10 January 2005
first of many, to be sure
Orange County is the worst film I've seen this year, so far.
Well, I shouldn't say that it is that bad, but actually that I really did not enjoy it. I found Colin Hanks to be whiny and his friends and family unconvincing. When Jessica asked me if Tom Hanks (Colin's father) had pulled in some favors to get some of the bigger-ticket cameos, I couldn't but wonder if she was right. Then again, other than lending a couple chromosomes (but little acting ability) to his kid he didn't seem to have much otherwise to do with the film.
I was also struck by the appearance of Lily Tomlin in the movie. Not her performance, but by the way she seems to be looking more and more similar to Leonard Nimoy every day. I'm trying to figure out what sort of project would bring the two of them together, likely as mismatched siblings poking fun at each others' foibles or something like that. Or maybe they'd go for an opposites sort of thing and he'd be the zany, funny one and she'd be cold and logical. Hoo boy I can just smell the comedy with this idea.