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spiecedogs ([personal profile] spicedogs) wrote2008-07-09 07:44 pm

Ready? OK!--Bad Criticism: Someone Didn't Like the Movie

I can't beleive it. Someone actually gave a bad review. Usually, I am not shocked at that, because taste is taste.  But it is a bit uncanny, since this movie has been so widely accepted everywhere. Of course, the author seemed to have disliked most, if not all the movies in the Outfest.

I won't bore you with all the other reviews, you can click on the source link to see them. Here's what he wrote about Ready? OK!

Ready? OK! Filling the slot in Outfest’s traditional Young Gay Coming of Age Film category is director James Vasquez’s cheerful but utterly generic comedy about a young lad who dreams not of being on the school football team but of becoming a cheerleader. And why not? He is a peppy young lad who knows his batons from his pom- poms. Eventually, horrified and disgusted mom (prissy Carrie Preston, extra starch) comes to grips with her son’s choices, assisted by a kindly gay neighbor (Michael Emerson). The film’s moral lessons are essentially undermined by the stock characters and creaky sitcom atmosphere – and it doesn’t help that the neighbor is unintentionally far creepier than he needs to be. Except for Tara Karsian, as the boy’s narrow-minded school principal, this is a humdrum effort. (PB) (Fri., 7 p.m., Fairfax; also Sat., July 19, 11:30 a.m., Fairfax)

SOURCE:   LAcitybeat.com



 

  

[identity profile] goaliepam.livejournal.com 2008-07-10 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
Awww...that is a bummer of a review. Hardly a review really. More just like "Hey...here's my opinion and I'm critic so listen to me!" Obviously saw a different movie than I saw in San Diego. I saw a really well written movie that tells a story of a family and a mom who comes to terms with the fact that her son probably isn't going to be the captain of the football team and hey, thats okay. And how the reviewer got "creepy" out Mr. Emerson's performance in this film is beyond me. Sounds like he got a summary of the film and said "Oh that guy from LOST? Must be creepy". Oh well...I've still got my tickets for Friday night's showing.

[identity profile] spicedogs.livejournal.com 2008-07-10 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
I am asking anybody who saw the movie to reply to this jerk.

[identity profile] shalimar77777.livejournal.com 2008-07-10 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
Just FYI - I haven't even heard of this little rag. Looks like just another LA Weekly wannabe. They'll be out of business in about two seconds, watch. LOL.

[identity profile] spicedogs.livejournal.com 2008-07-10 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
I hope so.

[identity profile] shalimar77777.livejournal.com 2008-07-10 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
I'll probably go to the site and give this guy a beatdown tomorrow. He deserves it.