Slog - Comments on Right Paul http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/right_paul I watched Hancock this weekend and found Paul Constant's assessment to be on the side that is right... ..[T]he trailers, with Will Smith as a drunken misanthrope flying into buildings and tossing whales around with impunity, suggested the kind of brainless summer fun that Smith used to supply with films like Men in Black. Unfortunately, as with I Am Legend and I, Robot, Smith has developed the unfortunate tendency to make all his popcorn flicks as heavy as a brain-dead Hamlet. And David Denby’s to be on the side of that is wrong... But Theron isn’t running away from... Copyright 2008 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:24:35 -0800 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:03:01 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Troll 0001 Choose your own gramventure:
"those (too/to/two) are so cold (too/to/two) each other." (Hint: you got the second one wrong).

]]> Troll 0001 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/right_paul#c1066852 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/right_paul#c1066852 Film Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:26:18 -0800 Comment by mattymatt Jesus. These imaginationless Mudede theories are like what would happen if Karl Pilkington learned a few long words. Stop spouting shit.

]]> mattymatt http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/right_paul#c1066853 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/right_paul#c1066853 Film Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:26:26 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle This was the problem with the Battle in Seattle too.

Charlize was the worst actress in that movie, bar none.

But, sadly, the "elite" reviewers all think she looks like their x-ray wives or "girlfriends" or something ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/right_paul#c1066856 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/right_paul#c1066856 Film Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:27:16 -0800 Comment by --MC Saturday I read Denby's review, Sunday I read Frank Rich's column in the NYT in which he said he thought the two presidential candidates should be sat down and made to watch "Wall-E" -- Did these two writers take the summer off and turn over their bylines to their high school interns?

]]> --MC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/right_paul#c1066871 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/right_paul#c1066871 Film Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:35:18 -0800 Comment by Greg Why is Charlize Theron supposed to be hot, exactly?

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/right_paul#c1066872 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/right_paul#c1066872 Film Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:35:48 -0800 Comment by sad panda Positive and negative codes? What the hell are you talking about?

]]> sad panda http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/right_paul#c1066876 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/right_paul#c1066876 Film Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:37:11 -0800 Comment by Jason Petersen Maybe they didn't play up the interracial dimension because we've gotten to the point that it's not something that even needs to be discussed/brought up.

I agree that there was no chemistry between them, but the script writing seemed to want to portray Theron as someone deeply in love with Smith, with no mention of the fact that they were of different races. They saw each other as members of a god-race, and nothing more.

Quit looking for depth where there is none.

]]> Jason Petersen http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/right_paul#c1066900 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/right_paul#c1066900 Film Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:50:21 -0800 Comment by PC 1. Hey they're not being aware of race enough. They denied the racial overtones that must exist! Fuckin' racists.
2. Hey they're being aware of race too much. What is everything racial with these guys?? Fuckin' racist.


3. Repeat arbitrarily.

]]> PC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/right_paul#c1066912 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/right_paul#c1066912 Film Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:02:13 -0800 Comment by daniel I thought she was smoking hot in Arrested Development.

I didn't know who she was and I thought the joke with her picture from Monster was pretty tasteless (since I didn't realize it was her.)

]]> daniel http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/right_paul#c1066946 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/right_paul#c1066946 Film Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:27:18 -0800 Comment by raisedbywolves It's amazing how goddamn the world is when you view it entirely in terms of sex and race. Look, you can even figure out a point to the movie Hancock!

]]> raisedbywolves http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/right_paul#c1066980 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/right_paul#c1066980 Film Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:49:14 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @9 - that's not Charlize. Portia is a fine actress ... Charlize has a much more limited range and seems to do badly with romantic interest roles.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/right_paul#c1067080 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/right_paul#c1067080 Film Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:51:39 -0800 Comment by The Artist Formerly Known As Sigourney Beaver Theron played Rita Leeds in several episodes of Arrested Development

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Arrested_Development_-_Rita.jpg

]]> The Artist Formerly Known As Sigourney Beaver http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/right_paul#c1067092 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/right_paul#c1067092 Film Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:59:18 -0800 Comment by Hancock Fan I thought Hancock was awesome - WAY better than I expected.

]]> Hancock Fan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/right_paul#c1067179 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/right_paul#c1067179 Film Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:55:45 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I stand corrected, @12.

Man, tells you how good an actress she was if I can't remember her on AD ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/right_paul#c1067199 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/right_paul#c1067199 Film Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:03:01 -0800