Friday, March 28, 2008

Bug

Two crazy people think their hotel room is infested with bugs. Do they seek another room? No, because that would make sense. "Bug" is based on a play and proves my theory that plays nowadays have bad dialogue: stilted, pointless, unnaturally conversational, pointless mini-monologues, characters who inexplicably speak in specialized terminology about some field that's supposed to be metaphorical -- here, bugs.

Ever since I saw "Norma Jean & Marilyn," I've thought Ashley Judd was a terrible actress. She's like a female Ryan Phillippe: she ruins films. The only difference between them is that Judd doesn't look like she wears lipstick. Here, she doesn't do anything to change my opinion. Watching her scream "I am the super-mother bug!" is painful.

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