Steve Jobs promises the iPad w…
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010Steve Jobs promises the iPad will be even better than the iPhone at helping dinner companions ignore one another.
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BREAKING: Apple introduces new…
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010BREAKING: Apple introduces new thing for jerks to light up movie theaters with.
Day 3 of my Sundance diary: ht…
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010Day 3 of my Sundance diary: http://bit.ly/dgyVlJ More Twitter fights, and monster babies.
2010 Sundance Diary: Day 3
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010Day 3 (Saturday, Jan. 23)
The weather continued to be terrible today, but at least I got to see a movie about a monster baby. That balances the scales considerably.
But first we have to talk about “Douchebag.” This derogatory term has come into more common usage in the last few years, so it was probably inevitable that someday it would be a movie title. I can think of about a dozen Sundance movies I’ve seen that could have been called “Douchebag”; I guess it’s only surprising that no one used it sooner.
Unfortunately, the movie peaks at its title. It’s about a guy who’s about to get married who is forced to reconcile with his estranged brother. The man referenced in the title is a jerk, but he’s not really a douchebag, per se. Not frat-ish enough. Anyway, whatever he is, the movie is lazy and half-baked. In fact, at 70 minutes long, it’s barely a movie. It’s more like the outline for a movie, waiting for someone to fill in the blanks. Such a waste of a good title. (In Italy, the film will be called “Baggaduccio.”)
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