I recently had to get rid of my tv as it wasn't at all practical to be lugging around a piece of furniture that was over five feet tall and couldn't play anything in HD. I decided to get an HDTV because, like most fads, I'm always a couple years behind. I decided to try a little Wii games, as my brain seems like it can't handle complicated tasks lately, and I could definitely tell the difference even though Wii is not in high definition. I then relaxed with a movie, a movie that had been thoroughly NOT recommended to me by a friend, titled "Struck By Lightening."
She told me to watch it if I was feeling sorry for myself and needed a good comparison for how my life could be worse. Lately I've been throwing mini pity parties, pretty pathetic, so I decided to watch it anyways. I will say that I genuinely liked the first half hour. After that it just got so self righteous and absorbed that I almost turned it off. If you haven't seen it, and desire to, don't read the next paragraph.
The movie starts out much like Sunset Blvd, the main character narrating from beyond the grave as it shows his death. We then go back in time to see how things got to where they are. I think the point at which I was pretty much checked out was when the main character blackmails a couple fellow students just because they are gay. He then proceeds to have everyone submit to his magazine, and the only reason they do is to not get outted for the people that they really are. He rejects any creative idea they come up with, but then wants everyone to love his ideas. Even when they write poetry for him he is seen throwing several of their ideas away or rolling his eyes at how stupid he thinks they are. This seems a little unfair. I just could not find myself liking the main character, no matter how hard I tried. He was such a pessimist and seemed to hate everyone around him, some people for no apparent reason.
I have been disappointed by movies before, but never this early. Sometimes it's at the very end, or ten minutes from the end, but this one it was about halfway through. There is some wonderful acting from Rebel Wilson and Allison Janney (from Juno), but other than that the characters aren't really believable. I guess it was a movie that was described as so bad that I just had to see it to believe it. I have never seen a more bitter narration. Even with Sunset Blvd or American Beauty, at least the main character learns something. With this movie there seemed to be no real ending. I'm usually a fan of dark comedies, but this one wasn't funny at all.
I'm still experiencing a little bit of college, I remember working at the tv station and having to play movies for the duration of my shift. Most of them I would mute, but some of them I would watch just to pass the time. There was always one new release too, so I would usually try to catch that one. During my time there I ran into some really bad ones, such as Walk Hard. I know a lot of people really liked that movie, but I made it ten minutes before I switched the mute button and pulled out my PSCH 101 notes.
Any NOT recommendations that you've lived through?
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