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[catslash]

So, being the mood for something light and fluffy last night, I rented and watched Legally Blonde. And it was good. How did that happen? I don't know. I do know that I love the idea of a blonde ditz discovering that she's brilliant and making her intelligence part of her without changing her personality.

Then, done with light and fluffy, I watched The Watcher, wherein Keanu Reeves plays a psychotic serial killer who is obsessed with the (male) FBI agent (James Spader) assigned to his case to such a degree that you don't have to be a slasher to go, "Hmmm . . .". And he does it well. I know, I had to sit down and take deep breaths too. Keanu playing a role convincingly? How can that be? I don't know. He just does it. I'm not saying there aren't a few scenes where he sounds exactly like he's reciting words he's memorized, but that's precisely my point: There are a few. As opposed to, you know, every single one. It's almost as scary, and definitely as unnervingly charming, as the character himself.

So then afterwards I watched Much Ado About Nothing, and watching Keanu at nearer his usual level of talent was very soothing.

But all kidding Keanu aside, The Watcher is a good flick and I recommend it (although, judging from the low percentage on the Tomatometer, I'm just about the only one who does). It's more suspenseful than scary, although those of you who have had to listen to me bitch about The Ring for the past year probably realized that already, knowing as you do that I still can't handle truly scary movies yet.

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[glendaglamazon.livejournal.com]

Legally Blonde was a good movie, sort of in the style of classic "dumb blonde" movies like Born Yesterday. The sequel, however, forgot that the success of the first one involved what you just said--finding success without changing your personality--at least, from what I hear. I wouldn't pay for that shite. Carlo wrote a good review of the first one at AboutFilm, if you ever feel up to coming back. ;^)

Also, I thought The Watcher was just okay, but not the worst thing in the world. Just nothing special.

[catslash.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean. The best aspect of it is definitely the bizarre relationship between Griffin and Campbell, and not nearly enough time is spent on that. When I watched the movie again, it didn't hold up well to a second viewing; all the really good stuff doesn't come till the last half hour or so, and once you've seen the rest of it and know what happens, there's not much to hold your interest until the boys meet face to face.