Conference bookie::movies

    Aye, Kevin was as dork and Whitney was gorgeous and they both were
    exceedingly boring.  :)
    
    For a film about a singer who's apparantly threatened enough to warrant
    a top notch bodyguard, I found it incredibly dull.  Whitney Houston is
    not what I'd call a...dynamic actress and well, we have all talked
    about Kevin Costner in the "Wooden Actor" note.  I thought the screen
    chemistry between them implausible.  Whitney played such an inane bitch 
    you had to really question the Costner character's choice of love
    interests.  Her looks, although easy on the eye, didn't seem quite
    enough to cause anyone to endure all that really bad dialog she tended
    to deliver.  Of course, he wasn't exactly Mr. Glib himself.  I digress.
    
    Basically, I didn't like it.  Poor characters, poor acting, poor
    script, no suspense, big name stars and bad haircuts.  Feh.
    
    A *.75 out of ****.  
    
    Cheers,
    
    kim

    re .1, I agree.  I was very bored by it.  Whitney Houston is one of
    those people who, even though I *know* they are conventionally good
    looking, they bore me so much that I ultimately find them unattractive. 
    I don't think she's a very good actress, either, and I, also, didn't
    like Costner's haircut.  
    
    Lorna
    

    It was an extremely ordinary movie.

    
    What -1 said.
    
    
    Marilyn

	Has anybody else, other than myself, refused to even watch the
	movie because they were totally overloaded by the soundtrack
	overplay before they even had chance to catch the movie. I'm not a
	Whitney Houston hater but the music just PO'ed me enough that
	I started changing channels whenever the music or a trailer
	appeared.

	That depends.  I wasn't thrilled with all the cover versions of "I
	Will Always Love You" before she sang her version.

	But if Whitney herself was on stage singing, I just sat there and
	drooled all over myself.  I didn't have a problem sitting through
	those parts.

	8^)

							GTI

    re .6, even when her lips quivered that weird way?  :-)
    
    Lorna
    

Although I agree with just about all the replies to this note,
I still have to say it was a lot better movie than I expected
(I was kinda forced into watching it). 

I guess that says something about how little I was expecting,
more than anything. :-)

--Chris

    
    Lorna, real singers who are proffessionaly trained singers (ie. Opera
    singers etc.) ther mouths allwasy quiver..it has to do with the
    voice comming from the dyaphram(sp).  That is one way to allways 
    tell a truely trained singer.  (unlike Axl Rose types)
    
    Re: the moive, I love Whitnes vocie so I had no trouble getting
    through the moive.  
    
    lkp

    re .9, that doesn't mean I have to like the way it looks.
    
    I don't know much about singing, but I know what I like, and it's not
    Whitney.  I'd take Axl over her, anyday.
    
    Lorna
    

    After so many negative reviews,  I have to add one more positive.
    
    It was not a superb movie, but a quite entertaining one.
    
    And I like Kevin Kostner, therefore I mostly enjoy his movies.
    And Whitney was better then expected.
    
    Andrea

	I like Kevin Costner. I liked Dances with Wolves and Fandango.
	I find him reserved rather than wooden with his acting approach
	( to cross reference another note). I don't mind Whitney's
	singing in moderation. What I found was the over-advertising,
	overplay of the music/songs ruined any chance of me wanting
	to see the movie. I don't blame Whitney or Kevin, but the
	over-selling publicity agents and the record-buying public
	for encouraging them (as they did with Bryan Adams and that
	other Costner movie).

    Haven't seen it, but SNL's "Hollywood Minute" (David Spade?) killed me
    with his review:
    
    "And IIIIIIIIIIeeeeeeIIIIIIIIIIII... want my money back!"
    
    Leslie

    I'm almost afraid to admit it, but I kinda liked it.  Costner to me was
    very believable.  He had a bad haircut because that's the kind of
    haircut that character would've had!!!
    
    And as everyone knows, Whitney has had a thing for me for several
    years!  ;-)
    
    NAZZ

    I tried not to enter this, but this was a guilty pleasure of sorts for
    me, too.
    
    I went thinking it was going to be utter garbage, so the real thing was 
    bound to better than my expectation.
    
    I kinda liked it, certainly not anything to write home about, but with 
    Whitney basically playing herself and Kevin exhibiting the whole range
    of emotions from A to B, which was the right thing for this movie, the
    reasult was OK.
    
    Marilyn

    I guess I'm part of the minority in this notes file - I liked this
    movie and I'm a big Kevin Costner fan.
    
    IMHO - the character that Costner plays is a stuffed shirt, ex-Secret
    service guy who still blames himself for the success of the attempted
    Reagan assassination (sp?)... even though he wasn't there. I would
    expect this type of person to show little/no personality, except that
    he does. I think Costner did a good job of showing the understated
    emotions.
    
    But then again, I also have a poster of him from Robin Hood Prince of
    Thieves hanging in my cube... and I loved that movie (apparently the
    only one not bothered by his lack of accent) :^)
    
    janetb.