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HOW I BLATANTLY RIPPED OFF MUSINGS FROM THE HINTERLANDS STYLE SHEET BECAUSE THIS MOVIE DIDN'T DIDN'T DESERVE ANY MORE ORIGINALITY THAN IT SHOWED IN ITS ENTIRE TWO HOURS - LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, USING A CALIFORNIA GOLF COURSE AS THE SETTING FOR A TROPICAL AIRFIELD, OR HAVING ENTIRE CHARACTERS DISAPPEAR WITH NO EXPLANATION, OR MAKING THE MOST INTERESTING FLIGHT OF AMELIA'S CAREER BE THE ONE FLIGHT WHERE SHE'S A PASSENGER, OR THE FACT THAT NORMALLY WOODEN ACTOR RICHARD GERE IS THE ONLY ACTOR IN THE ENTIRE MOVIE (EXCEPTION BEING HILLARY SWANK WHO IS RATHER GOOD) THAT SEEMS ANIMATED, AND THEN ONLY IN THE WAY THAT PINOCCHIO SEEMS ANIMATED BEFORE THE BLUE FAIRY ARRIVES IN THE STORY, WHICH LEAVES ONE WONDERING WHAT WAS IN THE TWO BOOKS THE SCRIPT WAS ALLEGEDLY BASED UPON SINCE THERE'S MORE FACTUAL INFORMATION ON WIKIPEDIA ABOUT AMELIA EARHART THAN THERE WAS IN THE ENTIRE TWO HOUR MOVIE.
P.S. I didn't like it, and it wasn't even very good research for my novel - and how the hell do you make Christoper Eccleston boring?
2 comments:
Oh Will. You're so circumspect. Tell us how you really feel.
And thanks for the review. I won't have to waste my time. The previews look so exciting!
It's now off my list.
Cheers.
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