Ghosts of Goldfield (2007) begins with those terribly ominous words, “Based on true events.” That usually means that the filmmakers are preemptively excusing their deficiencies in originality, story coherence, etc., by claiming that they were hampered by the facts. Beyond a few simple historical facts, I can neither confirm nor deny the factual basis of any part of the story presented, but I can say this: If a movie sucks, it sucks, and one can’t use the facts as a defense.
#1 by lyzard on July 30, 2010 - 10:35 pm
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>> then she finally starts killing people (jerks first, naturally)
I disagree: most of the time, the jerks take far too long to die.
#2 by Nathan Shumate on July 31, 2010 - 4:01 pm
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Well, there are jerks and there are jerks. You can usually tell the difference between “jerkiness that the producers inexplicably will endear these characters to me” and “jerkiness that inerrantly foretells doom.”