Town & Country
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serai.
Okay. So, in my quest to see everything Josh has done, I just got finished watching Town & Country.
Oh. My. God.
Christ in a sidecar. With a helmet and goggles. Holy shit, I'm impressed. Seriously. I didn't think a movie could suck like that. Just...OH.
Sidebar here: Why does anyone make movies with Warren Beatty? Honestly, I don't understand this. When was the last time you heard a movie he made didn't suck? The guy's been riding on his rep from fourty years ago for decades now, and people just keep falling for it. I don't know, maybe he's really fun to work with? But I've sure never heard that about him; in fact, just the opposite - he's supposed to be utterly maddening.
Anyway, this one stayed absolutely true to form. Oh my god, just deeply painful almost from the first moment. (Almost. The first couple of minutes, I was thinking, "Hm, this isn't so bad. A little stilted, but it is one of those Rich White People comedies, so....NOPE. OH MY FUCKING GOD, IT SUCKS." It really was that abrupt.) Holy shit, it's bad.
And totally not worth it if you're looking to see Josh's part. It's exactly the part you'd think he got - Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton's son - and it's miniscule. There are only two reasons to dig out this turkey for Josh: one is the sight of him in a tux (UNF), and the other is about ten seconds of Wild Sex Noises coming from behind a closed door. (Josh's Wild Sex Noises are really quite fetching, as I'm sure you'll all agree.) Those two things together, while not making the film at all good in any way, did make me stop regretting the time I wasted. And it really wasn't that much time. Since I figured Josh was going to be in the scenes that take place at the family home (I was right, for the most part), it was easy enough to just skip all the inane crap and badly written farce dialogue. Even so, most of it is just forgettable.
Verdict: Josh is very cute, but completely wasted, and not in a good way. Awful, awful movie that tanked several actors' careers for a while. If you're really desperate, don't let me stop you, but I'd recommend another viewing of August, myself.
Okay. So, in my quest to see everything Josh has done, I just got finished watching Town & Country.
Oh. My. God.
Christ in a sidecar. With a helmet and goggles. Holy shit, I'm impressed. Seriously. I didn't think a movie could suck like that. Just...OH.
Sidebar here: Why does anyone make movies with Warren Beatty? Honestly, I don't understand this. When was the last time you heard a movie he made didn't suck? The guy's been riding on his rep from fourty years ago for decades now, and people just keep falling for it. I don't know, maybe he's really fun to work with? But I've sure never heard that about him; in fact, just the opposite - he's supposed to be utterly maddening.
Anyway, this one stayed absolutely true to form. Oh my god, just deeply painful almost from the first moment. (Almost. The first couple of minutes, I was thinking, "Hm, this isn't so bad. A little stilted, but it is one of those Rich White People comedies, so....NOPE. OH MY FUCKING GOD, IT SUCKS." It really was that abrupt.) Holy shit, it's bad.
And totally not worth it if you're looking to see Josh's part. It's exactly the part you'd think he got - Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton's son - and it's miniscule. There are only two reasons to dig out this turkey for Josh: one is the sight of him in a tux (UNF), and the other is about ten seconds of Wild Sex Noises coming from behind a closed door. (Josh's Wild Sex Noises are really quite fetching, as I'm sure you'll all agree.) Those two things together, while not making the film at all good in any way, did make me stop regretting the time I wasted. And it really wasn't that much time. Since I figured Josh was going to be in the scenes that take place at the family home (I was right, for the most part), it was easy enough to just skip all the inane crap and badly written farce dialogue. Even so, most of it is just forgettable.
Verdict: Josh is very cute, but completely wasted, and not in a good way. Awful, awful movie that tanked several actors' careers for a while. If you're really desperate, don't let me stop you, but I'd recommend another viewing of August, myself.
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Date: Monday, August 31st, 2015 12:05 pm (UTC)Anyway, thanks for the review. While this wasn't on my list of 'to see' movies, I'll make sure it's never on there. It sounds really painful.
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Date: Tuesday, September 8th, 2015 02:40 am (UTC)You know, I was amused recently when I was listening to the director's commentary for O, when he talked about the scene where Emily gives Hugo the scarf, and how much trouble he had convincing Josh to stick it in her mouth. Apparently the poor boy thought it was "too risque" and balked at doing it. Heehee, how people change, eh?