of it all. And the ending? - plain silly.
Unbreakable (2000)
Unwatchable
More like "Unwatchable". It amazes me that anyone would enjoy this miserable movie. It is lame and pointless. I can only imagine that it looked good on paper. There's nothing wrong with the performances - but all they had to work with was a plodding plot, lacklustre direction and depressing cinematography.
Watch some paint dry for a couple of hours, instead.
Definitely - 1/10.