I hadn’t been to the movie in a couple of weeks, which is an eternity in Carla years. So I was excited to be able to see not one, but two movies this weekend. I followed the critics recommendation for my first choice, “Greenberg,” and went counter to their advice for my second, “The Bounty Hunter.”
Both made me cringe.
When did movie makers decide that creating characters that audiences hate is a good idea?
I know that every person I watch on the big screen doesn’t have to be like me, or make the same kind of choices. But I do think, at some point in the story, the audience has to care about them and the choices they are making…or why would we want to sit there and spend two hours of our lives with them?
In “Greenberg,” Ben Stiller plays a New York City carpenter who goes to his brother’s Los Angeles home to recover following a mental breakdown. We get to watch him mistreat and belittle every person (and animal) he comes in contact with for the balance of the film.
It kinda made me miss blood and gore. At least that’s more honest.
“The Bounty Hunter” just proved that bad writing can sink good actors. I hated everyone in that movie, especially the writer Sarah Thorp. She should be whipped for what she did to poor Jason Sudeikis (of “Saturday Night Live”) who had a ridiculous supporting role.
I realized when the movie was over that the funniest part of the evening was the trailer for “MacGruber.”
Now, there’s a character I get behind.
