world's greatest imdb reviews: "benedict arnold: a question of honor"

i'm going to start a new series of posts here chronicling the best imdb reviews i come across. i would love submissions. i'm always fascinated by stellar reviews of terrible movies, terrible reviews of stellar movies, and especially people that have really strong opinions about movies no one else seems to care about. in some cases, caring enough to go through the trouble of creating an imdb profile just to write an impassioned review of a single movie. i like the enthusiasm. anyway, our first entry: imdb user reviews for the 2003 a&e made for tv movie benedict arnold: a question of honor starring aiden quinn as arnold and kelsey grammar as george washington (yes). i came across some of these when i was deep in research for my kelsey grammar presentation, and they seemed like a good start.



george washington: kind of fat?

first off, the angry lady:

though I myself am I woman, if I were Arnold I would have bitch smacked Peggy for shoving the idea of being a traitor into mind. This A & E special about the question of Honor of Benedict Arnold still makes us ponder that very thought. - staisil2

the nitpicking historian:

. . . I believe major generals at the time had two purple strips on each arm on their uniform in addition to the pink sash seen the movie . . . I would have liked them having at least one large ship that took place in the battle instead of this small row boat -jtomkov

the concerned parent:

I guess the casting of Kelsey Grammar should've tipped me off. Though his portrayal of Washington is fairly straight, it includes at least one lewd comment . . . But it gets worse. There are two bedroom scenes with Benedict Arnold and his wife one of which is very suggestive (partial nudity) . . . Luckily my wife and I previewed it before deciding not to show it to the family. - glendalough

another reviewer agrees, saying that washington "would *never* utter the vulgarities emanating from Kelsey Grammar's mouth." I wonder what he actually says in the movie? this thing's a basic cable, made-for-tv movie, so it can't really be that bad. goddamn maybe? "man, fuck you benedict arnold, you fucked up our shit!"