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Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001)
Really rather bad
This film was an appalling opportunity missed. If any subject is a potential humour goldmine it is football, particularly English football. However, this film sadly failed to exploit the opportunity on almost all levels. The majority of gags were laboured or just plain bad, the characters were nowhere near mocking enough of English players and Ricky Tomlinson is just very irritating. This film was in the end just too nice. It tried to poke fun at football but not go too far, retaining a sickly sentimentality when it should of given the subject the rough ride it deserves. Don't get me wrong, I like football, but the fact was I have watched actual matches where the commentary and player behaviour were funnier than this film. A blacker, more Spinal Tapesque treatment may have done it some justice. In short, I wouldn't bother.
Event Horizon (1997)
just not that good
Having heard some good things I approached this with some degree of enthusiasm, but I was left spectacularly unimpressed. The film does have a few good points ie. some nice visual flourishes and design, particularly the whole gravity core thingy. However, there was just so much that was plain bad. The characters and dialogue were hammy as hell and had me constantly cringing. The whole 'where did the Event Horizon go' idea was intriguing but woefuly unexplored, not I don't think because the writer wanted an air of enigma and mystery, but rather because they clearly could not be bothered to come up with anything beyond a vague premise to attach some special effects to. Lastly, the whole thing was shockingly deriviative (Solaris, Hellraiser, Galaxy Of Terror etc etc). Having glanced at the director's CV since this film it really all begins to make sense.
In short: avoid.