Unintentionally Funny
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
redgalaxy6 — 17 years ago(July 05, 2008 12:10 AM)
Anyone else find this to be REALLY unintentionally funny? Like whenever they couldn't think of a line they just had some guy throw a punch, everytime that kid showed I laughed my a$$ off, and that shark was just so obviously fake. I was laughing so hard through this movie I was in tears.
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hoyo-mont — 12 years ago(July 14, 2013 03:03 PM)
Seeing this with a nearly full audience in 1992, I remember several moments where the audience laughed where they werent suppose to. Indeed it was funny. But the best of all was the first appearance of Tom Selleck as the king, looking just like the Cowardly Lion from Wizard of Oz.
This ranks among the worst films I've ever seen, but seeing something this bad, this uneven, and with such a jumbled message, I realized for the first time what an accomplishment it is to make a very good film. -
mikeflw1 — 12 years ago(January 05, 2014 08:44 AM)
As far as Tom Selleck goes, I have seen him do some very uneven performances. Some have been like this one has been described, and some have been much better.
His strong attribute has typically been the "strong silent type" that doesn't say too much Yet, based on the strength of
some
roles, I have to wonder if he wasn't mostly cast (in his career) as the ruggedly handsome character for the box office draw, (and TV ratings), and suffered from the expectations of the writers and directors.
Just a sidenote, back in the days of MAGNUM, P.I., our group had a young guy that
looked a LOT
like Tom Selleck (but only about 5-ft 5-inches tall in shoes), and for months(!!!), women from all over the building would find all manner of excuses to walk by his desk, ask questions, and bring him things (needed/requested or not), etc (Our boss was less than pleased with all the attention, interruptions, and distractions involved, but eventually decided that was hardly his fault.)
That particular appeal shouldn't be ignored Just saying.