What the fuck?
For starters, this movie has nothing to do with the survival-horror movie 28 Days Later, which I felt sucked both of my testicles with equal suction. This movie stars Sandra Bullock as a drunkard and a pill addict, and she wrecks a limousine into a house, and is forced to spend 28 days in a correctional facility. While there, she struggles with the withdraws she faces, as well as living in a new environment with other people with equally self-destructive behaviors.
Now, don't let the finesse of that description fool you. I did not choose to watch this movie, and instead watched it during health class for our study on addiction. The movie starts you out knowing nothing about that character of Sandra Bullock aside from the fact that she is a ridiculously ignorant and dumb drunk. Her boyfriend is equally as ridiculous, and she comes off as a total bitch.
I remembered Bullock from somewhere (Miss Congeniality), but couldn't really put a finger on it. Frankly, I hate her as far as acting goes. How she scores lead roles is beyond me, but as far as I was concerned it was beyond the point. It took three class periods to watch this, and during the opening credits I saw that Steve Buscemi was in it, so I had some hope.
This movie was utter shit. The impact of drugs and addiction on this woman's life wasn't even emotional at all, and the turmoil of her sweetheart of a roommate had more of an impact on me than the FUCKING MAIN CHARACTER, who I'm supposed to be able to sympathize with and feel sorry for. The evolution of her addiction is characterized through a series of flashback scenes, and this was easily the most poor of all choices. I'm all for being a little artsy in your shots, but the camerawork of the flashbacks were fuzzy and hazy, with a strange audio difference that made sure you knew that you were back in the past. But frankly, this was total bullshit and I felt that it was completely unnecessary and a filler that could've been cut out to give this movie a REAL ending, which I'll be sure to bitch about in the near future.
Steve Buscemi's character was a counselor who once struggled with addiction himself, and despite a single monologue I felt that they didn't utilize the capacity of an actor that they had, and pretty much wasted the ounce of talent they had. The only character I enjoyed in this movie was a homosexual male who partakes in Bullock's group therapy sessions, and is one of the few people she befriends. The actor who played this man was Alan Tudyk, the same man who played Steve the Pirate in the movie Dodgeball.
I laughed outloud twice at this movie, and one of the two times no one laughed but me. Apparently the mixture of dark humor into the mix didn't appeal to the rest of my classmates, but that's perfectly okay. This movie was an absolute failure at whatever it tried to do. When trying to scare someone straight or teach them a moral lesson about the dangers of addiction, no director or screenplay will ever be able to top Requiem for a Dream, but that's the kind of movie that I feel should only be exposed to a certain demographic of people, and that demographic doesn't include my health class.
The ending of this movie tied up very few loose ends, and further proved that many of the characters involved were involved simply to provide further insight into Bullock's character (and failed), or to provide some sense of comic relief, or to give an extra a line or two. They had very little depth, and the one character who potentially becomes Bullock's next love interest is left in the dust. I can understand how it might show the progression of her character by leaving him behind (because he gives into the temptations of his addictions), but the very assumption that the writers of this movie would be so intelligent as to make that connection is slim to none. The delivery and tone of this movie was completely awful, and I can't recommend it to anyone.
Also, in regards to the "two thumbs up" given on the front cover of the case, this movie gets a "two thumbs in my eyes, and my cock across Sandra Bullock's face" from me. She should've just ended her career with Speed 2 and done the world a favor.
Now, don't let the finesse of that description fool you. I did not choose to watch this movie, and instead watched it during health class for our study on addiction. The movie starts you out knowing nothing about that character of Sandra Bullock aside from the fact that she is a ridiculously ignorant and dumb drunk. Her boyfriend is equally as ridiculous, and she comes off as a total bitch.
I remembered Bullock from somewhere (Miss Congeniality), but couldn't really put a finger on it. Frankly, I hate her as far as acting goes. How she scores lead roles is beyond me, but as far as I was concerned it was beyond the point. It took three class periods to watch this, and during the opening credits I saw that Steve Buscemi was in it, so I had some hope.
This movie was utter shit. The impact of drugs and addiction on this woman's life wasn't even emotional at all, and the turmoil of her sweetheart of a roommate had more of an impact on me than the FUCKING MAIN CHARACTER, who I'm supposed to be able to sympathize with and feel sorry for. The evolution of her addiction is characterized through a series of flashback scenes, and this was easily the most poor of all choices. I'm all for being a little artsy in your shots, but the camerawork of the flashbacks were fuzzy and hazy, with a strange audio difference that made sure you knew that you were back in the past. But frankly, this was total bullshit and I felt that it was completely unnecessary and a filler that could've been cut out to give this movie a REAL ending, which I'll be sure to bitch about in the near future.
Steve Buscemi's character was a counselor who once struggled with addiction himself, and despite a single monologue I felt that they didn't utilize the capacity of an actor that they had, and pretty much wasted the ounce of talent they had. The only character I enjoyed in this movie was a homosexual male who partakes in Bullock's group therapy sessions, and is one of the few people she befriends. The actor who played this man was Alan Tudyk, the same man who played Steve the Pirate in the movie Dodgeball.
I laughed outloud twice at this movie, and one of the two times no one laughed but me. Apparently the mixture of dark humor into the mix didn't appeal to the rest of my classmates, but that's perfectly okay. This movie was an absolute failure at whatever it tried to do. When trying to scare someone straight or teach them a moral lesson about the dangers of addiction, no director or screenplay will ever be able to top Requiem for a Dream, but that's the kind of movie that I feel should only be exposed to a certain demographic of people, and that demographic doesn't include my health class.
The ending of this movie tied up very few loose ends, and further proved that many of the characters involved were involved simply to provide further insight into Bullock's character (and failed), or to provide some sense of comic relief, or to give an extra a line or two. They had very little depth, and the one character who potentially becomes Bullock's next love interest is left in the dust. I can understand how it might show the progression of her character by leaving him behind (because he gives into the temptations of his addictions), but the very assumption that the writers of this movie would be so intelligent as to make that connection is slim to none. The delivery and tone of this movie was completely awful, and I can't recommend it to anyone.
Also, in regards to the "two thumbs up" given on the front cover of the case, this movie gets a "two thumbs in my eyes, and my cock across Sandra Bullock's face" from me. She should've just ended her career with Speed 2 and done the world a favor.
I can't believe your teacher thought a Sandra Bullock movie would be an effective teaching tool.
ReplyDeleteHe is a master at effectively wasting time.
ReplyDeleteI envy him.
Man, I fucking hate Sandra Bullock. And to make matters worse, she is married to Jesse James, the dipshit who owns West coast choppers. He has the personality of a shit stick and I can't stand hearing him talk. I believe they have one child together, Dog the Bounty Hunter. Could be wrong on that. Anywho. On a lighter note, Steve Buscemi is one of my favorite actors. If you haven't already, you should watch "Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead". The movie is great. Buscemi's character is brilliant, even though he has almost no dialog in the movie. Check it out if you can find it.
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