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Leatherheads (2008)
Longest 2 hours of my life
I was surprised to see the very generous rating on IMDb. This honestly is the worst film i have watched in my entire life. It was so slow and lifeless that i actually started making up other stories in my head to help make the time pass faster.
Im not a high maintenance film watcher - ill happily sit through the most basic Rom com to an espionage film with constant twists and turns, to ... well you get the picture. My tastes are well rounded and easy to please.
Renee looked like she had just sucked on a lemon in every scene. Her accent was terrible and acting worse. Im a huge fan of Bridget Jones and its tongue in cheek humour and her good portrait of the character so had some expectations (not particularly high) of how this movie would be. It didn't even deliver on those moderate expectations.
If you have nothing to do this afternoon i suggest you save your $10 and watch paint dry or something equally more exciting than sitting through this film
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Still waiting.....
I went to this moving expecting to go on a journey, to learn a few lessons... perhaps to see things in a different way? Im still waiting....
The film gets lost half way through and stays that way to the end when magically, a man shrinks into the size of a newborn and then dies. I appreciate the fantasy aspect of the story but this is just ridiculous. And it hits none of its hinted at high points, there is no meaning, no outcome, nothing really. Its beautifully shot and well acted (Cate's crackling/dying/southern voice is completely over the top though)but the storyline is rubbish. Its like the exam paper you started and then went to a party instead so just winged it in the morning when you woke up with a hangover to hand in at 10am.
There is also absolutely no chemistry between Brad and Cate which makes the love story mildly unbelievable BUT this really doesn't matter when the storyline is so rubbish. I really wonder about the people who think its amazing - swept up in the hype/marketing millions perhaps?