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Seriously guys? This movie is terrible.

posted 14 years ago by Liz_Lemler
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I'm failing to see how anyone enjoyed this movie. It was almost painful for me to watch. What gives with all the people saying it's hilarious, smart, refreshing, etc? To me, it was exactly like every other movie of its genre but even less funny than normal. Some issues I had with it:

*Some major spoilers ahead, don't read if you don't want the movie to be spoiled for you*

*I'm more than happy to spend an evening watching a pleasant romantic comedy. But the romance in this movie is so weak! The awkward flirting was cute and showed promise but the second they went on the date I considered myself totally un-invested. The hot blonde coming up and saying "You never called..." causing McAdams' character to run out was never brought up again, nothing to the effect of "hmm should I be worried that your the type who sleeps with bimbos then never calls them?". I kept waiting for the issue to re-surface in the movie and it never did. Then they insert a random scene with McAdam's character babbling incessantly about why they can't be together and it doesn't even make sense! It was clearly stuck in the movie randomly to add some sort of drama to the relationship...and hey, it goes no where anyway!

*The characters of Diane Keaton and Harrsion Ford. Were so. Boring. Incredibly boring. Harrison Ford seems incapable of moving his face. He had literally no redeeming qualities; he was a snobbish diva from the beginning to the end of the movie and then suddenly he decides he cares so much about the (very recently hired) executive producer he's going to drop all of these horrible traits about himself..in the lamest way possible. It could have been done much, much better than it was. And Diane Keaton was under-used imo, her character could have been developed much further. The two of them getting together in the end was, of course, predictable but was done in the sloppiest way possible...no feelings of fondness are shown between them AT ALL.

*The message of this movie is disturbing. Rachel McAdam's character says to Harrison Ford's "Entertainment and News have been battling it out for years and your side lost" (something to that effect). The only way for the TV show to stay on the air is to pull a bunch of stunts completely unrelated to what's actually going on in the world. It's certainly realistic but in the movie it's portrayed as a good thing, rather than a damn tragedy. Which it is.

*The climax. Rachel McAdam's decision to stay at her old TV show rather than move to NBC was so completely, mind-blowingly stupid. She stays because it "feels like a family", Harrison Ford makes eggs at the end and, uh.....? The family thing was not sufficiently portrayed in the movie, I had no idea they were supposed to all be so damn close until she said that line. Her pay was crap, the show was crap,her boss was a dick, she wasn't doing anything worthwhile with her time, the leads in the show treated her like crap. Am I missing something? I'm fairly certain that the minute Ford's contract was up he would have left the show promptly, making her act of loyalty totally pointless.

Thanks for taking the time to read all of that, if you did. Did anyone else hate this movie?

For British eyes only

[–] kcolli11 14 years ago

I wouldn't say I *hated* the movie, but I do agree with most of your posts. Especially the point about it being a "family." When they showed the shots of all her coworkers, I actually had to stop with a few of them and think, "Okay, when was that person in the movie?" I didn't get any sense that they were a family at that station.

Call me Katie. ;-)

[–] btiltman 14 years ago

Yes Liz, you did miss something.... the terrible overacting of McAdam. All the *exaggerated* forced gestures and over the top gushing. Totally unbelievable in a real person.....

[–] nowfaithiz 14 years ago

I thought the movie was great.

[–] taluhit 14 years ago

OP, I completely agree.

My poor husband. You should have seen me standing outside redbox talking him into renting this film. What a fantastic actress Rachel is and how she hasn't been in any bad movies I've watched. Wish my words were true for Morning Glory, we turned it off halfway through it was so painful.

[–] WhiteHeron 13 years ago

I agree with everything you said. The movie was horrible. Critics hated it, too, so that ought to tell you something.

[–] Android 13 years ago

this was an awful movie. clearly made for people who think 2 1/2 men is funny.

[–] shempXIV 13 years ago

The movie was indeed crap.

Rachel McAdams' character was (I think) supposed to be likable and sympathetic (and oh so spunky) but I've had bosses like her: Smiley, upbeat, and perky on the surface but would feed you face-first into the shredder if she thought it'd advance the company and/or her position therein.

Ford's character may've been a great journalist but as a human bean he was a vain, condescending jerk that acted as if his excrement did not have an unpleasant odor.

Keaton turned her acting gear up to "shrill" and left it there.

They were likely paid well.

[–] thunderztorm 13 years ago

Morning Glory was a far, far better comedy than the other so-called comedy movies spewed out recently (Hello Bridesmaids and Hangover).

D'you know why I say that? I laughed a lot. I barely smiled at Bridesmaids/Hangover, but this one got me laughing loudly.

[–] shempXIV 13 years ago

Every-body's sense of humor/humour is different...some folks love the 3 Stooges, others can't stand 'em. (For the record, I liked "Bridesmades" and mostly love the Stooges.)