Friday, October 8, 2004

QUEEN LATIFAH IS THE MAGIC: I don't have quite the loathing for "magical negro" movies that Kingsley apparently does--I enjoyed both Bringing Down The House and The Legend of Bagger Vance--but that doesn't keep me from ridiculing movies that deserve it. And man, judging from Rotten Tomatoes, it sure looks like the Queen Latifah/Jimmy Fallon vehicle Taxi deserves it. Some high points from RT's reviews?
"About 60 or 70 jokes fall flat in this movie, which wouldn't know comedy if it was written in block letters on the side of the Empire State Building."

"Jimmy Fallon...is an astrophysical wonder...a black hole of funny, a yawning void of charisma."

"Fallon needs to learn that funny sometimes needs to be played straight; jokes aren't funny when the actor is laughing at them."

"The most embarassing SNL vehicle since Pootie Tang." (Yes, I know Pootie Tang wasn't SNL related, but I'm just quoting here.)

It's a safe guess that Roger Ebert's quote "wall-to-wall idiocy" will not be on posters, but who knows?

That said, even the negative reviewers say some nice things about Queen Latifah, and one reviewer notes:
Giselle Bundchen is called upon to lean over in low-cut shirts and have long legs, both of which she does very well. She is also called upon to act, which she does not do well.

Pssst--the new issue of Vanity Fair has plenty of cheesecake shots of the (very pretty) Miss Bundchen, including one where she's nude, and it has good articles. It's also cheaper than your ticket to Taxi. Just a suggestion.

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