The 6th Day

I knew I was on to a loser when I opted to watch The 6th Day, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and, um, Arnold Schwarzenegger. I mean how much bad acting can one movie stand?! And the scenes where he "acts" with himself are so very bad that I almost couldn't look. It was like some sort of anti-masterclass in acting and screen presence

This. Movie. Was. Bad.

Sure, some of the basic, slightly Philip K Dick-type ideas were quite good, but overall it was a rambling, derivative mess. It's one of those "two hours I'll never get back" films.

I'd advise you to avoid this pile of stinking horse shit at all costs.

Scores
Acting: What acting?! 6
Story: 10
Direction: 8
Enjoyment: 8
Involvement: 8
Total: 40

Hercules in New York

It would be unfair to score Hercules in New York since I really saw only 20 minutes or so over lunch the other day. This is Arnold Schwarzenegger's first movie role, and he is so fresh-faced that it's hard to believe that he had even started shaving. This is unmissable if you get the chance. So terribly bad that it's great.

In the scenes I saw, Arnie, playing Greek god Hercules, demonstrated his all-round prowess to a New York athletics team, before going off for a horse-and-carriage ride through Central Park with the daughter of the team's coach. Meanwhile, a European brown bear escapes from the zoo and finds its way into the park, whereupon Arnie wrestles and boxes the beats to the ground, thankfully subduing rather than killing it (not like that cunt from Metallica, who goes shooting bears in Russia for fun). The great thing about the bear scene, which takes place after dinner one autumn evening, is that it moves from dead-of-night-darkness to midday daylight. Fucking insane!

This fish-out-of-water tale is really the forerunner of Borat, but 30 years earlier. Not scored.