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"Ripping it" just meant making critical comments about it. Sorry for the confusion. I don't think Humphreys is ever disrespectful or mocking - indeed, he seems apologetic at times. This definitely isn't a track where the commentator attacks the movie!

Humphreys becomes more negative as he goes - and he becomes more conscious of that tone as well.

To be clear: Humphreys doesn't "crack" on the film at all - this isn't a track where he gleefully mocks the movie. As I mentioned, he works overtime to try to find elements to praise, and he occasionally does. Humphreys views the movie as neither a strong entry in its genre or a "so bad it's...

Sure - it's still unusual to get a film historian commentary where the film historian in question seems so completely unenthusiastic about the movie. Humphreys desperately tries to find reasons to praise the movie but usually comes up short!

Ya like what ya like, but when a movie is so boring that the guy they got to do commentary for it spends most of his time ripping it, that's a bad sign! :D

Man, I'd have killed for some underground monsters or dogs with bees in their mouths that sting you when the dogs bark or anything to liven up this turgid movie! It's just endless chat chat chat with no drama or tension or excitement. How could a movie about a mission to Mars be so damned...