So I figured why the hell not give it a chance, but…yeah everyone is pretty much right about this one.
Something about it just looks so..I dunno…silly? You could easily confuse this for Spaceballs if you weren’t looking closely. And what was with all the pugs? Was that in the book?
Sorry, David, but I see why you disavowed this one. This is definitely the kind of movie you should turn off before it ends, even if there’s only like ten minutes left.
After all that, the weirdest thing about this movie was 26 year old Cameron Diaz being cast as the plain, unappreciated girlfriend.
If there’s anything Hollywood has taught me it’s that middle class British men are apparently the most nihilistically brutal people in all of humanity. But this guy is a real person. Did he inspire all the savage characters that came after him?
Pretty fun ride even if it was a bit bleak. I think I expected more of a wow factor as my cinephile cousin rated it so highly. But I do see the appeal.
Long runtime notwithstanding, this is worth watching even if it’s mostly a gimmick. Because at the end of the day it was a pretty good gimmick. It walks the line between emotionally effective and emotionally manipulative. At times, it manages to succeed.
As fascinating as the concept is, it isn’t enough to make the story truly compelling. And I get that that’s sort of the point. Life just happens. I understand. But using an average, lower middle class, suburban White…
