Once upon a time, watching movies was fun.
I was going to write a long post about how disappointing movies can be, but I decided that it would benefit no one and deleted my rant. I'll just go ahead and review the movie I last saw in the same fashion I would review any other movie....
THE VOW
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Frankly, I have nothing to say.
But if I was going to say something, the one and only word that comes to mind is, simply: "WHY?!"
I went to see this movie-in the theatre, no less-with friends. This is probably why I take to a blog and other online social medias at the end of the day--because I am friends with the sort of people that enjoy these films.
I really don't even know where to begin with this one, so I've decided to save my time and just give a brief explanation for *part* of the reason I hated this movie.
NOTHING IS ORIGINAL!
I always have and [hopefully] always will hate the dramatic love story chick flick movies (and books) that teenybopper girls dig. Even AS a teenybopper I hated them because they seemed to be trying to distort the line between real life and lovey dovey dreams in an attempt to make me believe that people live happily ever after even in the midst of complete and utter chaos in their lives. That isn't real life. I like entertainment because I appreciate the opportunity to leave my own problems behind for a few hours, that's the fun in it for me... but I don't like it when they make every attempt to show you how real life fantasies CAN COME TRUE... because really, sometimes they can't. BUT THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE ALTOGETHER.
As much as I didn't like "The Notebook", I will give it a point or two for originality. The love story in and of itself was corny and predictable, but the Alzheimer's/dementia/whatever it was twist actually made that insanely boring movie all worth it, for me... because the twist was completely unexpected, as I have never seen anything like it before. Movies like "Inception", "Edward Scissorhands", "Forrest Gump" or even "Napoleon Dynamite" catch my attention and entertain me because they are stories that I never would have dreamed of in my own head. They use everyday principles and happenings, but show them to us in a new and unpredictable way. Even true[ish] stories like "Slumdog Millionaire" (which I happened to watch the same weekend as The Vow, unfortunately) show us a horrible side of the world that we'd like to believe doesn't exist, and makes an amazing movie out of it that both moves AND entertains us.
I need to stop now. I know that this post is full of error and probably won't make sense to any mind besides my own, but I'd just wanted to take a moment to defend my cynicism. Maybe I wouldn't be so critical if the movies were actually good, capiche? I'm really REALLY hoping that "The Hunger Games" lives up to my expectations....
Also-I don't think I'll be watching the Oscars tonight. I humbly refuse to participate until someone makes a movie worth an award.
PS-I'm just in an especially crabby mood today. Bad movies don't actually make me as mad as I sound-I just haven't gotten over the fact that I paid $10 to see The Vow, yet...
