Las Vegas Weekend

As of this date, no one else has commented on this obscure movie, making me wonder not only if anyone else has seen it, but will read my user comments on it. While I would love to know if you've seen this movie, I wouldn't want anyone to track down and watch it. The production values are okay (they actually shot the movie in Las Vegas, for one thing), but I'm hard pressed to think of anything else positive about this. The central character is played by an actor who looks too old to be a college student, and the character comes across with almost no personality that would make him a fully fleshed-out character. Also, while the movie runs just 83 minutes, it is ludicrously padded out with scene after scene that fail to advance the minimal story. If you're just looking for cheap laughs and sexual material, the movie also fails to deliver, because not only does most of the movie come across with a serious tone, there is almost no nudity or (onscreen) sex to be seen. But as I said, if you've seen this movie, let me know somehow - misery loves company.

Let's face it, this is a one-star movie on a surface level. However, I upgraded my rating to five stars You might change your mind as well when you realize you are not watching a hero's journey, you're watching a sidekick's journey. This is Amanda's movie. She drives the plot. It is her goals Percy is meant to achieve. She narrates. Her character arc tells the audience what was most important all along.