Archives for August 2007

I hated this movie. So, just in case you think the praise is universal: tisn’t. At 10 minutes in, I considered walking out; at 45 minutes in, I actually asked Darin if I could go meet him in the bookstore later on, and he asked me to just hold on for a little bit. Which I did. Next time: bookstore.

I disliked one of the main characters. I hated the plot. I hated the resolution. I liked bits with the cops…but they went on forever, until they’d definitely worn out their welcome. I liked Michael Cera (the tall lanky one, from Arrested Development) — that kid has quite a future ahead of him, but the rest of the movie was ugly enough to make me want to throw something at the screen. The guys who wrote this movie (who are, like the main characters, named “Seth” and “Evan”) clearly hate and/or fear women. Women solely as fuck objects evidently starts early and for some guys never, ever changes, especially when they get in a position to make a damn movie.

I told Darin that if this movie bears any relationship to the real world, I’ve moved past wanting to home school them and will probably just smother them now, to avoid the pain.