Gigli has a reputation. It's the kind of movie that, without seeing it or really knowing anything about it, you expect not good things. For a considerable amount of time it put a black spot on two seriously talented people and was considered one of the worst movies of it's time.
Finally watching it for myself though and I don't really get why. Yeah, this isn't a good movie. It's clunky and awkward, it's forced and ridiculous but it is in no way as awful as it's made out to be. This is a forgettable nonsense movie that would be perfectly at home replaying on daytime tv for the hundredth time. Honestly, I wouldn't even hate it if it happened to be on somewhere and that's really the big issue. People act like this is some vile, reprehensible film and I just don't think it's worth that level of disdain. It's just an underwhelming film. Nothing more. Nothing less.
Finally watching it for myself though and I don't really get why. Yeah, this isn't a good movie. It's clunky and awkward, it's forced and ridiculous but it is in no way as awful as it's made out to be. This is a forgettable nonsense movie that would be perfectly at home replaying on daytime tv for the hundredth time. Honestly, I wouldn't even hate it if it happened to be on somewhere and that's really the big issue. People act like this is some vile, reprehensible film and I just don't think it's worth that level of disdain. It's just an underwhelming film. Nothing more. Nothing less.