Tonight is movie review night! Here's another poor film you should NEVER watch
To set the background for the movie, Annapolis is the school that prospective naval officers go to in the United States to develop into the leaders of tomorrow's Navy. The first thing that comes to my mind when I think Navy is ships...BIG, BAD, POWERFUL SHIPS!
Sadly, Annapolis is not a movie about the navy, it is not a movie about ships, in fact, it's not really a movie about anything! The premise of the film is a long-shot boat builder gets the opportunity to go to Annapolis to become a naval officer but it's clear that he's not smart enough to be there. Due to his lack of knowledge and the fact that he made enemies with his commanding officer on the first day, he manages to continually get his group doing extra push-up and other forms of "training hell" through his stupidity. One day he has a chance to box with the commanding officer, looses, and at the end throws a "low-blow" while the officer is not looking and gets reprimanded. His punishment, not being able to box in the yearly tournament. So now, about half way through the film we find out that the movie is in fact about boxing! WHAT!!!
The problem with Annapolis is there is very little character development, the idea behind the film is rather stupid, and in the end, our "hero" does not really do anything other than graduate to the next year. Not once did I have any connection with any of the characters, especially the main character, and did not want him to succeed in his boxing quest. One of his "naval" trainers is a young, attractive officer who clearly would not be able to do any of the drills that were being run through the movie, and it was obvious that her role in the film was merely for sex appeal and the scandalous base-romance that neither could embrace due to rules and regulations. I won't ruin the ending for you, if that's what you'd call it, but it was disappointing to put it mildly.
Annapolis, a naval location. A very misleading title for a film where the only ship we see is the one he works during its construction for 3 minutes at the beginning of the film and takes a tour of with his class for 2 minutes near the end of the film! Not once are they on the water, not once do they shoot a gun or blow anything up!
Four final words...Don't Waste Your Time!
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Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Annapolis...2 Hours I'll Never Get Back
Posted by Karyn Clemens at 11:25 p.m.
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2 comments:
I actually thought that the antagonist (head dude) was more likeable than the supposed protagonist who was just a dumb hothead. I particularly enjoyed the fact that after suffering through 2 hours of tedium the climax a movie about a naval school was a boxing match that ended in.... a judges decision. Woo hoo. Dumb. And Infuriating. All at the same time. Argh.
Personaly I actually thought the movie hit the nail on the head to what many modern young men, who are thinking of going into the navy, believe this is what it is supposed to be like. Although I do agree that is hard to find a connection with any of the characters, the movie is what it is, and yes I agree , Two hours I'm guessing I am not going to get back either.
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