INKSTAND

First and foremost I want to thank Jeremy for getting this movie on his Netflix que. He got a small handfull of movies this last weekend and this was in there. I am probably the only person (in the world) that wanted to see this movie and, while it was a steaming pile of dung, I’m glad I got to. It’s not very often a movie comes along that reminds me of those late weekends watching “Up All Night” on the USA network during my formidable years. Thanks, baby. You know how I like crap!
The premise is simple. This guy falls in love when he’s like eight years old. Jump ahead about 20 years, this guy’s girlfriend dumps him so he decides to hunt down his childhood crush. Said crush (Paris Hilton) lets him into her life, remarkably easy I might add, but she won’t date anyoine until she finds a man for her ugly friend. In the process of finding a man for her, this guy falls in love with the uggo. While this description seems pretty bare-bones, I feel that I have already used too many words to deliver it.
The characters are some of the shallowest portrayals of ancient low-brow comedy archetypes I have ever seen. Hilton’s character is, you know, just there. The most personality we get from the ugly girl is that she’s bitter because she’s ugly. And all that comes to mind when I think of the male lead is his vacant face trying to heart-feltedly convince someone of something (but sometimes he’s lying) like he does throughout the movie.
I want to throw this into the “so bad it’s good” pile, but I can’t think of any examples as to why that is. You must also understand how high my threshold for “bad” is. I think what I’ll do is tell you not to ever watch it because…you just won’t like it.

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