And So It Goes

Movie day found us popcorned up and anxious for And So It Goes to start. A little humor, Diane Keaton and Michael Douglas starring, and what it could it possibly be except entertaining.

I am known for walking out of movies, but when I leaned over to my movie buddy and asked if she wanted to leave, I was suprised when she agreed! Diane Keaton was awful, coming across as petulant rather than comedic. She was her old Annie Hall character brought into a comedy, hats and all, but she's no longer young enough to be cute, perky, and watchable as she poses and postures her way through a role. Michael Douglas was pretending to be Jack Nicholas, the classic pairing with Diane Keaton in this kind of movie, but believe me when I say that Jack Nicholas does it better.

We both enjoyed Get On Up more than ASIG, and agreed that the music was outstanding and the lead actor portraying James Brown should receive an award for his acting. We also agreed that the use of present day/past years' flashbacks were handled clumsily. Whoever wrote the script (I remember seeing "brother" names in the opening credit) had the right idea of using the past/present juxtaposition, but anyone who did not have at least a working knowledge of James Brown's life and career would be lost with the cut-ins and cut-outs, which is distracting to the storyline and the flow of the movie.

Next on our list is The 100 Foot Journey, which we are both anxious to see and hope that it's at least as good as the previews.