I happened to catch two really bad movies which I had been eagerly waiting to watch for a while. Love Actually and Along Came Polly. Both had great storylines/star casts/publicity and both were frightfully borrring!!
Ben Stiller(Along came Polly) I have come to realise can be arguably irritating after a while. He was best in There's Something About Mary and he did direct Reality Bites, which was interesting, but things went downhill for him with Meet the Parents, where he just acted like a buffoon and an irritating one at that. And of course, with Jennifer Anniston in ACP, he was Meet the Parents all over again.
In Love Actually it was disastrous to see a stellar star cast fall flat. For one, someone must quickly tell Liam Neeson that he should not do comedy. Hugh Grant who I am a huge fan of was the saving grace here --for me at least. The rest of the crowd the likes of Keira Knightley and Emma Thompson and Colin Firth, just came and went.
For posterity, here is my list of favourite hollywood comics- Hugh (of course), Jack Nicholson, Mathew Perry, Woody Allen, Billy Crystal, Whoppi Goldberg, Diane Keaton, Ellen deGeneres...(of course the list is fairly long) So I shall stop right here.
Saturday, May 15, 2004
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The christmas wishing on placard scene in Love Actually was one of the most mushy in recent times. It makes the touchy ones cry (which it was supposed to) and still puts a smile on your face. Of course, when you say that you liked this part of a movie and that, it just means that movie wasn't good. But to weave 9 stories in a screenplay is too risky, Curtis compromises on establishing links and developing characters. Makes the screnplay a little patchy and the movie end up having some funny one-liners and some warm scenes like the one mentioned above. I think why people didnt like the movie was because of the hype -- the movie was promoted as the "utlimate roamtic comedy", which is quite ridiculous to say the least.
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