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Film: Young Adult

Boy, are there few movies I actively root against. So many bad films are made, it is a wonder when anything good is made -- regardless of how insufferable or unpleasant the filmmakers or actors may be. Let's put it this way - Roman Polanski is wanted for statutory rape of a 13 year old girl, but if a new movie of his comes out, I hope it will be good. Which brings us to Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody...why do they both annoy me so much? Jason Reitman hasn't made bad movies. I rather enjoyed Up in the Air and Juno. But there is something about his demeanor in interviews and overall disposition that in the words of Alexander Payne, "just makes you want to punch him in the face." And then there's Diablo Cody, who is clearly way worse and way more insufferable. At least Reitman is somewhat disciplined. Cody is a mess. Why does she spend so much time creating this public persona? Why not try to become a better writer? Her work gets worse and worse. There is no reason to think she will ever write anything as good as Juno again. She is a one hit wonder. She's like a sports star who had one good year and then was absolutely terrible for the rest of her life, but everyone keeps thinking she'll be good again. So...going in, I was rooting against Young Adult, and on that level, it succeed. Massively.

This movie is bad. Really, really bad. As in, the characters don't even make sense and behave in strange, incomprehensible ways. It is also heartless and manipulative and totally predictable. A steaming hunk of dogshit. There were moments when it almost veers into holy-fucking-shit territory. Spoiler alert!!! There was one opportunity for a saving grace moment in the film and it would have involved the handicapped character banging Charlize Theron with his crooked cock, but of course they didn't have the balls to actually show it. Glad I watched it as a screener and didn't spend money.