The Great Movie Debate

No, the title of this post isn't about great movies. It's about the great debate. Does knowing in advance that a movie is going to be awful make it better or worse to spend $6 to watch it anyway? I kinda want to see the movie Alone in the Dark. There's been a lot of bad video game to movie translations lately, but this time it wasn't even a great video game. It's an early '90s era 3d adventure game that could best be defined as Myst meets Resident Evil (3d style) and is about all kinds of dark magic and ghosts and creepy stuff. The story line of the game is pretty cool, but not worth a movie translation. Apparently there were a few more sequels to the first two games that I played. Somehow it ended up back on the map and so they made a movie. All the reviews are identical. Wanna know how bad it is? I'll trust this guy who reviewed it on Yahoo movies:

The best description is that this movie is a mixture of the famous elements of StarWars/National Treasure/Starship Troopers/Indiana Jones/Alien/and any low budget porn script.

This movie has so many holes in the plot that it just makes you laugh at the acting rather than being afraid of anything. I actually was hoping that the evil beings would spread through the world and into my theater seat to end my misery.

I found myself attempting to listen to the rantings of the 14-year-olds in the back row. They were adding sound effects and scripting that I must admit, was far superior than the film's actual one.

The attempt at a sex scene was pathetic to say the least; however, upon reflection it was actually the high point of the film because there was no talking.

I suggest you take your money to the homeless guy by the interstate and pay him to punch you in the face until the thought of actually going to this movie is knocked from your mind...this way you will both come out ahead. It is too late for me.

Now - at first I thought this might be a good movie. Now, it sounds bad enough that it'll be hard to resist not going anyway....especially since MST3K isn't on anymore. Anybody seen this movie or thinks I should?