Review #286: Obsessed (2009)
Saturday, April 25th, 2009I was excited to see Obsessed because it looked bad and trashy but I was worried it would be really bad when it was pointed out that it’s rated PG-13. Lame. I was pretty much right, this is a bad movie. I didn’t like any of the music selections, but that’s not surprising. The title sequence and the romantic scenes between Beyonce Knowles’ character Sharon and her husband Derek, used to show how strong they’re relationship is, went on a little too long. And usually set to the same yucky music. Ali Larder did a good crazy, but she’s proven that before, and Knowles does a pretty good bitch when dealing with Larder’s character.
Plot-wise, it’s pretty basic. Unlike it’s predecessor Fatal Attraction, the male lead in this movie didn’t actually sleep with the woman who works with him and begins stalking him and his family. He never even leads her on. It’s true, he’s totally innocent. So where does he go wrong? He doesn’t tell anyone that this crazy bitch is being crazy! He has no reason NOT to tell his wife and also get her crazy ass fired! So he does kind of get what he deserves to a lesser extent.
The most redeeming quality of this movie was the cat fight between Knowles and Larder at the end. It could have been a lot better. The camera was shaky and that always gets tiresome, but there was some good tusslin’ going on. I really wish I could compare it to Vivica Fox and Uma Thurman in Kill Bill, but…well, they’re not trained assassins, they’re just crazy bitches. Now I’m going to post the best part of the movie here because I will not be spoiling anything at all. It goes on for a few more minutes and ends with falling through the ceiling and the old chandelier-crash-on-the-crazy-bitch gag.
The best thing that I can hope will come from this movie is a series that may all go straight to DVD. I think by the time Obsessed 3 comes out, cat fight thrillers will be all the rage.
And to help the cause, here’s more chicks fighting:
When I saw the trailer for the new Wolverine movie I thought it might not be as bad as one would fear. And it wasn’t really. As like the other X-Men movies I enjoyed trying to figure out which character the actors were portraying. I hate to admit I had to look a few of them up in this movie. It’s hard to tell how good the effects were because it was an unfinished copy of the movie and a ton of digital effects hadn’t been applied yet. Ropes were showing, the background in car shots looked worse than a soap opera and some entire shots were made unfurnished digital models. It was fun to watch.
***Spoiler alert!!*** I’m spoiling this movie! Because you have the right to know!
This is one of those movies where the imagery carries so much weight on it’s own that it seems to take on a life of it’s own, developing a meaning for itself far from whatever meaning the story may have. The story is still fun and heartwarming, the fantasy parts are great. Overall it’s a pretty good movie. Especially when stoned.
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!
I didn’t see the 2003 Ang Lee Hulk movie. Well, I did, but you know the old story. I was wasted. Or fell asleep. Or both. But it’s well know that this is not a sequel to that movie. That being said, I’m very glad that they decided to forgo the whole “origin story” with this movie. They show some of it, but just during the opening credits, catching us up, but sparing us from hearing yet another rendition of a well-known song.