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Sorry, Haters (2005)
Something My Parents Gave Me
It has been years since I first saw the brilliant Robin Wright in this performance; the film, I find, never quite left my subconscious. Every once and again I dream about it and, more often than not, the dream is a nightmare.
I will not bore you with a plot synopsis here; I'm sure that has already been covered. I will, however, summarize Sorry, Haters through the words of a good friend to whom I showed the film, with no plot setup:
"Dude, that was one of the most f****d up things I have EVER seen."
I would have to agree. A class act from principals to supporting cast and everyone in-between. This is a triumph not just for indy film but for the art of film at its fundamental best.
Meeting Evil (2012)
Stunned By How Bad This Is
First, I do not blame the actors here. They clearly struggled gamely with the (very) limited material and tenuous plot with which they had to work.
But, what is with the plot holes here big enough through which to drive a 4x4 pickup truck?
1. If a sinister-looking stranger shows up at your suburban door with an "emergency" then refuses the use of your cell phone to call for help, shouldn't that be a big red flag?
2. If you meet your ex in a bar, should she blithely offer the use of her car to said sinister looking-stranger (you just met minutes before)?
I could continue, but you get where I'm going.
I turned this thankless, pointless tripe off soon after that. What a shame that world-class actors like Luke Wilson and Samuel L. Jackson have been reduced to taking mindless, terribly written roles like these. Bad. Bad. Bad. AWFUL.