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There are times when I'm slightly upset that my friends think that I have bad taste in movies--really, what's so wrong with 'Sahara' or 'The Italian Job' or 'Ten Things I Hate About You'? And then, there are times when I'm ashamed to admit that they're right--while I don't necessarily *like* bad movies, I must admit that I'm *drawn* to them, as a moth is drawn to flame. I want to see them, to see if they will turn out to be wonderful and just misunderstood, or to see if one of my favorite actors can overcome the bad script and his own mediocre acting skills to turn in a performance worth remembering.

So, true to form, when I finally broke down and signed up for Netflix this weekend, the movie that ended up on top of my queue was 'The Family Stone'. Not 'Million Dollar Baby', not 'Crash', not The Last King of Scotland' (although I haven't seen any of them)...but 'The Family Stone'. I thought that Luke Wilson would redeem it, but he was slightly too grubby and greasy for even my rather dubious tastes (Tammy, I know, will be shocked). And, any lust I may have felt for him was not allowed to flower beneath the withering hatred that I feel for Sarah Jessica Parker. My favorite gossip blog calls her My Little Pony Parker, which makes sense, since she does have a rather horse-ish face. How she ever ended up famous is beyond me. Every single person in the family, with the exception of the deaf brother and his black life partner, and possibly the pregnant chick, was annoying at best and detestable at worst. And the storyline, which involved two brothers and two sisters conveniently swapping to end up paired with the right person, was just stupid. And I couldn't for the life of me understand how Luke Wilson's character could fall for SJP's character--nor could I understand how the real Luke Wilson could decide that it would do his career good to be in this movie, or how he could cuddle with her without bringing along an apple or some carrots to give her afterwards.

Ugh. Now I've just spent 10 minutes reliving my loathing for it, which makes it even worse! The other two movies that I received were 'Casino Royale' and 'The Prestige'--I should have watched one of them instead, but I was in the mood for something light. Bleh.

It doesn't help that I spent twelve hours at work today, came home, watched the stupid movie, then worked for another hour, but c'est la vie. I leave for Dublin on Friday, which means I have an endless amount of stuff to get done before then, so I should probably go to sleep!