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January 27, 2005Case In Point
I wrote my last entry about the crappy aspects of American culture that gets exported overseas (obviously, I am excluding our desire to conquer the world...I support our President there). As if God (or some stupid executive at Universal Pictures) heard me, I woke the next day and went to work. The first thing I see plastered all over the metro stations are advertisements for a new movie coming. What movie you ask? Hold onto your seats, because it looks like a keeper. Electra, starring the always mediocore, but stunningly attractive Jennifer Garner. It is everywhere. Signs galore. Can´t get away from it. I almost feel like I should start apologizing to Spanish people on the street...and then apologize for apologizing in such bad Spanish. I only know 3 things about this movie (in no particular order): 1) It will be terrible. And by terrible I mean think "The Postman" or "Dude, Where´s my Common Sense?" Ok, I made that one up, but use your imagination. 2) It is a spin-off from that awful excuse for a movie, Daredevil. Now, in case anyone doesn´t know it, here is the synopsis. Ben Afflect is a blind (yes, blind) superhero. He jumps off buildings, etc...Now, I am all about treating those with disabilities equally, but seriously?? Granted, I saw exactly 8 minutes and 22 seconds of this movie, but I doubt my snap judgement was wrong. Isn´t spinning off a movie like this kind of like saying, "Gee...Kevin Costner´s love interest in Waterworld could be an untapped goldmine?" or "I think Honey, I shrunk the Dog! sounds like it has great potential." 3) Jennifer Garner is hot. Most extremely hot women look good in extremely tight leather outfits that leave nothing to the imagination. I can almost picture the movie executive in his board room saying, "Come on, we can get an outfit tighter than that for her. What do you think people are paying to see, the plotline? If we want all those 14 year old boys to spend their allowance money on this movie, she needs to be as slutty looking as a PG-13 rating will humanly allow." Comments
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