This is one of the most unfairly criticized movies ever
I felt so compelled to write this after I read the diatribes, eulogies, and outright lies written by so many in the user comments section and even here on the message boards that I had to add my own two cents. After much ado, I finally had the chance to watch this movie; and very frankly, I can't see what the hell you idiots are bitching about! While not a masterpiece, this movie is far from bad, and actually has some heartfelt and memorable moments, along with some BALLADS that are actually reminders of what we once called MUSIC! Not the jungle rap crap or repetitive bubble gum technopop that passes as such. If you're letting some cliche dialogue and an old style formula contaminate your viewpoint, you're better off sticking with Jerry Springer, daytime soap operas, and your American Idol competitors, because that's your intelligence level. This movie has a sensitivity and sentimentality that transcends its shortcomings--but I forgot! Sensitivity and sentimentality don't fall within Millenium's way of thinking anymore. If people aren't shooting and killing one another, *beep* each other's lights out, blinding you with CGI special effects, or creating attention deficit disorder with 90 minutes worth of 1/4 second cuts, it's not worth the price of a used condom. Sadly, this IS the era of desensitization, and that's why someone like Mariah Carey is having such a hard time in the business. Her talent isn't merely a five octave voice, but a depth of heart and soul that Britney, Christina, JLo, or Jessica *beep* no-talent Simpson couldn't begin to compete with! In "Glitter," she shows us a woman who has tasted both sides of life. A woman who has known success, but who has suffered greatly because of it and in spite of it. She has the potential to be a fabulous actress, not by virtue of technique but her ability to employ pathos, something most of you can't even spell, let alone define. She was reminiscent of Judy Garland and an early Barbra Streisand here; and tragically, with audience sensibilities being what they are, THEY wouldn't get past the first audition today! There's an alchemy in this movie that speaks to your soul and affects you on a higher vibrational level. For those of you, most of you, who operate on the lower vibrations, you'll never really get the movie, which is very clear. If you want wooden acting, just watch Desperate Housewives. Try out Ashton Kutcher's work sometime. Take a look at Renee Zelwigger and Catherine Zeta Jones in "Chicago." You couldn't care whether they lived or died, and I'd have preferred if they had done the latter. Try "From Justin to Kelly." I hope that time and intelligent viewership--dying breed, though it is--will afford this movie a fairer and more deserving place in movie history. Certainly not in the bottom 100. Your reaction to this film makes me understand why stars are so ambivalent and wary of the public. They should be.
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