why i did not like sideways
1. the actor guy was annoying
2. stephanie's maternal duties were too convenient and negligent
3. milo's mental instability was worrisome, but treated so mildly
4. why did we have to look at the actor guy's butt when he and stephanie were having sex? why?
5. oh yeah. then there's just the whole premise of the film. about-to-be-married guy wants to have as much sex as possible (with anyone but his fiance) in his last week of 'freedom'. maybe i just can't relate.
i don't know. the whole thing was just kind of annoying. i did like maya, and sometimes i liked milo, too. but it was a borderline ben stiller flick and i hate so many of ben stiller's movies. i mean, the humor was pushing the absurd but not quite. the shallow characters seemed way too shallow, and the complex characters way too complex.
reading this, i just sound sort of picky and annoying. really i like to think i'm a lovely, thoughtful person. a lovely, thoughtful person who did not like sideways.
the end.
p.s. are you asking yourself why i'm writing about sideways? sideways is a movie, not a dream. why is it here on this dreams-only blog?
posted by jammies @ 4:39 PM
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I did like Sideways very much. But not so much that I liked many of the characters. I feel like A. Payne makes very "real" seeming movies. In particular (and I know this is kind of weird), there were several scenes that I thought I could practically smell.
hmmmmmm. . .perhaps i will give it another try sometime in the future and reconsider. but i better wait a while.
Oh, also, you are lovely and thoughtful...
also, oh, wait, Milo (is he the main character? paul whatshisface?) is an alcoholic which they don't really address so much. except in a funny (dumping the spit bowl over his head, etc.) kind of way.
um, yes, the treatment of his alcoholism was quite troubling. i only left it out of my original list of dislikes because i didn't want to get carried away. i'm glad you mentioned it!
you and dr j are as both lovely and thoughtful as i like to imagine i am.
unrelated: last night i dreamt that cher was my mother.
i'm confused. i thought cher was your mother. you mean she's not?! or maybe she is but only i knew it, until she revealed the fabulous truth to you last night in your dream? how exciting!
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