Comments | arabian: Ignore critics when it comes to fluffy, frothy rom-coms!

arabian

Ignore critics when it comes to fluffy, frothy rom-coms!

Feb 17, 2009 09:39

Seriously. Over at rottentomatoes.com Confessions of a Shop-aholic got a measly 21% fresh in the review-o-meter. But I like the actors, and the bit I've seen in the ads, and one positive review (from the LA Times) said it was romantic, the leads had chemistry and that P.J.Hogan (writer/director of Muriel's Wedding and My Best Friend's Wedding) ( Read more... )

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hiddeneloise February 17 2009, 16:44:40 UTC

I ignore critics as a rule. Professional parasites, the lot of them. People who spent their lives throwing spitballs at those who actually do something. I have more respect for the lousiest screenwriter/director out there than for the most renowned critic. Because the they actually have the guts to put themselves out there to be judged, while the critics sit on the sidelines and indulge in their largely un-scrutinized smugness.

Okay, off the soapbox. lol.

I read the book, and I liked it. I am totally seeing this movie, for all the reasons you've listed already (also Amy Adams and Isla Fisher were SO separated at birth! lol).

arabian February 17 2009, 17:20:00 UTC

See, and I'm one of those who actually find myself agreeing with the majority of critics on movies -- but apparently, not rom-coms. I know I'm in the minority with free-thinkers on the interwebs, LOL!, in that.

Let me know if I should read the book too, after having seen the movie. Just based on the back of the book I read, it seems like they've changed enough that it might just be weird going backwards.

hiddeneloise February 17 2009, 17:31:01 UTC

I haven't seen the movie yet, so I am not sure what they've changed. And I read the book years ago (3? 4?), so I might not even remember the details. It's your basic romantic hi-jinx, but I liked the pace and the humor ( ... )

arabian February 17 2009, 17:51:16 UTC

This probably shouldn't be the time to tell you that I was a movie/video critic for my local newspaper for about a year then? LOL!

hiddeneloise February 17 2009, 17:54:57 UTC

Okay, you are dead to me!!!

LOL. Hmmm, what's the statute of limitations on these things? I need the exact time-frame and the protocol of some sort...

Okay, I forgive you!!! :))))

arabian February 17 2009, 18:04:38 UTC

LOL!!!

Uhm, let's see it was 1999? 2000? Something like that. Hee!

hiddeneloise February 17 2009, 18:34:17 UTC

Well... I'd say 5 years should be enough of a buffer time. It's official: you are off the hook! LOL.

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