So Not Worthy!

Rating: Null/10 (13 April 2003)

I resisted the pressure to see this film because the hype surrounding it was too much and I had a feeling it would disappoint. After it received so much hype before the Oscar's I decided to give in and join the masses to see what all my friends were on about. What spectacular rubbish! The fact that someone other than Marilyn Monroe was singing 'Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend' in a big screen motion picture is more or less sacrilegious. The fact that the over-rated Nicole Kidman was chosen to do it is even more humiliating. While some of the supporting cast put in good performances, Nicole really didn't do much to deserve an Oscar nod for this one. With only one original song, I really don't think this deserves to go down as a musical classic. Come on, even Grease 2 managed to do better in the songwriting department! Costumes and set design were about the only original elements of the whole spectacle.