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Most ego-centric movie ever?


The problem with this movie is that it really only works if you happen to be a celebrity.

It's not that most of us average folks disagree that paparazzi probably are as sleazy and reprehensible as this movie would have us believe - by most accounts, they are.

It's just that a) we don't really see most celebrities (Britney, Paris, Lindsey, Tom Sizemore, O.J. Simpson, et al) as being any less sleazy or reprehensible then the paparazzi that stalk them - in fact, if ever two professions truly deserved each other...; and b) we just don't really care. Let's face it - unlike the homeless or starving kids - it's just about impossible to feel sorry for celebrities.

It's like Mel Gibson gathered all of his celebrity buddies, many of whom (Giuliana DePandi, Vince Vaughn, Matthew McConaughey) actually had cameos in this movie, held a private screening that of course brought the house down, and was then floored when the rest of us just didn't want to line up to see a movie about a celebrity going Mad Max on the paparazzi.

Anyway, this film gets my vote for the most ego-centric movie ever.

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I happen to think the paparazzi are 100% more sleazy than those they are hunting. Taking pictures of entertainers or sports figures in connection with their jobs ok. Taking intrusive pictures of these ppl in thier private lives is criminal. When are our laws going to say enough already and stop this hunting of humans. Just because a human being has chosen to become an entertainer does not give everyone the right to stalk them, abuse them and take away thier human rights.

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Well anyone who has his family nearly die because of anything I feel sorry for....

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The OP is right. This is nothing but a revenge fantasy that movie stars had. Its simplistic crap. Movie stars = victims. Paparazzi = evil. The cameos just made it worst.



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