Disappointed - Great actors, bad language, worse plot

Rating: Null/10 (4 August 2011)

I liked so many of the actors in this film from other projects, I thought it would be a fun movie. I'm not a prude, but I was tremendously disappointed by the foul language and graphic sexuality, which ruined the film for me.
To be honest, I was ready to walk within the first 15 minutes, only staying to see if the plot and script would improve, since the actors were favorites of mine. When Patricia Clarkson uttered one word which I shall not repeat here, about 3/4 of the way through the film, I left. What a total waste of some remarkable talent and my time and money.
There seems to be a Hollywood trend of replacing real plot and dialog with a generous sprinkling of the F-bomb and lots of crude sexual remarks, situations, and references, then calling that a movie. "Horrible Bosses" and "The Hangover Part II" come to mind as recent examples of this trend. I find it sad to see otherwise talented actors taking the road downhill in some of these really awful new movies.
I'm fairly open-minded and see everything I can, but the trend towards trash talk, mindless plots, and endless remakes, is a sad state of affairs for a classic movie lover like me.
Class seems to be woefully missing from many of the more recent movies. "Bringing up Baby," "High Society," and "Monkey Business" all come to mind as great films loved by some of us who value classy, witty, and intelligent films.
I was so happy to recently see "Midnight in Paris," which was well plotted, intelligent, funny, and from the heart.
Hopefully Hollywood will remember people like me in more future productions and give audiences (and these good actors) something more engaging to do with their time and talents.