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Scent of a Woman (1992)
Ridiculous premise? Check. Cliched ending? Check.
So somehow I managed to dodge this bullet of a movie when it first came out, watching it only recently at the behest of my significant other. We had a rainy afternoon to kill so I figured, why not?
I guess the Scarface version of Al Pacino was too fresh in my memory (because let's face it-Cuban accents are HOT) that I thought this movie couldn't possibly be bad.
But ugh, it was utterly ridiculous. Ridiculous plot line, cliches, "if you're going to kill yourself you'll have to kill me too!," etc. Al Pacino talks in this weird, unnatural cadence the entire time. No Scarface in this movie! I was disappointed.
It's clear this movie was made pre-internet when people were hard up for entertainment and easily impressed. Just say no (unless you're into that kind of thing).
The Alpinist (2021)
Cool doc. But...disingenuous?
It's fun to think the possibility exists that any of us can just up and jet around the world, having all the adventures that our hearts desire. This film could lead one to believe that Marc-Andre and his gf (more on her in a minute) were just two poor, happy hippies whose passions centered around mountain climbing.
Except they weren't. Or at least, she wasn't.
Brette Harrington went to a boarding school (a high school, mind you) in the U. S. with a $60,000 a year tuition. Who is this girl? Who is her family? Could you afford this for your kid? I couldn't. No, this is reserved for the elite.
Marc-Andre was musically inclined and bilingual at the very least. Again, doesn't fit the profile of some broke, hitchhiking mountain climber afflicted with ADHD, does it?
I guess we'll never know, unless someone makes a bio about who these people REALLY are. I'd be interested in watching that.