Hollywood, you've got so many duds, duds that had potential, in your history, and it's those movies that need to be revisited, reworked, polished-up, and put into more skilled hands than they were first time out the gate. Three to Tango (1999) for example.
I was so bummed to hear of the passing of Matthew Perry. One report said that his best post-Friends movie is that one with Salma Hayek, but after watching a trailer or two I opted for Tango. Mistake. Dear departed Roger Ebert gave it a measly one-star, citing the adorably cute Neve Campbell as the only good thing in it. And he ain't lying. She's lovely. Perry plays a cross between himself, Chandler Bing and that guy from The Apartment (1960), but isn't convincing as any one of them. The bit where he runs into a lift-off of chickens in Chinatown reminded me, oddly, of Chris Broad from the youtube site Abroad in Japan. Why? The good natured amateurism. It's not pertinent, not meaningful, but you can see it was meant to be amusing, so just like Broad doing one of his bits.
Too bad. There are good things in this movie. Good physical comedy. Lousy dialogue at times, and some seriously awkward pauses. The script needs reworking and a more competent director, and heaven help us, a new composer. Get to work Hollywood!
I was so bummed to hear of the passing of Matthew Perry. One report said that his best post-Friends movie is that one with Salma Hayek, but after watching a trailer or two I opted for Tango. Mistake. Dear departed Roger Ebert gave it a measly one-star, citing the adorably cute Neve Campbell as the only good thing in it. And he ain't lying. She's lovely. Perry plays a cross between himself, Chandler Bing and that guy from The Apartment (1960), but isn't convincing as any one of them. The bit where he runs into a lift-off of chickens in Chinatown reminded me, oddly, of Chris Broad from the youtube site Abroad in Japan. Why? The good natured amateurism. It's not pertinent, not meaningful, but you can see it was meant to be amusing, so just like Broad doing one of his bits.
Too bad. There are good things in this movie. Good physical comedy. Lousy dialogue at times, and some seriously awkward pauses. The script needs reworking and a more competent director, and heaven help us, a new composer. Get to work Hollywood!