Friday, February 4, 2011

{20} 12 Reasons Why 2012 Should Not Have Been Made


  1.  I liked it the first time when it was called Day After Tomorrow.
  2. A person can only watch John Cusack and Amanda Peet run away from natural disasters so many times … the limit was far exceeded in this 2 ½ hour film.
  3. Thandie Newton is a decent actress. You would not know it from seeing this movie.
  4. I’ve read scripts by kindergartners that drew me in more.
  5. Stereotype city: the Russian guy is a rich, selfish jerk. The Chinese are smart enough to make ships that save the world. The French are artists. Seriously, people?!
  6. Dear screenplay writer, I get the fact that she was having an affair by how much she cried when he died. You do not need to awkwardly have her husband say “did you think I didn’t know about you two?” when it doesn't belong in the scene.  I do not enjoy being spoonfed.
  7. I like John Cusack. The fact that he did this movie made me lose a little respect for him.
  8. I can only suspend reality so far.
  9. Watching the Sistene Chapel be destroyed with thousands of people in and around it crying out to God is just sad.  
  10. You would think Woody Harrelson could play an insane person quite well after Natural Born Killers, but you would be wrong.
  11. What’s that word for a film that doesn’t have completely one dimensional characters?
  12. Oh, I’m sorry, was I supposed to feel something in the closing scene?

2 comments:

  1. I didn't like it the first time when it was called Day After Tomorrow...but yeah, it's the same idea. Also, have you really read scripts by kindergartners that drew you in more? I want to meet these scriptwriting kindergartners! I think we could make millions...

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  2. I'm using hyperbole for dramatic effect, silly. Lorelai would be proud.

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