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If Ramsay's father was abusive, I understand him even less than I thought I did; he's already spoken publicly about being so shabbily treated by the infamously vile-tempered Marco Pierre White (under whom Ramsay worked as a young line cook) that he broke down and begged to be fired. What a hypocrite!
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I don't think Kate Hudson plays the same kind of ditzy lovable (or maybe "lovable"?) blonde roles that her mother made a specialty of. I think Goldie always had a certain charm, even as she's playing kind of a ninny. Or maybe it's just that I find her a much more easygoing presence onscreen than Hudson. It seems to me that Hudson always plays the same character: a shallow, cold-hearted ingrate who has somehow led a charmed life. Bride Wars is hideous precisely because she's clearly not a good friend to Anne Hathaway's character, and never has been.
I think there's always something a little bit dumb (and also shrill) about any character played by Cameron Diaz. And speaking of shrill, could Leslie Mann just not talk anymore, please? I don't hate the actress, but, good gravy, that voice of hers!
I find Diane Keaton a bore, more than anything else; fluttery and inarticulate, and I keep wondering "How did you get to be famous, again?" But Jack Nicholson turned a single persona into a career, so why shouldn't Keaton?
She's more obscure than anyone else mentioned so far, but I've loathed every performance I've seen from Juno Temple. Awful, awful actress -- whiny, self-possessed and deeply uninteresting.
The mumbletastic stylings of Benicio del Toro make me want to poke long sharp things through my eyes and into my brain.
ETA: Oh, my lord, Ben Stilller. Gaaah. I can't even begin to articulate the endless loathing he inspires. Just fall off the edge of the world, already! And pull grody Vince Vaughn after you.
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Seriously, what IS the point of this show? Ramsay is not a hotelier, he's never (as far as I know) been part of that industry, and while I'm certain he thinks he knows everything about anything, the current story's reference to the "softness" of his knowledge of how a hotel actually runs appears to be spot-on, if perhaps a trifle charitable.
Does Ramsay really need the constant ego-stroking of a weekly Speedo shot? Can't he just take a selfie like everyone else? I don't understand how someone this relentlessly pissy becomes a household name. I mean I fundamentally don't get the process of how a person becomes a "brand" anyway, but how can being mean to people for a living be a career path?
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Most of the people who grossed me out the most are gone (Nick, Gabi) not used very often (Julie, Stefano), or just too boring to bother about, but I think my list is actually pretty easy:
- Kristen (duh)
- John
- Julie
- Stefano
- Jennifer
I think the Kristen character is stupid, and it might be the laziest performance ever to win an Emmy; if one more person (I'm looking at you, Eileen) tries to tell me how great the writing is, I'll scream. I think there's no point to the John character any more, but there again, it's mostly the (non-) acting that bothers me. Julie just makes me grind my teeth.
The fact that so much still apparently revolves around Stefano just underlines how starved for ideas these writers are, and I think getting rid of him as the writers' ace in the hole would force some new story directions. Jennifer is the worst example (in a town stuffed full of them) of a character who is praised for all sorts of qualities she doesn't actually possess, and who acts in ways diametrically opposed to her stated virtues. She's lauded for being generous and giving, and acts in the most blindly self-seeking way imaginable. John does this, too. It's hateful, and it angried up my blood. Some part of me just wants to take the writers' pretty, pretty toy away. I'm tempted to include Ann, but if Jennifer goes, there's no point to the Ann character, so she'll just fade into obscurity. I thought about putting Will on my list, but for me it's mostly a matter of the extreme dullness of the performance. I don't hate the character (quite), but Guy Wilson is not working in this role. I considered Jordan, but she's just too dull to hate, and I never watched her scenes anyway.
The only question is, how did I keep watching so long??
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Maybe I'm giving the movie too much credit, but I was thinking that Lucy didn't move against Mr. Jang except to drive those knives into his hands in a really exceptionally gruesome way, yikes, because she was no longer human enough to care. She killed people or left them to die mostly at the beginning of her transformation; I thought it pretty clear that she was reacting out of fear. Her fear was a by-product of her human limitations, and beyond a certain point, her goal was to evolve, rather than to preserve any semblance of her human life or to protect anyone else. I agree that the movie wanted to pretend it was smarter than it actually was (and trying to make a link between "immortality in a hostile environment" (... henh?) and Dissolving Lucy in the Sky with Pixels made absolutely no sense of any kind whatsoever), but that part kinda sorta almost made sense to me.
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Well, clearly "John Woods" and Molly spent their younger days being all science-y, so they never watched television.
"Wait, 'John' -- we're doing body horror now, too? I thought this was nefarious plutocrat conspiracy-slash-alien invasion with a crispy side of technology-gone-bad? Aw, man! And I used up all my consternation faces on Cheap-Ass Drunk Dad scenes!"
