Britney deserved a much lighter film debut. This movie tried to tackle too many issues, it wanted to be a drama when it should have just been a light-hearted girl road-trip movie. Britney wasn't bad as an actress, but that "Not a Girl" song really sucks. Stick to the light-hearted pop, Britney.
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Roswell
(1999–2002)
Stick with the first season
14 February 2002
The first season of Roswell was a magical experience. It was about love, about alienation, about self-discovery and learning to trust people. Unfortunately, when the show was faced with cancellation at the end of its first season, the writers took what was a mystical show and made it into a hackneyed and badly written science fiction rip off. The magic of Roswell lay in the three aliens (Max, Michael and Isabel) and the fact that they knew nothing about where they came from or why they were on Earth. All Max Evans knew was that for some reason, he was in love with Liz Parker. They were faced with trouble from the government, who wanted to study them, and strangers who claimed to be related to them, but they were never sure who they could trust except each other. Even after Genie Francis appeared in holo-mom form with a ridiculous tale of inter-galactic royalty and war, the show could have been saved - that hologram should have been revealed as a tactic by the mindwarping Tess, but the aliens made the mistake of not doubting it for a second. When Tess was accepted as their friend (and there was no reason for them to trust her), this show took a plunge that it never came back from. Stick with the first 15 episodes - the rest is a downward spiral.
Singles
(1992)
a movie that sneaks up on you
13 September 2000
When I first saw this movie, I liked it a lot. I didn't think it would stand out as one of my favorites of all time. But since my first viewing of it, for some reason, I find myself quoting it all the time. I don't know what it is about this movie (gee, I guess it's the great dialogue) but I think I quote it more than any other movie. And I'm not talking about the big memorable lines either (Janet's "23" monologue is one) but other seemingly meaningless lines throughout the movie too ("I say, if you're going to have the operation, HAVE the operation.") I have come to the conclusion that Cameron Crowe is a screenwriting god. In my pantheon, anyway.
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