27 Dresses - After serving as a bridesmaid 27 times, a young woman (Katherine Heigl) wrestles with the idea of standing by her sister's side as her sibling marries the man she's secretly in love with. The premise: about as cliché as you could imagine. The direction: about as static as you could expect from a former choreographer (Anne Fletcher). See kids, in Hollywood you really DO just fail upwards! The writing (Aline Brosh McKenna): about as hideous as her script for The Devil Wears Prada, another film I was revolted by.
I could be less cruel towards this film, considering it's a rom-com (not the genre of choice for a 20 year old man) with emphasis on the rom not the com, but this film is appallingly bad. As in, I think a cliché threw up all over this film. The film just does not have a fresh idea in it's head. It's a bad sign in writing when a phone rings exactly at the same time someone is expecting it to in their dialog. 27 Dresses telegraphs every move.
And the music. Don't get me started. It's never used until it's cued in. i.e. a sad moment a "fun" moment. This is filming at its most robotic and mechanical. The worst moment in the whole thing is the use of Elton John's "Benny & the Jets", a song I can never listen to again. Hint, it involves standing on a bar. And yes, everyone joins in. I felt cold. Gah.
Marsden plays an asshole though he's supposed to be lovable Heigl plays an shell of her other characters. The girl playing her sister goes from ditzy to evil to nice at the whim of the writer. I could go on, but I'm tired, and at this point it's like beating up an old man.
One bright spot, there was one funny moment early on in the film and a few unintentionally funny moments near the end. One question though, are there actually underwater weddings? Boring, cliché to the hilt, and a waste of time, 27 Dresses gets a D-
I could be less cruel towards this film, considering it's a rom-com (not the genre of choice for a 20 year old man) with emphasis on the rom not the com, but this film is appallingly bad. As in, I think a cliché threw up all over this film. The film just does not have a fresh idea in it's head. It's a bad sign in writing when a phone rings exactly at the same time someone is expecting it to in their dialog. 27 Dresses telegraphs every move.
And the music. Don't get me started. It's never used until it's cued in. i.e. a sad moment a "fun" moment. This is filming at its most robotic and mechanical. The worst moment in the whole thing is the use of Elton John's "Benny & the Jets", a song I can never listen to again. Hint, it involves standing on a bar. And yes, everyone joins in. I felt cold. Gah.
Marsden plays an asshole though he's supposed to be lovable Heigl plays an shell of her other characters. The girl playing her sister goes from ditzy to evil to nice at the whim of the writer. I could go on, but I'm tired, and at this point it's like beating up an old man.
One bright spot, there was one funny moment early on in the film and a few unintentionally funny moments near the end. One question though, are there actually underwater weddings? Boring, cliché to the hilt, and a waste of time, 27 Dresses gets a D-