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I expect Miss Gummer will equip Lucy with taser-foiling energy sinks (and possibly eyeball-mounted particle beam weaponry) when she hears what happened to Ethan.
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Duncan't should have called for backup the minute he saw the car with the plate Andy had called in. I understand he was trying to prove himself by chasing down a lead on his own, but, come on!
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"Have a fuckin' seat, Bowlingshirts McGlasshouse." YES.
GOD, yes! Sadly, that feeling will only intensify with the horror that is the group whinge of the final season.
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It's not impossible that the familial tie between Sam and her brother would escape the court's notice, but it does strike me as unlikely. It might actually be grounds for a review of the decision, should it ever become known. I'm not looking forward to seeing Evil Doctor Agent Ron Butterfield use Doctor Sam against Molly.
Did Evil Chandler and the henchmen snag Ethan from Quinn's truck? I think he did run away at first, and then the bad guys caught up to him.
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There's a small cynical part of me that thinks it would be karmically awesome if Marlo were injured in the next round of life-threatening whatnot and Swarek realized that he is still in love with his ex. Frosty and I would laugh and laugh.
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I wouldn't mind seeing Luke back, but I vote No on any more Det. Crazy Jo. Once around the bend with her was plenty.
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So, is Ethan kaput, or just resting?
Plus, who keeps an old DNA isolator in their attic ?The kind of people who have possibly-evil robo-children, presumably. And their cranky extended families, of course.
How did Molly and "John Woods" imagine that going to her father would allow them to escape notice? "Oh, we're estranged, so no one will think to look for us by checking on my blood kin!" Tell me again exactly how you are a scientist?
If the whole point of this elaborate conspiracy is to provide Revenge Sensei with magical but poisonous meteor goop to extend his life, I'm going to be very disappointed. How many genre tropes does this show need to pilfer just to make Evil Dr. Agent Ron Butterfield look menacing?
I thought the most interesting moment of the show was Ghost Marcus showing up to ask Molly not to let him go. I thought the insta-backstory for Doctor Sam was kind of lame, though. The judge isn't going to notice that the defendant was given a favourable psych evaluation by his own sister?
ETA: Nice of Evil Chandler to tell us, in so many words, that the plot is just beginning? Gee, thanks, Retainer Guy!
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"Duncan, stop talking." Oh, Nick, you're just the best. Also, unlike some of the passive-aggressive dingbats on this show, Nick most likely means it when he tells Andy he's happy that she's happy, and they're doing okay.
Nice fakeout with Frosty's meeting with "Lauralee," show. Yes, filling out a profile is hard -- but that's probably not how a candidate talks to her adoption caseworker.
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Kristen's just the psycho straw that broke the back of my particular camel; I've just been realizing I've reached the point of the Deadliest Eight Words in fiction: I don't care what happens to these people.
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Kristen's back for real -- so I'm done here. Thanks for all the laughs, ladies and gentlemen; you all made it fun. But I'm out.
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While Davidson is rocking the stilettos and form-fitting black, I think it's safe to say, I'm FREE!
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Pretty sure the Korean drug dealer's gang were still mobsters -- just Korean ones, instead of Japanese.
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If Kristen killed herself, she would still find a way to blame someone else. I'm not big on camp, but I think I could stand her campy freakouts if she at least took responsibility for her own actions (someone on the show should be able to do that, right?). I notice a lot of viewers saying that Kristen owns her behaviour, but I've never seen her do that -- it's always John's fault, or Marlena's fault, or Brady's fault, or God's. Yeah, whatever.
Kristen's not the only example of someone in Salem refusing to take responsibility for his or her own choices, but she strikes me as one of the worst.
Also, I recently saw a quote from Eileen Davidson to the effect that she considers Kristen "a psychopath with a heart of gold." I just want someone to tell her "Yeah, no -- that's not actually a thing."
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If Chris lives that long.
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Did I read somewhere that Eileen Davidson's return was to air on July 25? No sign of Kristen this week. Maybe it was all a bad dream.
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Just saw the movie tonight, and I can tell you your 9-year-old is really clever.
It's both mind-blowing and deeply silly, in its way. The action sequences are very cool and ScarJo is both badass and moving. The movie's darker and more violent than I was expecting.
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I still remember when Another World had to get special permission from NBC's Standards & Practices so that Cass Winthrop could call Cecile de Poulignac a bitch on daytime tv. Where, oh, where are the S&P folks now?
And nothing involving Nick was in any way magnificent. Ever. Especially not his capacity for name-calling. Sorry, but: no.
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Don't forget the word "slut." That's a another biggie. Judging by the overall quality of the plotting, I think someone also loves the words "Martini," "double rocks" and "expense account lunches," but those get said during the writing process, rather than as part of its results.
Every time I see Clyde, I think James Read must miss Patrick Swayze.
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Lucy (2014)
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