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Review: Fool's Gold...and Patrick Walsh Live!
FOOL'S GOLD (F)
By the time this review is over, I will have spent more time thinking about Fool's Gold than the writers of its script. This...thing...is one of the sloppiest pictures released by a major studio in recent memory. What can you say about a "romance" with no romance, a "comedy" with no laughs, an "adventure" with no excitement? Though I certainly wasn't rubbing my hands together in anticipation walking in to the theater, I thought this would at least succeed at being an enjoyable time waster. "Attractive people wearing few clothes in exotic locales -- I can handle watching that for a few hours," I thought to myself. But I was wrong. So very wrong. The whole affair is about as compelling as a two-hour fart.
I don't ask a great deal from romantic comedies. I don't need every one to be Annie Hall or When Harry Met Sally or Love, Actually. I don't even need them to be particularly good -- I kinda enjoyed The Holiday, for God's sake! Give me a few laughs, appealing leads, a warm squishy feeling, and you've done your job. Plainly, the makers of Fool's Gold did not do their job. Listen, I know Valentine's Day is coming up, so heed this warning -- if you see this crashing bore of a movie on a first date, your relationship is doomed, cursed even. Do not speak on the way home, avoid eye contact, just go your separate ways and don't speak of the evening again.
For my full Cinematical review of the dreadful Fool's Gold, CLICK HERE.
Also, here's my two most recent Write Stuff articles, both of which discuss the Writers Guild strike, which appears to finally (FINALLY) be coming to an end...
http://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/30/the-write-stuff-cinematical-readers-argue-the-strike/
http://www.cinematical.com/2008/02/06/the-write-stuff-wga-strike-the-finish-line-is-in-sight/
And on Saturday morning, I'll be appearing LIVE on internet radio! Frequent commenter Joe Johnson will be interviewing me about the WGA strike and my writing career, among other things. If you've got a question you'd like him to ask me, you can leave it on the site or even call in to the show. It will be reaired, but if you want to hear the live streaming broadcast, tune in tomorrow at 1:30PM ET/ 10:30 PM PT. HERE'S THE LINK.
I know we didn't hit 37 comments on the previous post (and for shame! The
record on here is a whopping 63!), but I wanted to get the news of that
radio show out. Plus, you guys always ask me what it takes for me to give a
movie an "F." Now you know!
Wow, someone is finally interviewing you! Cool. I hope it goes well.
That movie seems like both actors were on vacation, got bored, and decided
to shoot a half-ass movie.
I'm in school for engineering. In my classes there's a guy with long greasy
black hair. It's absolutely disgusting and everybody knows it: except him.
You can tell from a mere glance at him that that hair is his proudest
achievement. He fawns over it more than I fawn over my favourite tv shows
when people ask me what they're about.
Gotta l1laugh. I just clicked on CNN and one of the headlines was "Hudson,
McConnaghey strike gold at box office." Oy.
Wow, I too just saw that this movie was the weekend's #1. Really makes you
think about the title's relevance to viewership!
Obviously, "Fools" think its "Gold".
Nutsy,
