Lady Blah Blah's two hour infomercial trashed!!!

[malaise]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/jul/18/sarah-palin-the-undefeated-reviews
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Sarah Palin documentary The Undefeated took an estimated $65,000-$75,000 in its opening weekend at the US box office, a figure described as "soft" in some reports. Distributor ARC Entertainment demurred, suggesting a "strong" debut for conservative film-maker Stephen Bannon's Palin-backed feature, which is now expected to roll out from its limited release of 10 cinemas to a wider audience across the country.

There was less dispute about the critical reaction to the film. The Undefeated currently holds a 0% rating on the review aggregator site rottentomatoes.com, which means all of the 10 journalists who have given their verdict reviewed it negatively. Most described the film as a hagiography or an advert. The Village Voice's Anna Merlan called it "a glowing two-hour infomercial for Sarah Palin, Presidential Candidate To-Be" while the LA Times's Robert Abele described "a troop-rallying campaign infomercial as imagined by Michael Bay: hero-worshipping, crescendo-edited at a dizzying pace, thunderously repetitive and its own worst enemy as a two-hour, talking-points briefing".

The Undefeated charts Palin's rise from Alaskan "hockey mom" to vice-presidential candidate. The politician does not appear on camera, but her voice is used in the narration via clips from the audiobook version of her book Going Rogue, and her staff reportedly helped Bannon set up interviews with supporters in Alaska and conservative bloggers such as Andrew Breitbart.

[EFerrari]

1. "Thunderously repetitive and its own worst enemy"

:rofl:

[malaise]

3. Hilarious stuff

Freaking perfect - a fitting end to a fool's dream of greatness. :rofl:

[DCKit]

6. They got me at "hagiography" - the perfect word for all things Sarah Palin. nt

[KharmaTrain]

2. I'll Bet...

Harry Potter took in $65k in my nearby AMC30 alone... :rofl:

Talk about crappy timing. This piece of tripe is released the same weekend as the last Harry Potter flick as well as Transformers and several other big money pics. These days a trip to the movies is one of those "discretionary spending" items that is more likely being spend on gas or higher food costs. Those who are going to the Cinema are a lot pickier.

Grifterella's 15 minutes have passed...Bachmann's stole her "groove" and her freak show is no longer entertaining and profitable. It's gonna be a long hard ride to the bottom...and well deserved.

[malaise]

5. The irony of the 'witchcraft movie' whipping the X'tian dominionist is

breathtakingly hilarious :hi:

[Erose999]

8. +1 lol. I bet the Palin and Bachmann kids won't even get to see HP. Too bad :P

[lame54]

4. It should be played...

in the private booths at an adult book store

[DCKit]

7. It will. nt

[jmowreader]

12. Are you kidding?

It's going to be sold on DVD to millions of teabaggers who will use it to destroy dinner parties, add spice to their Amway meeting coffee break sessions, and...okay, they'll also use it as whacking material.

And they'll get it at such a great price, because when it shows up at Walmart they'll dump it straight into the $5 bin.

[Pacifist Patriot]

9. The journalists forced to watch it should get hazard pay bonuses.

[mistertrickster]

10. "Undefeated?" . . . odd choice of words. How'd that 2008 election work out for ya? nt

[A Simple Game]

11. "Her voice is used in the narration via clips from her audio book.

I didn't know that. I can only hope she didn't narrate the entire book.
Who could hate themselves enough to listen to her voice for an entire book?