PARTIAL DELIVERY
There are a big number of movies freed starring big name stars that just never seem to rather live up to their potential. The movie that is, not the stars. And I don't think it's the fault of the stars either. Some would say it's a combining of script, direction and more but in general I don't think it is any one item. It's a combining of them all and perhaps just a lackluster idea that seemed better on paper. Such is the case with THE BOUNTY HUNTER.
A unfeigned stinker!
Well, I see I am not the only one who is compelled to dis "The Bounty Hunter," starring those two ordinarily frequent stars. When I go to the movies (or in this case, rent one), I want to get lost in the flicker of the lights, the darkness of the theater, with a great, or even just a gorgeous good story.
But no-o-o-o-, that does not occur here. None of that happens here. Nothing but cynicism, even toward my boy Gerard Butler. And Jennifer Aniston? My opinion is perchance permanently sealed of her as a bratty, conceited, self-indulgent adolescent. And that hair? Normally, I may admire pretty hair with the best or worst of them. But her hair? It is so annoying! How a great deal of times did she push it away from her face? I found myself even thinking of her hair as straggly!
And my boy? Why that shirt? Since we had to watch the entire movie with Gerry wearing the same shirt, why couldn't he have worn a prettier shirt, not that skimpy, cheap-looking one? And who picked that form-fitting little black dress that we ought to endure seeing Jennifer wear for the entire movie? Just because she still has a nice-looking figure? My thought: She's wearing it to show off her figure and her tan.
See? It's not the ridiculous plot or tacky vengeful actions each takes versus the other that worries the viewer--it's all these questions. Watching a movie ought to be an engrossing activity, not one filled with all these questions and thoughts. So, in lieu of a conventional review, I'm listing some:
1. Why in the world did Gerard Butler want to be involved in such a stinker of a movie? Oh, no need to answer. Jennifer Aniston would also star in it. Since Gerry has become such a playboy, having the chance of working opposite such an beautiful sitcom queen ought to have been too much to turn down. If the gossip rags are right, the two did spend time together.
2. I wish I had not seen the movie. Now my opinion of Jennifer as a one-dimensional actress is sealed. For the entire movie she is pouty and petulant. Frankly, in this story, she acts like a bratty adolescent rather of a professional journalist. She was never convincing. In fact, she exudes desperation and sorrow and loss. At least, that's my opinion.
3. That shirt and that black dress. I actually tired of seeing them. Here's my question: Were the shirt and dress washed each day for the next shoot (yeah, right), or were there racks of black dresses and skimpy, plaid shirts lined up, waiting for the next day?
4. Two scenes with Jennifer: running in high heels? A double? And pumping away on that huge tricycle in a short dress and high heels. Not believable and surely not funny. More so, sad and pitiful.
Well, you get the idea. I don't even recognise why I'm giving two stars. Generous, I guess. I didn't even realize how much I did not like this movie until I stayed the night at my mother's house. My brother and I were talking about which movie to rent. When he suggested "The Bounty Hunter," all these negatives started out spewing from my mouth. Instead, he found Hitch (Fullscreen Edition), with Will Smith, which we all exhaustively enjoyed.
Only the second movie ever I couldn't finish watching
My husband and I have two active toddlers and seldom have any down time. When we do have a probability to watch a movie, we will sit there to decompress and watch it, even if it isn't a good movie. The pleasure of being competent to have a heap of adult time mitigates any cinematic shortcomings. In this case, we didn't have high hopes but rented it anyway. One of only two movies EVER I couldn't bear to watch. We shut it off 30 minutes in.
