When i saw matrix reloaded, i became instantly obsessed. That movie was so epically bad, and yet so loved by the fan boys. I would go to the imdb boards every night and read the flame wars.

There was one guy who actually went to film school and seemed to know what he was talking about. He pointed to 5 fatal flaws of the movie. I wish i had saved the post, b/c i bet a lot of stuff applies to movies i hate.

dodgeball definitely has one of those flaws. I forget the official name, but there's a technique in movies that should only be used sparingly. It's when the characters have to explain the plot through a monologue. It's the kiss of death. In the first matrix, the example was when Morpheus was tied up by the agents, and Agent Smith was giving a monologue about how the machines hate earth/humans. in that case, it was effective b/c there was still "stuff" going on. Neo and Trinity were breaking into the building and were in a fire fight with the guards. Then they were flying a helicopter and whatnot. This kept the pace up during the monologue.

In matrix II, there was a lot of standing around and just describing what was going on. That's lazy writing and was one of the many reasons the movie was terrible.

I just watched the beginning of Dodgeball b/c, while i hated the 2nd half of the movie, i felt like I owed it to my rage to watch the whole thing. And, I'm glad I did, b/c the ______ [whatever you call the technique] was pheonomally overdone. To explain the rules of dodgeball to the viewers of the movie, they actually showed an instructional video! I imagine the video was supposed to be funny (it wasn't, of course), but still. It was a 5 minute video that explained "the rules".

wow. just wow.