Review of Heckler (2007) by Kris W — 24 Dec 2009

I realize the irony in reviewing this movie since but after seeing this movie, which was an entertaining movie, don't get me wrong, but this is mostly going to be a rant. First of all, everyone in this movie are a bunch of hypocrites.

Except maybe David Cross and that one other guy who said that constructive criticism is acceptable. But I'm sure that a lot of the comedians/actors don't enjoy every movie they see, every show they see, every band they listen to, every book they read.

So unless you like everything then there's no reason for any of the people to be in this movie, because people are going to criticize stuff, no matter what. It's just the way life is, get over it.

And even more so if you're a 'celebrity'. You're going to get criticism whether it's harsh or not depends on the person who's writing it. Now don't get me wrong, I intensely hate hecklers that make everybody around them feel uncomfortable now that doesn't mean I don't rip shit apart when it needs to be torn apart.

Uwe Boll is a horrible filmmaker and it doesn't matter how many guys he beat up at boxing, he may be a good boxer but he'll always be a shitty filmmaker and that's all there is to it and that's my opinion.

He can kick my ass at boxing as well and that wouldn't change my opinion. I don't have to be a filmmaker to know what a good movie is or isn't and that's the second problem I have. That's always been a bullshit excuse, because if 10 people say that your movie is good then you're going to like their opinion.

...but if 10 other people say your movie sucked then their opinion doesn't matter anymore because they've never made a movie. That's just bullshit to me, there's no logic in that. What if the 10 people that said your movie was good then turned around and said your other movie sucked.

Does that make their opinion not valid anymore? See what I'm saying, it's just bullshit that just because a lot of people hated Son of the Mask (an example that is used in the documentary) then they're assholes because they didn't like the movie? I understand saying they're assholes if they personally attack the actors and the crew involved in the movie, that's just rude.

I'm sure I've done it myself with Michael Bay and M Night Shyamalan and I'm wrong when I do that, I realize this. At least I can admit that. But again, people have an opinion and they're always going to and I think that, while, this movie tries to maybe show a different side to heckling by interviewing people that have been heckled, in all honesty it just comes across as a very hypocritical movie.

Because like I said, I'm sure all of the people interviewed in this movie have found something that they disliked and they shared their opinion with people, so while I enjoyed the documentary and I found it very entertaining, in the end it's just a movie about celebrities being butt hurt because they want everybody to like them.

And that's fine that they want that, but not everybody is going to like you and you're going to have to learn to accept that criticism and maybe use it as a motivational tool to try your best and if you're proud of your work then there's no reason to let what anyone says get to you.

The movie tries to do that, but again it's just a bunch of butt hurt comedians/actors and it's just an experiment in futility because it's not like heckling is going to massively drop because of this movie, heckling's always going to be around.

Like I said this was much more of a rant than a review, but the movie is enjoyable and I saw it for free on showtime earlier in the morning, so for those of you that have showtime and are interested in this then I'd definitely watch it.