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Neither Crazy, Nor Beautiful A Review by |
| This week happened
to be me and my girlfriend's anniversary. So after spending a small fortune on dinner
together (and after arguing with the waiter that plastic blow-up girlfriends are still
girlfriends), we headed to the movie theater. The theater has 12 screens, but somehow
Pootie Tang still wasn't anywhere to be found. I'd pay 10 bucks to watch it on a 10 inch
screen in the men's room while a guy husked next to me, but alas it wasn't an option. So
instead, I let Jenna choose the flick and crazy/beautiful got our precious 13 dollars.
Would it have been better spent on an 18 of Bud Light? Probably, but for a chick flick, it
wasn't all bad. But that's not to say it didn't have its faults. First off, the story: crazy/beautiful stars the over-busy Kirsten Dunst as Nicole Oakley, a spoiled rich girl who has a history of suicide attempts, alcohol abuse, and problems in school. She goes to a nice high school in her town, that is also attended by Carlos Nunez, played by Jay Hernandez. Carlos comes from the bad part of town and has to ride the bus 2 hours both ways, just to get to school. Carlos is nothing like Nicole, as always he's a smart, well-mannered kid with plans to enter the Navy after high school. One day, Carlos and Nicole meet on the beach and from there a romance grows. She goes to his football games, he rides around with her and her drunken friends. Eventually things begin to tear at their love: their racial differences, Carlos' plans, Nicole's drinking, Carlos' over-bearing mother, Nicole's congressman father, and her evil bitch stepmother. Well, that's the basics of crazy/beautiful, now to it's faults. In this movie, Dunst is neither crazy, nor beautiful. If a movie can't live up to it's title, it's got some serious problems. In Fight Club there was of course a "fight club." In Star Wars, there was a war among the stars. But who is, so "crazy" in crazy/beautiful? Sure, she drinks some alchy, is a little louder and more obnoxious than most females, but crazy hardly seems fitting. Watching re-runs of Happy Days with a lamp shade on your head, while masturbating with strawberry jam is crazy, Dunst's character is not. Wild yes, but not crazy. And then to "beautiful", many people might argue with me, but Kirsten Dunst is far from gorgeous. She may have had her moments, but in this movie she looks like she hasn't bathed in weeks and I'm sure any sloppy sexual encounter with her would greasen (it should be a word) up your sheets. Perhaps, Hernandez is the one they meant as "beautiful." My girlfriend enjoyed commenting on how his "eyes sparkled," and it was OUR FREAKEN ANNIVERSARY! I bet if she went with her friends, they all would have been discussing sexual positions they wish they could have been in with him. I piss. Why must all boyfriends in movies like this be pretty boys and intelligent to boot. Can't ugly dumbasses get love? Are we at GYEAH.com doomed? Probably, but I'm also pretty sure I've rambled on way too long about this movie already. I just want to say it's a competent chick flick, and if a female talks you into going, you probably won't have to kill her afterwards. This movie has some touching moments, but in the end it doesn't do anything we haven't seen a million times from this genre...and it doesn't EVEN live up to it's title. But in the end, it's hard to loathe this movie, and just think...AT LEAST IT'S NOT SAVE THE LAST DANCE! Rating: |
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