Monday, August 4, 2008
The latest waste of time from Netflix
"The Bucket List" is a Hallmark Channel movie with A-list actors on a big screen. My wife couldn't make it through the movie, because she thought it was overly sentimental, predictable, and was not a realistic portrayal of cancer patients. I at least wanted to see how it ended. It was indeed predictable, and very manipulative. Your typical John Q. Moviegoer who likes just about everything and is easily manipulated by artificial emotion and treacle will like this movie. Yes, we all know people like this. They are the same folks who liked Patch Adams and Stepmom. However, more savvy moviegoers should steer clear.
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Great, guess what's sitting in my Netflix envelope in the kitchen? Maybe it'll be better in Blu-Ray? BTW, check your 150 greatest performances post.
You should still watch it, since you have it there. It wasn't a good movie, but it wasn't dreadful, and even had its moments here and there.
Honestly, I thought it really wasn't that bad. Not on the same horrible level as Patch Adams, that's for sure. Yeah, predictable and manipulative, but still enjoyable watching those two go at it. The last line was also great.
CJ disagrees with the portrayal of cancer patient comment that Jaci said, but that's a discussion best left to them.
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