Good Actors Does Not Always Equal Good Movie
Often I find that you can count on certain movies to be half decent simply because of the actors starring in them. Take Sean Penn and Naomi Watts, for example. I mean, how bad could a movie be with these two actors starring in it? The answer is BAD. Very, very bad.
On the weekend, I had the misfortune of losing two hours of my life to watching the movie '21 Grams', which I had heard was a good movie (not sure where I heard that). Maybe I never really did hear that, but assumed that since it was nominted for 2 Academy awards (and it had Sean Penn in it), that it must be a pretty good movie. I guess I should have paid attention to what categories it was nominated for - best actress and best supporting actor. NOT BEST MOVIE or anything even close to that.
The movie jumped around so much (about three different time periods, at least) that you could hardly follow what was going on. And that's just the start of all the bad things I can say about this movie. I have to admit, that the acting was good (hence the nominations), but the movie pretty much sucked. If you haven't seen it already, I wouldn't waste the time or money.
Often I find that you can count on certain movies to be half decent simply because of the actors starring in them. Take Sean Penn and Naomi Watts, for example. I mean, how bad could a movie be with these two actors starring in it? The answer is BAD. Very, very bad.
On the weekend, I had the misfortune of losing two hours of my life to watching the movie '21 Grams', which I had heard was a good movie (not sure where I heard that). Maybe I never really did hear that, but assumed that since it was nominted for 2 Academy awards (and it had Sean Penn in it), that it must be a pretty good movie. I guess I should have paid attention to what categories it was nominated for - best actress and best supporting actor. NOT BEST MOVIE or anything even close to that.
The movie jumped around so much (about three different time periods, at least) that you could hardly follow what was going on. And that's just the start of all the bad things I can say about this movie. I have to admit, that the acting was good (hence the nominations), but the movie pretty much sucked. If you haven't seen it already, I wouldn't waste the time or money.
posted by Jennifer | 5:47 PM
2 Comments:
I really liked that movie. I thought it was RAW. I like the unusual plot format - it's artistic and lends itself to the chaos of the content itself. As a result, the viewer experiences more closely the emotions the characters are depicting.
That's my short review.
I guess it's good that there are so many different types of movies out there since not everyone enjoys the same things. It was interesting to hear a different view of the movie (maybe it was from you that I heard it was a good movie - wink).
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