Monday, August 18, 2008

Not So Smart, Smart People

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You know how they could've made Smart People a good movie? Cut out everything that didn't have to do with Ellen Page and Thomas Hayden Church's characters.

See ya, unlikeable character played by Dennis Quaid!

Catch ya later, door-mat inhabited by Sarah Jessica Parker!

Yes, I will take a big heaping pile of what Church and Page are selling, thank you.

I mean, you're never gonna be Wonder Boys, Smart People. Stop trying to be Wonder Boys. Go your own way! The not-incest incesty stuff, the Alex P. Keaton vibe... good stuff inhabited by two wonderfully interesting actors! Love it.

Or... we could watch Quaid and Parker bat an impossible and dull romance around, sure. Whatever. Alas. Opportunity lost.
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I totally, completely agree.

in every way, though honestly the incest stuff didn't bother me... it wasn't REALLY incest.

bri

Anonymous said...

Could not have hated this "Wonder Boys" ripoff more...always sucks when you like each of the parts to at least some degree but can't stand the whole...