Natalie defends a movie she loves even though she knows it's terrible.
This week let’s talk gold, Matthew McConaughey, and an epidemic sweeping West Africa. Yep you guessed it; Sahara! Now all judgment aside I have literally seen this movie at least 40 times. I love it. There are very few people who can say that with as much passion as I do about a movie that is so clearly terrible. But there is something about that movie and the treasure hunt and the epidemic that has a nasty mortality rate, but no known source that is so intriguing to me!
CSS Texas in the Sahara Why I Love It:
5. The soundtrack features classics by Lynyrd Skynyrd, Steppenwolf, and Rod Stewart. With “Magic Carpet Ride” as the theme song to Dirk and Al sailing across the desert on a patched up plane, how could it not be awesome?
4. There was so much history in the movie including cool (albeit fictional) American and African history. It was a little ridiculous, but still fun!
3. The side plot of the “plague” sweeping Nigeria an Mali, that has some unknown source and comes from contaminated water that if not remedied will spread to the Atlantic Ocean. Again not super believable, but very interesting.
2. Matthew McConaughey’s slow southern drawl telling tales of Civil War gold would convince me to go search the Sahara for the “Ship of Death”.
1. Treasure. I am always down for a new treasure hunting movie. I love Indiana Jones, National Treasure, any of those movies! So a movie that combines history, action, and adventure? Sign me up!
5. The soundtrack features classics by Lynyrd Skynyrd, Steppenwolf, and Rod Stewart. With “Magic Carpet Ride” as the theme song to Dirk and Al sailing across the desert on a patched up plane, how could it not be awesome?
4. There was so much history in the movie including cool (albeit fictional) American and African history. It was a little ridiculous, but still fun!
3. The side plot of the “plague” sweeping Nigeria an Mali, that has some unknown source and comes from contaminated water that if not remedied will spread to the Atlantic Ocean. Again not super believable, but very interesting.
2. Matthew McConaughey’s slow southern drawl telling tales of Civil War gold would convince me to go search the Sahara for the “Ship of Death”.
1. Treasure. I am always down for a new treasure hunting movie. I love Indiana Jones, National Treasure, any of those movies! So a movie that combines history, action, and adventure? Sign me up!
Pitt, Rojas, and Girodino in the CSS Texas Why it’s a Terrible Movie:
5. Mediocre actors that don’t really have all that great of chemistry and aren’t that believable to be best friends or romantic interests. This is sad considering none of the actors in this movie are terrible and probably should have been better together.
4. It’s pretty unbelievable, which I am always down for, but the fact that the movie takes itself so seriously and doesn’t realize how unbelievable it is makes it worse.
3. Too many cooks in the kitchen. There were 4 producers and 6 writers and it shows. There is so much going on and so many agendas that are never fully addressed or wrapped up.
2. Al Girodino is supposed to be a goofy, comedic relief tool, but his timing is more awkward that funny, which can be funny at times; however I blame this on the writing and not the actor. I think Steve Zahn did the best he could.
1. It ends with a fizzle instead of a bang. The characters all just disappear and do their own thing. The movie leaves us with so many loose ends and farfetched plot twists, that we are left more dazed and confused than satisfied.
5. Mediocre actors that don’t really have all that great of chemistry and aren’t that believable to be best friends or romantic interests. This is sad considering none of the actors in this movie are terrible and probably should have been better together.
4. It’s pretty unbelievable, which I am always down for, but the fact that the movie takes itself so seriously and doesn’t realize how unbelievable it is makes it worse.
3. Too many cooks in the kitchen. There were 4 producers and 6 writers and it shows. There is so much going on and so many agendas that are never fully addressed or wrapped up.
2. Al Girodino is supposed to be a goofy, comedic relief tool, but his timing is more awkward that funny, which can be funny at times; however I blame this on the writing and not the actor. I think Steve Zahn did the best he could.
1. It ends with a fizzle instead of a bang. The characters all just disappear and do their own thing. The movie leaves us with so many loose ends and farfetched plot twists, that we are left more dazed and confused than satisfied.
Again, it is a terrible movie that should be unbearable, but for some reason I just can’t get enough!
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