March 20th 2008 01:48 am
P. S. I love you – but you suck
Our faithful readers you may know by now I would never recommend any TV show or movie that I do not feel passionate about. An hour and a half of your time is a precious commodity. But sometimes you have to watch a few duds to fully appreciate a good movie/TV show/book.
As I have stated before I am a bit of a book tart and I can read almost anything. Hell I will even admit to reading detergent labels. See, not picky. But when it comes to movies I am an absolute snob. Even worse, if the film is based on a book, I turn into the worst kind of snob imaginable, nit picking every single detail.
Which brings me to the subject of P. S. I love you. Yes, I’m perfectly aware it is chick lit and since I got it for my birthday 2 years ago when I finally did read it I did like it. Nothing special to write home about (cut above the detergent labels), but as it is set in one of my favorite cities in the world (Dublin) I did not mind much. So when I heard the film was made, I decided to give it a go because
a) it is Dublin after all
b) Hilary Swank, Kathy Bates, Gerard Butler, Harry Connick Jr and Lisa Kudrow
c) Jeffrey Dean Morgan well hello!
One would think how bad can it be? Very, very bad indeed. Not Glitter bad, but bad still. Cecelia Ahern (the author of the book) must have rolled around in agony.
They have changed everything, the setting is Manhattan not Dublin (although there are a few tourist pleasing shots of Irish hills to give PR department of Irish Tourist board something to brag about), some characters went AWOL, while others are so 2 dimensional it hurts, key elements have been removed from the plot, the list goes on and on.
Even the decidedly dishy Gerard Butler did not do it for me.
Which brings me to the subject of Jeffrey Dean Morgan (of Supernatural and Grey’s Anatomy fame) or the most killed and resurrected man in TV history.
Absolutely gorgeous I could watch him read newspapers and I would not care. But his Irish accent, oh good Lord his Irish accent is as vile as Brad Pitt’s in Devil’s Own.
The only thing that made this ordeal worthwhile was Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s butt shot. Horrible to say, but there you have it.
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