Saturday night, Liz and I went to see Stop Loss, the new movie from Boys Don't Cry director Kimberly Pierce. We went in with expectations of a film about soldiers, returning home from the Iraq war and expecting to get out of the Army, who are required to serve beyond their service term and return to Iraq (and, I'm not gonna lie, we imagined copious shots of a shirtless Ryan Philippe). Instead, we got 30 minutes of a decent, engaging film, and an hour plus of plot problems, melodrama and predictability (and only one (ONE!) scene with a half naked Ryan. Oh the humanity!) I was disappointed in Stop Loss. It had the opportunity to say something interesting about a topic few people understand or even realize occurs, and failed. There. I just saved you 12 bucks. You're welcome.
It's a good thing you're pretty, son.
5 comments:
I wasn't planning on seeing this. I can't stand Ryan Phillippe and his pouty little face. Plus, every time I saw the trailer and had to hear that slutbag who played his Texas wife say, "I can't stand ta gooo anuther daaay wit-out you touchin' mah fay-ce" I didn't know whether to laugh or vomit. Or try both at the same time.
So far the best films centered around the conflict in the mideast are the ones that deal with Desert Storm (Three Kings, Jarhead, Courage Under Fire).
I gotta agree with Beckeye - I can't really stand Phillippe. As such, it's a good thing this movie sucked, otherwise I might have to see it and I think I mentioned I don't really like Phillippe. This is a cyclical comment.
Wha?!?! You don't like The Philippe?!?! You ladies never cease to surprise me...
You summed it up..
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