“ Dumb As A web log ” collects vituperative followup of the world ’s most beloved film . The New York Times calls Empire Strikes Back “ a good deal of blistering aviation ” and disses Bill Murray ’s Ghostbusters performance , while the New Yorker destroys Indiana Jones .
Here ’s the glorious full quote from Vincent Canby in the New York Times in 1980 :
“ Confession : When I go to see The Empire Strikes Back I found myself glancing at my picket . The Force is with us , indeed , and a lot of it is hot air . It ’s a measurement of my mixed feelings about The Empire Strikes Back that I ’m not at all sure that I understand the game . The Empire Strikes Back is about as personal as a Christmas card from a coin bank . ”
But Empire Strikes Back is n’t the only moving-picture show that gets attacked in Dumb As A Blog — Ghostbusters even took a few hit . From Janet Maslin , New York Times , June 8 , 1984 :
“ Mr. Murray would be even more welcome if his talent were used in the inspection and repair of something genuinely witty and logical , rather than as an final stage in themselves . ”
Read more frightening review about great film , like The Shining , over atDumb As A Blog .
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