tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post1412928521475247819..comments2023-07-18T03:44:33.021-07:00Comments on The Bit Maelstrom: The Helpblakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-45130614904572507542011-08-23T16:31:04.881-07:002011-08-23T16:31:04.881-07:00The love interest doesn't quite work in the mo...The love interest doesn't quite work in the movie because he's so...expository. I mean, he only exists to show us the Skeeter's issues. But what're you gonna do? Making the movie longer seems like a bad idea.<br /><br />Maybe take it out altogether but then there's no cost for Skeeter for her own actions.<br /><br />I liked the Steenburgen parts, too. The snippets worked well. <br /><br />I see movies like this and think "I'm really not that demanding. Why do so many movies fail to deliver even the most basic elements?"blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-52466613146256693322011-08-23T14:55:00.915-07:002011-08-23T14:55:00.915-07:00I have been thinking 'poor man's Lindsay L...I have been thinking 'poor man's Lindsay Lohan' ever since I saw her in Crazy, Stupid, Love. But I think I should restate that as 'smart man's Lindsay Lohan.'<br /><br />I enjoyed the movie so much, I got home and loaded the book on my Nook. It is a quick read and skips among the main characters. <br /><br />When I heard the accent on Charlotte Foote [from Sugar Ditch, MS], I kept thinking 'Darryl Hannah's accent in Steel Magnolias!' <br /><br />I wondered about the love interest and he is fleshed out more in the book. <br /><br />I might be a little drenched in 'Mad Men'-itis, but I also loved the telephonic snippets of the literary world with Mary Steenburgen. <br /><br />You know who was a young college graduate wanna' be writer at that time frame? Annie Gottlieb. I'd love to hear her take on it.Ruth Anne Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936054116421006847noreply@blogger.com