We watched the third installment of �Rose Red� last night. That miniseries should win and Oscar for �Picture to Avoid the Most�. If you haven�t seen it, don�t. If you MUST see it, watch �All the Pretty Horses� first. Why? Because, like us, after watching that lame-assed-Billy-Bob-Thorton-directed-piece-of-garbage you�ll appreciate ANY movie that has ANY action in it. Actor David Dukes passed away during the filming of "Rose Red". The only thing I can think of is that after an acclaimed acting career, he died of embarrassment from being in it. Somebody should tell Nancy Travis to give up acting and go sell Tupperware. And the character �Annie� should have been told that someone with severe Autism seldom, if ever holds eye contact. Bad movie. Bad, bad, bad. To Steven King I would just say. �Yes it was a horror movie. Not because it was scary or that it had a good screenplay, but because all that money went into that piece of crap. Now THAT�S Horror!�
Getting back to �All the Pretty Horses� (I�m on a reviewing roll here, folks) First, Henry Thomas proved he could act in E.T. He proved everything does not necessarily improve with age in this one. Phone home, Henry. Then GO home. Take up accounting or ballet of something! Even Matt Damon couldn�t save this one folks. And Billy-Bob? I can�t even tell you how bad this movie was. One scene that will give you a little clue is where the beautiful Penelope Cruz is having a romantic moment with Matt Damon and gives a little sniff. He asks if she�s ok, of crying, or something and she answers that she�s fine. She just has something up her nose. Ewwwwwwww! The whole move was fragmented, simplistic and they could have told the whole story(?) in half an hour. B-o-r-i-n-g!
The only saving grace for TV last night was �The Dead Zone�. I like that show. And last night didn�t let me down. As far as movies go, for now I�ll stick with �Shrek� This is my at-the-moment favorite right now. I just love that big green guy.
