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the_deep_magicWell, I can now definitively say that I am more embarrassed to have watched Just My Luck than Princess Diaries 2. At least PD2 had a good supporting cast, as well as the excuse of being a kids movie. I'm not actually sure who the target audience for JML was supposed to be. People who would dismiss Meg Ryan and Sandra Bullock rom-coms as "too cerebral"? Also, the writers routinely confused "bad luck" with "crushing stupidity." I will admit to enjoying a little schadenfreude at Lindsey Lohan's suffering, though.
The weird thing is, I had a friend in college who's uncannily like that character. Not to the extreme of always being able to grab a taxi, never needing an umbrella, etc., but damn close. Guys are always flinging themselves at her feet -- I don't think she's been single since I've known her, and I'm pretty sure she's never been the dumpee. She got lead roles in the mainstage theatre productions. Right out of college, she got the job she wanted in New York, and even though it was supposed to end after two years, they gave her a promotion and kept her on. Not that she isn't smart or hard-working or ambitious, because she is. She just doesn't quite get that not everyone is lonely or unhappy or stuck in a crappy job because they're just not trying hard enough.
You think I'm exaggerating? Last I heard, she was dating a member of the U.S. Olympic men's fencing team. Who flew her to Beijing to watch him win the silver medal. I know because I saw the pictures of them enjoying a post-victory hug. On CNN's Olympic coverage website. You fucking bet I'm jealous of her. I'll own up to it. And I certainly don't want to see her humiliated or anything, but I could never muster much sympathy when she had a bad hair day.
::deep cleansing breaths::
Anyway, I suffered through the movie for Chris, who was cute with the kid, even though I'm getting tired of the Sassy 8 Year Old archetype. Yes, it's kind of funny to hear a kid say "ass." But not that funny. And I'm sad he only wore the glasses for the first 20 minutes, because as everyone in Movieland knows, getting rid of the glasses is the first step toward boosting self-confidence. Here's an idea: keep the glasses, lose the rest of the clothes. I would watch an hour and forty-five minutes of that, even if it occasionally cut back to scenes of LiLo shoving cat crap in her eyeball.
Yes, that happens. Don't watch this movie.
The weird thing is, I had a friend in college who's uncannily like that character. Not to the extreme of always being able to grab a taxi, never needing an umbrella, etc., but damn close. Guys are always flinging themselves at her feet -- I don't think she's been single since I've known her, and I'm pretty sure she's never been the dumpee. She got lead roles in the mainstage theatre productions. Right out of college, she got the job she wanted in New York, and even though it was supposed to end after two years, they gave her a promotion and kept her on. Not that she isn't smart or hard-working or ambitious, because she is. She just doesn't quite get that not everyone is lonely or unhappy or stuck in a crappy job because they're just not trying hard enough.
You think I'm exaggerating? Last I heard, she was dating a member of the U.S. Olympic men's fencing team. Who flew her to Beijing to watch him win the silver medal. I know because I saw the pictures of them enjoying a post-victory hug. On CNN's Olympic coverage website. You fucking bet I'm jealous of her. I'll own up to it. And I certainly don't want to see her humiliated or anything, but I could never muster much sympathy when she had a bad hair day.
::deep cleansing breaths::
Anyway, I suffered through the movie for Chris, who was cute with the kid, even though I'm getting tired of the Sassy 8 Year Old archetype. Yes, it's kind of funny to hear a kid say "ass." But not that funny. And I'm sad he only wore the glasses for the first 20 minutes, because as everyone in Movieland knows, getting rid of the glasses is the first step toward boosting self-confidence. Here's an idea: keep the glasses, lose the rest of the clothes. I would watch an hour and forty-five minutes of that, even if it occasionally cut back to scenes of LiLo shoving cat crap in her eyeball.
Yes, that happens. Don't watch this movie.
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Date: 2010-08-24 07:03 pm (UTC)I made it all the way through Smokin' Aces and could pretty much enjoy it for what it was -- an absolutely brainless, crazy action movie. The plot absolutely falls apart if you think about it for more than 30 seconds. And I would not be embarrassed to own Bottle Shock. Deleted sex scene? How did I miss that? I usually watch the extra stuff for more Chris!