You watch some trailers of movies and they raise your expectations. You look at the cast and that raises expectations further. You look forward to watch the movie. Then, you go ahead with your wife and friends to watch it on Christmas Day. And it turns out to be a unmitigated disaster. What do you do? You not only feel let down but almost cheated by all the expectations that were raised through the trailer and the prelude that accompanied the preview of what was expected to be one of the better movies of the year. The Family Stone has let me down beyond anything in recent times.
Think about it. The cast. There is Diane Keaton. And Sarah Jessica Parker. And Claire Danes. And Dermot Mulroney- and the trailers give you a glimpse of meeting the parents gone wrong. You think comedy, you think great pace and great timing. And then you go and watch a slow, boring, monotonously winding screenplay with some pedestrian acting to boot and you come off feeling cheated. If there was a money back refund available, the producers would be in serious debt.
Suffice it to say that this would be one of the worst movies of the year, and I watch a LOT of movies.
For critics who are slamming Memoirs of a Geisha, they ain't seen anything yet.
Or maybe, its just better they skip this one.
Take my word- if you have an extra 7 bucks, rent two good DVDs and watch them in the comfort of your home and save yourself the agony of going through this awful flick.
I will do some more research before spending another Christmas day watching a disastrous movie!
Enough said. I feel better having vented my frustration here and hoping at least somebody will be saved the agony and that my wife and I had to go through earlier!
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