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Henry Gale · 11-30-2006, 04:22 PM

I thought the movie was not good, but rather sucked.
It's Emilio's fault. Before I saw it I heard a Love Boat comparison and that is right on the money.
It's easy in hindsight to see how this went so bad. All those big names? They loved Bobby, hell, a lot of us did. I'm sure they were hoping it would be good.
And then there's the business of President Sheen's son working on it, and President Sheen himself being part of the cast.
The reality is, Emilio could not direct his way out of a paper bag. Some of the actors transcended this mess, they probably got to make dialogue changes.
Others, Elijah Wood comes to mind, weren't so lucky. Elijah seemed to be reading cue cards, for the first time.
Ashton Kutcher's hippy-dealer was an embarrassment.
Then there was the music. Mixed way too high and with the grace of a sledgehammer.
What worked best was video of Bobby, and Bobby's own words. We could get that in an actual documentary.

11-30-2006, 04:22 PM	#11 of 14
Henry Gale Member Location: The stars at night..... Join Date: Jul 1999 Local Time: 08:13 PM Local Date: 08-29-2008 Posts: 5,670	Re: Bobby I thought the movie was not good, but rather sucked. It's Emilio's fault. Before I saw it I heard a Love Boat comparison and that is right on the money. It's easy in hindsight to see how this went so bad. All those big names? They loved Bobby, hell, a lot of us did. I'm sure they were hoping it would be good. And then there's the business of President Sheen's son working on it, and President Sheen himself being part of the cast. The reality is, Emilio could not direct his way out of a paper bag. Some of the actors transcended this mess, they probably got to make dialogue changes. Others, Elijah Wood comes to mind, weren't so lucky. Elijah seemed to be reading cue cards, for the first time. Ashton Kutcher's hippy-dealer was an embarrassment. Then there was the music. Mixed way too high and with the grace of a sledgehammer. What worked best was video of Bobby, and Bobby's own words. We could get that in an actual documentary. "You people. If there isn't a movie about it, it's not worth knowing, is it?" -Dogma- (1999)