Wednesday, August 13, 2003
Aaaah...it's getting colder. It's funny, that weather-thing, but as soon as the temperature drops, I'm much happier. I'm even getting into job hunting again. Some people almost thirst for the heat and fly south at the drop of a hat, but me? - I dream of Newfoundland and Iceland and christmas in Greenland.
Not that I mind the sun, mind you. A week without sun is like a week without...well, you-know-what, leaving me grumpy and miserable. It's the heat I can't stand, especially the English variation, which is so so humid. I presume it's with weather like with everything else, moderation is the key.
For some reason unknown to me, I decided to watch Showgirls today. And the reviews were right - it stinks. Bad acting combined with a crap script makes the film, well, not directly unwatchable, but almost and not nearly as much fun as Plan Nine from Outer Space, which is otherwise considered so crap that it is good. This is just crap. Thank God for Gina Gershon, albeit in a thankless role, who makes it all a little bit more watchable.
Nomi [the main character] is so unlikable and, frankly, untalented, that you never buy that all the other characters keep chasing after her. One guy thinks she's selling out her great dancing talent (!), Molly is afraid she'll "become" corrupt, and everyone else, male and female, wants to get her into bed. Frankly, considering the tons of attractive (not to mention naked) women in this flick, Nomi just really doesn't deserve all the attention she's getting.
That pretty much says it all. A film relying this much on its main character fails miserably when the main character is an aggressive bitch, whose actions are incomprehensible and she looks utterly like a fish out of water.
Things I Don't Know, 7:
Why someone doesn't make Joe Eszterhas stop!
Not that I mind the sun, mind you. A week without sun is like a week without...well, you-know-what, leaving me grumpy and miserable. It's the heat I can't stand, especially the English variation, which is so so humid. I presume it's with weather like with everything else, moderation is the key.
For some reason unknown to me, I decided to watch Showgirls today. And the reviews were right - it stinks. Bad acting combined with a crap script makes the film, well, not directly unwatchable, but almost and not nearly as much fun as Plan Nine from Outer Space, which is otherwise considered so crap that it is good. This is just crap. Thank God for Gina Gershon, albeit in a thankless role, who makes it all a little bit more watchable.
Nomi [the main character] is so unlikable and, frankly, untalented, that you never buy that all the other characters keep chasing after her. One guy thinks she's selling out her great dancing talent (!), Molly is afraid she'll "become" corrupt, and everyone else, male and female, wants to get her into bed. Frankly, considering the tons of attractive (not to mention naked) women in this flick, Nomi just really doesn't deserve all the attention she's getting.
That pretty much says it all. A film relying this much on its main character fails miserably when the main character is an aggressive bitch, whose actions are incomprehensible and she looks utterly like a fish out of water.
Things I Don't Know, 7:
Why someone doesn't make Joe Eszterhas stop!
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