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\"Green<\/a>If you are looking for a tedious film to slog through tonight, you could not do better (Worse?) than 1990’s romantic comedy sensation Green Card<\/a><\/i>. Rarely has Gerard Depardieu been less annoying, and by that I mean really<\/i> annoying, but not as annoying as in, says, My Father the Hero<\/i> or The Man in the Iron Mask<\/i>. And never has Andie MacDowell been more or less<\/i> lifelike. But neither of these “fine” actors (As in: those two? Actors? Fine! Whatever!) are really what makes this such a tedious slog. No, the real problem is the script.<\/p>\n

Green Card<\/i> is written, directed, and produced by Peter Weir. Ah, that got your attention, didn’t it?! He’s directed some good films: Picnic at Hanging Rock<\/a><\/i>, The Year of Living Dangerously<\/a><\/i>, and The Truman Show<\/a><\/i>. But here’s the thing: he didn’t write those films. Wanna know why? Because he can’t write.<\/p>\n

The film has its moments. Gerard Depardieu is amusing at times. Andie MacDowell smiles in some scene. Frowns in others. But overall, the film isn’t any one thing. It is just a little comedy here, a little romance there, and little farce some place else. A good example of this is how the film deals with MacDowell’s current boyfriend. He is chased off by Depardieu, claiming that he will find out what’s going on. We never see him again. Whatever!<\/p>\n

\"GerardAnd “Whatever!” is right. Because the plot of Green Card<\/i> is the second<\/i> worst thing about it. The very worst thing about it is that the characters have all the depth of Andie MacDowell’s acting. That’s right: the characters are make-up thick. Weir seems to be capable of creating two kinds of characters: stereotypes and boring types. The best friend, the boy friend, and the Frenchman are a stereotypes. The female lead is a nonentity, which at least explains why they picked MacDowell: type casting.<\/p>\n

So why did I pick Green Card<\/i> to watch tonight? Part of it was that I wanted to see if the film was better than I remembered it being 22 years ago. In fact, it turned out to be much worse. But it was fun to hate it so much, knowing what a fucktard Depardieu is. Look at him there with Putin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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