MalC-4 Reviews

Can't Hardly Wait (1998)

Can't Hardly END!!!

[5 December 1998]

Mindless movies are good if you are out of your mind at the moment. But if you're expecting a first rate boy crushes girl for 4 years and . . . (no need to spoil the ending), don't watch this. The Amanda/Preston plot played second banana to everything else in the movie.

I felt like I was watching a "Saved by the Bell" episode on crack when I saw how sterotypical this teen pic was . . . and let me let you know now, I'm a teenager. I'm 15, and this is how I feel about this film. Everyone was labeled and one demensional. The nerds were sci-fi x-philie freaks and the jocks are oh-so-cool with their brain-dead girlfriends.

The only plots I enjoyed were the Denise/Kenny and Mike/William plots. Not believable, but funny.

I couldn't hardly wait to see this film...and now I have. You want to spend 2 hours watch some mindless fuzz of fun? There's nothing wrong with that, but just don't expect it to be "My So-Called Life" . . . it's more like that dreadful "Dawson's Creek" show at a party.

You'll ask yourself: What is this generation coming to? When is this movie going to END?

Deep Impact (1998)

Deep Impact=Deep Snooze, No Impact

[7 November 1998]

On an intelligent level, I have to say that both comet/astroid movies were critically...horrible. But at least "Armageddon" had the summer movie sense of humor...and actually kept me awake. After the first hour of "Deep Impact", I found myself NOT caring whether or not Eljiah Wood, Tea Leoni, Robert Duvall....blah, blah, blah...all lived to tell of their "impact." I found myself reaching for the remote to fast forward Leoni's storyline. But I did feel for Ron Eldard's character, probably only because he played Shep on "ER" in the second season. Generally, "Deep Impact" made absolutely NO impact.

The Object of My Affection (1998)

Don't Waste Your Time; Read the Book

[25 October 1998]

I was eager to see how such a wonderful writer like Wendy Wasserstein could possibly make "The Object of My Affection" any better while adapting for the screen. A couple of months after reading the Stephen McCauley novel, I rented the movie, only to find this was nothing like the story I loved so much. Jennifer Aniston's portrayal of Nina really ruined it for me; I bet she could act if only she actually tried to be something other than Rachel from "Friends." Paul Rudd was the best part of this film. His portrayal was flawless and I would have preferred the movie to be from the perspective of his character, George, as the story was told in the book. But, no, we get stuck with the perspective of wanna-be actress Aniston. Don't waste your time with this film; it doesn't even come close to doing the novel justice.

'Til There Was You (1997)

Too Slow, Bad Ending (in my opinion)

[1/10 · 9 September 1998]

From the beginning, 'Til There Was You was on the right track, setting up for the big finish where it would all come together. But the thing is, it didn 't. I found the ending extremely disappointing, but maybe in someway it was the right ending; a little more realistic you could say. Judge for yourself.