Burlesque Is Going to Be So Much Better Than Glitter
To paraphrase/grossly misrepresent Tolstoy, good movies are all alike, but every bad movie is bad in its own way. Some are nonsensical, others unbelievable; some have terrible character development, poor acting, wretched chemistry, plot holes; some have talking animals. But a bad movie's most egregious offense is always, always being boring. One of the most roundly trashed movies of the last decade, the Mariah Carey does A Star Is Born shmushortion Glitter, is wretched not just because it is middling and hackish — though it is that — but because it will put you to sleep before it will send you into a rage. It is unforgivably dull — a potential camp classic that forgot to bring the camp. In contrast, Burlesque, Christina Aguilera's own version of A Star Is Born, has remembered to supply the camp. Whether this is on purpose, or just the automatic side effect of co-star Cher is unclear, but, well, we will not look a gift Cher in the mouth. Other promising signs include .....
I think it's not fair to have this thread yet because Burlesque is not out yet!! Nine according to some of my friends who have seen the movie said it was a bad musical!!
I really hope Christina Aguilera can score an Oscar nom with this role .. she needs some success this year or she will be
I think it's not fair to have this thread yet because Burlesque is not out yet!! Nine according to some of my friends who have seen the movie said it was a bad musical!!
I really hope Christina Aguilera can score an Oscar nom with this role .. she needs some success this year or she will be
I think it's not fair to have this thread yet because Burlesque is not out yet!! Nine according to some of my friends who have seen the movie said it was a bad musical!!
I really hope Christina Aguilera can score an Oscar nom with this role .. she needs some success this year or she will be
Nine was a disaster. The waste of talent in front of and behind the camera.