I saw A Good Year before it saw wide release, but things got the better of me and I didn’t get around to writing of it. Since then, it has been considered a major flop – by Rupert Murdoch himself. Let us consider why, in list form, this is:
- Rather like Michael Jackson, people have found it hard to separate the “art” from the “artist”. Crowe isn’t a pedophile, but his temper is more famous than himself. This is why Cinderella Man failed at the box office, despite being quite good (it did the sort of business that The Da Vinci Code deserved).
- Americans love hating the French; why an American would want to see Russell Crowe fall in love with France and a French woman boggles the mind. If you applied the mindset to the British, the movie is essentially about forsaking Queen and Country for Sunshine and Sand.
- Also she speaks with a Scarlett Johansson accent. It’s scary.
- Hey, it could happen – just look at the point about hating the French.
We only hate the French because they’re a bunch of assholes, you know. You say it like it’s a bad thing.
I love that you seem so sensible about everything else, but whenever I mention the French all propriety is thrown to the wind.