Viking Kitten
6/25/2007, 02:26 PM
In the interest of full disclosure, I should mention that I have not seen this movie. Nor do I intend to. In fact, I am not sure if it has even opened yet. Nor do I care. I am reviewing the promos. In a word? Estrogenfest. Looks like this movie features a lot of women sitting around, hating on men. They may be doing more that just sitting around; from what I saw in the promo, there might even be some post-menopausal lesbian action in it. Eww. Who wants to see two old ladies get it on? I bet even young hot lesbians don’t want to see that s***.
The movie stars a couple of young cute actresses in period costume, leading me to believe they play younger versions of the main characters, probably before some evil man dicks ‘em over. It also stars “the most important actresses of our time” Meryl Streep and Vanessa Redgrave. Okay. I’ll concede that those are both pretty awesome actresses. But dude. They walk around in the promos looking all grannyfied with long, stringy, white granny hair. Yuck. I don’t know what’s worse: Old ladies that cut their hair all dykey or old ladies that refuse to cut their hair at all. You know who looks good for an old lady? Catherine Deneuve. They should put her in more movies.
Anyway… just the title annoys me. “Evening.” “Oh it’s evening! A time for quiet reflection! A time to contemplate the subtle mysteries of womanhood.” Or maybe a time to BARF!
Good lord… why do they take up valuable theatre space with this crap? I am not going to say all chick flicks are bad. I loved “Muriel’s Wedding,” I really liked “Thelma and Louise.” Hell, I even liked “The Joy Luck Club.” It just seems like the movies aimed at the granny demographic are particularly poorly made. Schmaltzy, one-dimensional crap better viewed on the Lifetime Channel.
So let me think… when I choose what movie I see this week, do I want to be hit over the head with a reminder of my own mortality, or perhaps I would rather watch Bruce Willis blow some s*** up and generally kick a**? Golly, which should I choose?
Hey Hollywood? If I want to see women bond, I’ll go to a ****in’ Mary Kay party. TIA.
The movie stars a couple of young cute actresses in period costume, leading me to believe they play younger versions of the main characters, probably before some evil man dicks ‘em over. It also stars “the most important actresses of our time” Meryl Streep and Vanessa Redgrave. Okay. I’ll concede that those are both pretty awesome actresses. But dude. They walk around in the promos looking all grannyfied with long, stringy, white granny hair. Yuck. I don’t know what’s worse: Old ladies that cut their hair all dykey or old ladies that refuse to cut their hair at all. You know who looks good for an old lady? Catherine Deneuve. They should put her in more movies.
Anyway… just the title annoys me. “Evening.” “Oh it’s evening! A time for quiet reflection! A time to contemplate the subtle mysteries of womanhood.” Or maybe a time to BARF!
Good lord… why do they take up valuable theatre space with this crap? I am not going to say all chick flicks are bad. I loved “Muriel’s Wedding,” I really liked “Thelma and Louise.” Hell, I even liked “The Joy Luck Club.” It just seems like the movies aimed at the granny demographic are particularly poorly made. Schmaltzy, one-dimensional crap better viewed on the Lifetime Channel.
So let me think… when I choose what movie I see this week, do I want to be hit over the head with a reminder of my own mortality, or perhaps I would rather watch Bruce Willis blow some s*** up and generally kick a**? Golly, which should I choose?
Hey Hollywood? If I want to see women bond, I’ll go to a ****in’ Mary Kay party. TIA.