Reply #55: Sideways pretty much sums it up [View All]

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

The hype around that movie! And then you see it, and it's a nice small, somewhat interesting movie with good acting by all involved - and that's it. Nothing earth shattering, nothing major, just a nice small, tight, movie. What it says is that everything else was so absolutely abysmal that Sideways ratcheted itself into the forefront by being bearable. Often, when we watch movies at home nowadays, our major criteria is " wow, thank God we didn't blow money to fork out to see that turkey in a theater."

I always like to see spectacle in a theater, but when I see the ads,nothing compels me. I guess Orlando Bloom is a modern day Errol FLynn, but he might try to get at least one role that keeps him away from tights and swords.