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December 13, 2008
A Good Year....yes my life has gotten that boring
In my defense, I had an intense week with very little sleep, too much activism, and staying late at work every night. That's really all I've got to explain why I watched A Good Year last night / this morning. (Yes, I fell asleep watching it; yes I understood it was an awful movie before deciding to watch the second half this morning.)
Here's an accurate description of the film's primary problem:
Crowe never connects with this character, and his internal journey from putz to prince never attains any emotional resonance. --Gary Thompson, Philadelphia Daily News via Rotten TomatoesI felt like he was trying harder to maintain his London accent than he was trying to connect with the character. Still, I have to give this to the film: it's rare to watch a RomCom from the male perspective, with long camera views peaking up a woman's skirt and ogling a married woman dancing. It comforts me to see these touches of realism in a film genre known more for its gauzy faux reality of beautiful, skinny people having trouble finding a date.
While I never need to see the movie again, it was more entertaining than watching a Grey's Anatomy rerun. So there's that, right?
Posted by cj at December 13, 2008 01:13 PM