O Fantasma -- NOT!

On the way home from work on Thursday night, I decided to get off before my stop and go to the movies. I’d read several reviews for American Splendor and decided I wanted to go see it. However, when I got to the local Landmark Theatre which shows a lot of independent movies, I found out that American Splendor was not yet out. I was totally bummed! But instead of going home, I decided to go see O Fantasma since I'd seen most of the other movies playing. Oh what a mistake. O Fantasma a Portugese import was just awful. It told the story of a garbage collector who goes around having anonymous gay sex. Then he starts stalking this guy who he eventually rapes and I think kill. What was weird was that in this 90 minute movie, there was probably 15 minutes of real dialog. I'm not kidding you. In the last half hour, I don’t think a word was spoken. When it finally ended, I sat there and busted out laughing. It was just the most ridiculous movie I’d ever seen. Halfway through, a few people walked out; wishing I had done the same. It was just dreadful. Considering how difficult it is to get a movie made, I couldn’t believe that some studio had green light this project. What a total waste. Well maybe not completely, I did sit there for 20 minutes after it was over just laughing hysterically. I don't do that enough. Laugh that is.