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[Sei] "Waste of time" movie
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What A Girl WantsThe film I believe I had wasted a lot of time watching was entitled 'What A Girl Wants' starring Amanda Bynes. Now I don't really now what had gotten into me when I saw that title and thought,
hey, I should pop this into the DVD player and watch this! Up to now, it still baffles me. And it makes me laugh as well.
I watched the film a long time ago and I never really bothered thinking about it again, naturally. The movie is basically about a girl who wants freedom. And instant gratification. And indeed, freedom and instant gratification are what she gets! And I remember vividly, a scathing review written on the back of the pirated DVD case-- "A perfect movie for the 'instant gratification' generation," and boy, was that one of the most accurate pirated one-line reviews I have ever read. Though I was quite irked by the term given to OUR generation. I don't think it's
that bad, in fairness...
Other than the almost 'no value' storyline about having to get what you want, like "freedom," at all costs, the acting was also very, shall we say, bleh. I never really admired the hollywood "starlets" like Bynes, Lohan, Duff... they just don't bring in a lot of value to their movies (that usually need
a lot of value!) 'Parent Trap' starring Lohan may be an exception, but she was still young, cute and sane then... but that's another story. To top it off, their acting skills don't really cut the mustard for me. Very typical. I always feel like I'm watching, for example Hilary Duff being so-and-so, and not THE character she's playing. Same goes with Amanda Bynes and the rest of the crew.
The story didn't work for me. The acting didn't work for me. And that spelled out "blacklisted," on my movie list, so to speak.
Just so you know, I've managed to conveniently "misplace" the DVD. And if ever I do get to see it lying around again, I sure won't commit the same mistake twice.
1 Comments:
Thank you :) I'm surprised someone discovered this! :)