Sunday, September 26, 2010

Greenburg

I am not sure when it become cool, marketable, or even OK to simply film regular seeming folks doing regular boring things - put some Emo-meets-NapoleonDynamite music in the background and call it a MOVIE!!!

I recently wasted about one and a half hours of my life (which I will never get back) trying to draw some sort of plot, meaning and enjoyment from the convoluted, everyday cluster-F that was the film "Greenburg." It starred Ben Stiller who must be going through some sort of mid-live/mid-career crisis and trying to connect with the everyday moron. Seriously, some actors stoop far too low at times in their careers (Bruce Willis "Armageddon," or Liam Neesson in "Clash of the Titans") , but that is no excuse - some films should never be stuck in a Redbox!

and then there is Redbox... it is a great invention, but when they are out of movies that you would like to see - how is a guy supposed to psyche himself up to go drop $4+ at Blockbuster!

What is this world coming to?

Netflix I guess...