If you’ve been following my reviews for any length of time,
you’ll know that I have a rather specific approach to most of the films I
cover. I try and give some breathing room for the acting and production values
of each film, but more times than not, I end up talking about the general vibe
of a film more than anything else; the supposed “message” behind all of it and
end up judging films with that largely in mind. Well, as much as I tend to
focus on the main sentiment of a given production, there are certain ideas and
notions that I find myself repelled by; things like the general attitude of
most ‘chick flicks’ or rather distasteful ideas concerning issues of mental
health tend to set me off and make me a bit myopic in my overall critique, as
if a film’s overall theme overrides anything and everything else it may have to
offer.
I bring this up not to start an effort to avoid such things in the
future, but to once again bring whatever biases I have going into films to the
forefront. And unfortunately, we have another instance of that today with a film
that involves a form of commentary that I will likely never be able to take
seriously. But I’m getting ahead of myself; let’s get started with today’s film
already.
