Meet Joe Black (2007, HD DVD)

Meet Joe Black has gotten pretty much panned. It even sits at a 3 star over-all rating here on Epinions as I type this review. Why? I've just watched it again and I gotta say it just keeps getting better and better with each viewing. I love this movie! I can't believe you people. I come for you, and you want to stay, I let you stay and you want to go. What you have here is a story about DEATH. Not about dying per se, but about DEATH himself. Ya see, DEATH wants to know what it means to experience life. He's supposed to be claiming a corporate big wig, but decides to make a deal instead. If...

Bad movies suck. An obvious, but true, statement. It's bad enough when I watch a bad movie of my own free will, but it's worse when someone else forces me to watch a movie I avoided for years because I knew it would suck. Now I like Brad Pitt, so I was pleased when my roommates, who are quickly becoming notorious for their atrocious taste in movies, suggested a Brad Pitt movie. I hoped for something like Se7en or Fight Club. Unfortunately, that was not happening, and we settled in to watch 1998's bomb Meet Joe Black. In this film, we get to meet Death himself, played by Brad Pitt. Death comes.

This review is part of the "Clich Soir e Write-Off" hosted by mind-full to celebrate her 2-year anniversary with Epinions. If you think a write-off for this purpose is clich . . . well, that's the point. You're ahead of the game already! Read on for more clich phrases, and take a look at the other Epinions' talent who have thrown their hats into the write-off ring! Meet Joe Black--Clich Soir e Write-Off 181 Minutes Rated PG-13 1998 Universal Pictures

I don t know why people hate this movie. I have actually admitted to real life persons that I have seen this movie, in its entirety and I get a mixture of facial expressions that mostly remind me of a cross between smelling a case of mothballs and bitter beer face. (Not a pretty combination, rest assured.) I ve seen it twice now and I think it s pretty good for what it is about (as many have stated, including my pal Drdevience, it s the death takes a holiday concept.) I almost hated it too, but then something happened and I plugged on past the first twenty-five minutes and now I think it s...