ever since the times recommended shallow hal, i have learned to disregard their movie reviews. sorry to rip off your mantra, stosselini (and RIP nell carter), but are you kidding me over here, a.o. scott. looks like someone is projecting.
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1) The obvious: I really enjoyed Shallow Hal. The Farrelly brothers have sometimes missed, veering too far off into the scatological and debased, but with this film they did not. It's a sweet film with some very fine guilty pleasure jokes. Don't hate.
2) A quibble: Did you see the Chris Rock movie? It's not just the _Times_ that's saying it's good. A lot of reviewers (and a lot of people) are. What's your beef? And besides, the review is positive, but it's not gushing. It says the movie is "smart and likable," notable only when compared to the comedy drivel that has been offered up this season.
3) Nell Carter died three years ago!?!? Holy shit.
1) i'm sorry, shallow hal was terrible. it's not sweet. it's offensive to women and gwyneth paltrow can kiss my ass.
2) the premise of the chris rock movie just seems absurd. not to mention insulting to his (now ex) wife.
3) RIP indeed.
Does Shallow Hal also insult people with misshaped toes, guys with spina bifida, kids with third-degree burns? It's an absurd film, and I admit, often executed poorly; Gwyneth is hateful--no argument here--and Jack Black's talents are pretty wasted in the role, but a silly movie with a mixed message about inner and outer beauty like this one doesn't strike me as offensive as most of the serious drivel Hollywood puts out. At least Hal's shallowness is called into question--when will Woody Allen's, Jack Nicholson's, Tony Soprano's? I'll take the movie that objectifies women while suggesting we shouldn't over 95% of what Hollywood puts out: movies that just objectify women.
I don't have much to say about the Chris Rock movie. I haven't seen it, and I know nothing about him personally, but it strikes me as strange that his real life should bear on his art. I just know that anyone who attempts to remake Rohmer without the soul-crushing tediousness shouldn't be dismissed out of hand.
Seriously, why didn't Nell Carter's death get more press?
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