Saw a Bad Movie? Sue the Studio
We at Independent Sources normally dislike class action lawsuits as baseless and greedy. (See our thoughts on Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.)
We initially felt this way about the lawsuit against Sony Pictures for featuring fake blurbs in their advertisements. Anyone dumb enough to be swayed by a line that says “hilariously…funny!” from a critic they’ve never heard of deserved to see a lousy film.
That said, this writer was indeed one of those dumb enough to have suffered through “Vertical Limit” in the theatre and it looks like I might be getting a partial refund for the money I wasted on that dud. According to Yahoo News, moviegoers who saw the films “Vertical Limit,” “A Knight’s Tale,” “The Animal,” “Hollow Man” or “The Patriot” during their original theatre runs could be eligible for a $5 per ticket reimbursement as part of a $1.5 million settlement.
Next up: Viewers of “The Island” sue Michael Bay just because.
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August 4th, 2005 at 8:49 am
Izzair a “statute of limitations” on “Ishtar”?
August 4th, 2005 at 10:47 am
“Ishtar” was a better movie than it got credit for! Like “Waterworld,” it was a movie that was supposed to be bad that was OK or better. Unlike “The English Patient,” which I got dragged to b/c it was supposed to be so good, which S U C K E D !
August 4th, 2005 at 11:42 am
But there was abundant nudity in “English Patient” which was not advertised.