danaful

Great, great book. TERRIBLE movie. Natalie Wood is lovely, to be sure, but not a great actress. Gene Kelly is a great actor and dancer, but horribly miscast. The simpering! The overacting! Spare yourself. Read the book.

I'd read a lot of reviews for this movie before seeing it, saying that it was like, the BEST MOVIE EVER!!! and a MOVIE THAT WILL INSPIRE YOU TO DO GREAT THINGS!!! Sadly, the movie was--with the exception of Eminem (who, I'm pretty sure was not acting even a little. If he WAS acting, he's just as grim and angry an actor as he is a musician)--a steaming pile. Were the reviewers smoking crack? It was a cliche from start to finish, filled with "Did they really just say/do something so lame?" moments. Was the sex scene supposed to be sexy? Was I supposed to believe that the girlfriend could just TELL he was going to make it? How?

I was hugely disappointed. Maybe next time Eminem decides to be in a movie he'll take on a more multifaceted and interesting role. One that requires him to smile!