Film/TV May 14, 2009 at 4:00 am

Don't Be Mad, People

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When is "poop" going to be so over?
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Excellent review. I'm Catholic, but nothing that Brown says in his books about the Vatican makes me mad; hell, I say bad stuff about it all the time. The thing that makes me mad about Brown's books is that anybody takes his lame-ass crap seriously. Brown and his fans want to have it both ways: if you call BS on the stuff in his books people say "it's just fiction", but then will turn around and say "but it's SO interesting", suggesting there's something there. If it's just fiction, then of course it's not worth getting mad about. However, Brown wants to be taken seriously as some sort of alternative historian instead of the bad novelist that he is.
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Now I HAVE to go see it, Hanks Hair or no Hanks Hair.

p.s. Lindy West is the CUTEST ever, and I mean that in a totally non-stalky way. My wife (the 'waist-up lesbian' - doesn't like vaginas but knows a pretty face when she sees one) thinks so, too.

I just told all 5 people following me on Twitter that too.

So there.
4
I started reading A&D and found myself bored. The hot chick scientist daughter of a priest who's also a physicist thing just struck me as hallmark puke inducing saccharine bullshit.

The Big Hominid, of Big Hominid's Hairy Chasms fame did a great spoof of Dan Brown a few years back.
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@3 "Waist up lesbian" is the best term ever! I just texted it to my husband and he called me at work screaming OMG thats you.. so you know if I was cool enough to have Twitter I'd follow you just for that... Thanks! And I agree Lindy West is buckets of kittens adorable!
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Your lack of any mention of Ewan McGregor lends me the hope that at least he doesn't make the movie suck more?

I love these books for how ridiculous they are. I admire interestingly-spun bullshit. You can't expect it to translate into a movie worth watching, though.
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Casting Ewan McGregor is never a bad idea, no matter how hideous your movie wlll be. That Rodriguez kiddie spy movie, this, the crappy late Star Wars junk - he is always just fine, and nobody minds, and he's bulletproof.

Now I'm thinking more about him and not this silly movie or fantastic review.

Is Ewan kinda like if Steve McQueen had a livelier sense of humor and showed his dick a lot? Steve was in a couple of horrible movies too, but just having him onscreen made a person briefly happy to be alive so it didn't matter.
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It pissed of the Catholic league. What's not to like?
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Big question: Do I get to see Ewan MacGregor's penis, or do I have to watch any other older film of his?
10
Great review. This movie sounds awesome!
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Great review. This movie sounds awesome!

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