Movie Mares

GREYMOUTH, SOUTH ISLAND - 22nd January 2010

Hot on the heels of my earlier Greymouth post, I've just spent 2 hours sitting through "The Holiday". Starring Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law and Jack Black, it comfortably ranks up there in the worst five films I've ever had the misfortune of putting myself through. Not only does it feature some terrible acting and horrific stereotypes (particularly the one of snowy England - before this year when did that EVER happen?!), but unlike equally predictable chick-flicks, this one didn't even have an amusing twist, or even moment, to it. It wasn't serious enough to be taken seriously, not clever enough to make you think, not funny enough to make you laugh... it was just terrible.

If anyone out there is considering watching it, especially if you are male, I warn you now that it is 2 hours of your life you'll never see again.

And incidentally, the other front-runners for The Daily Rod's worst film awards are Spiderman 3, the newest Indiana Jones movie, Pirates of the Caribbean II, and in a league of its own as the worst movie in history, "The Love Guru". Terrible. Just terrible.