Who will review the reviewer?
I have a love-hate relationship with cnn.com. I hate to admit that it's usually one of the first news sites I surf, but I do because most of the time I just want to skim the headlines. I also like how it links to si.com my favorite sports site. Conversely, I can't stand how they take stories the most worthless stories like the Tara Conner and Anna Nicole Smith crap in their headline news section and try to make it breaking news. Complete garbage.
Today, I was reading a review about the movie 23, the thriller starring Jim Carrey. I was very hard-pressed to finish the review because my eyes were doing the optical version of the dry heaves. Tom Charity, the "critic" was ragging the movie, the screenwriter, the director, and even all the movies so far this year. I don't mind a good rag for deserving movies. It's just the way this guy tries so hard to sound smart and funny, yet lands flat on his face...in a pile of poo. An attempt at humor, "Here [Jim Carrey]'s earnestly ordinary as mild-mannered Walter Sparrow, a pet detective (well, OK, an 'animal control officer') who becomes obsessed with a pseudonymous self-published novel." Hahaha, oh Tom. I get it now. Jim Carrey DID play a Pet Detective. So very clever. And an attempt to sound smart, "Don't imagine it was an accident that 9/11/01 adds up to ... 23!" Hmm....it looks like 9/11/01 adds up to TWENTY-ONE! I guess the CNN editors are trying not to get fired because the line has now been removed from the article.
My final word. Two thumbs down and a nomination for the Razzies.
Today, I was reading a review about the movie 23, the thriller starring Jim Carrey. I was very hard-pressed to finish the review because my eyes were doing the optical version of the dry heaves. Tom Charity, the "critic" was ragging the movie, the screenwriter, the director, and even all the movies so far this year. I don't mind a good rag for deserving movies. It's just the way this guy tries so hard to sound smart and funny, yet lands flat on his face...in a pile of poo. An attempt at humor, "Here [Jim Carrey]'s earnestly ordinary as mild-mannered Walter Sparrow, a pet detective (well, OK, an 'animal control officer') who becomes obsessed with a pseudonymous self-published novel." Hahaha, oh Tom. I get it now. Jim Carrey DID play a Pet Detective. So very clever. And an attempt to sound smart, "Don't imagine it was an accident that 9/11/01 adds up to ... 23!" Hmm....it looks like 9/11/01 adds up to TWENTY-ONE! I guess the CNN editors are trying not to get fired because the line has now been removed from the article.
My final word. Two thumbs down and a nomination for the Razzies.
posted by Steve at 11:22 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home