Painfully Pathetic

Rating: 1/10 (7 August 2008)

At first, this movie draws you in. At first, there are promises made. Any writer worth their "salt" knows better than to make promises then not keep them. How this movie got it's fame is beyond me. Shame on Roger Ebert for being sucked into Hollywood's need to be worshiped, regardless of the cost.
If this movie is "inventive" I want to know why the songs I wrote as an angst-ridden teen aren't being played on radios the world over! For god sakes, I could write a better script than this one, and I've never written a script. But one thing I am well aware of as a writer: there needs to either be the standard "beginning, middle, end" or it needs to be so incredibly astounding a ride that the viewers go willingly. Let's just say, I kicked and screamed all the way through it, cursing those who gave it such high praise.
The only good thing I can say about this movie is that I did not recognize Cameron Diaz. That's an amazing trick.