What am I doing to myself?

The early films today had some good stuff, but the deeper I got into these films, the more I realized that my initial thoughts were pretty accurate.

Billy Madison followed Jack and Jill on the Sandler Saturday and, again, ten minutes into the film and I was ready for it to be over.

According to IMDB, “Billy Madison is a 27 year-old man whose father Brian is the head of a major hotel chain. Even though he is groomed to replace his father who is about to retire, Billy is extremely immature and unmotivated in life. When Brian considers making Eric Gordon (whom Billy despises) his new replacement, Billy decides to prove to his father that he is capable of taking over. He must repeat grade school all over again (2 weeks for each grade) in order to take over the hotel empire. The further Billy progresses, the more Eric tries to derail Billy.”

Billy Madison is one of the least likable characters I have seen today. To be fair, he does improve over the course of the movie as he is working with the other kids in the different grade levels.

At one point in this movie, someone says, “Everyone in this room is dumber for listening to that.” I knew exactly how that that felt.

There is so much insanity in this film. So many things that just did not make sense. The conclusion of the film with the big competition was so ridiculous.

Steve Buscemi is definitely the standout for the minute and a half he is on screen.