Why? (Loser (DVD))

Member Name: KathrynMackinnon

Product:	Loser (DVD)
Date:	06/05/01 (143 review reads)
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Advantages: Mind numbing, Don't need to think, Possibly easy for thick people to understand!

Disadvantages: Maybe some thick people might not understand it, Confusing or those who might like to read into the inner depths of a film., Shallow

'I've got two tickets for Iron Maiden baby!...cos' I'm just a teenage dirtbag baby, like you, ooooh!' lots of my male friends took great objection to this film because of the Wheafus song 'Teenage Dirtbag' used in it and obviously the blasphemy of taking the mighty 'Maiden' in vain. Well, I don't really care.

I knew that this film was not going to be a masterpeice when I rented it and I only decided to get it because it was free (perks of working in a video shop) and because I knew that it would be predictable.
The basic story is that Jason Biggs' character Paul moves to college in New York and finds the people around him to be less than welcoming, unaware that he is viewed as being a total dork by his chump so-called friends/roommates. They eventually get fed up with his constant studying and wholesome ways and decide to turf him out. He then manages to get himself a room in the basement of an animal hospital downtown - obviously .
Whilst falling down the lecture theatre steps on one of his first days he meets a beautiful goth-esque girlie Dora, plated by Mena Suvari, who is having an affair with her sleazy professor, played by Greg Kinnear ( the Hollywood-handsome soap doctor in Nurse Betty).
Paul tries to win her heart by buying some tickets to an Everclear concert - she stands him up and......oh, I'm bored all over again! the rest of the film involves kittens, bread theft, stomach pumping and indulgent shots of Dora looking delicate and gorgeous! O.K?And plenty of unsubtle endorsements throught.
This is your standard American geek wins girl/boy format, and it doesn't seem to stray far from its usual path.
Dan Ackroyd is nearly always cool in films, but you hardly notice his bit-part as Pauls father and it really doesn't do him any big favours in the reputation department., not because any of the acting is particularly bad, but because it's so damn bland.
I did find mys
elf smiling to myself on several occasions, however, as it was sometimes quite sweet. Although I wouldn't go so far as to say that it was 'good', i wouldn't say that it was terrible and would probably recommend it as a ' do something else while your watching it' kind of film, you could make your tea, pick your feet, mend a stocking...whatever, and not miss the plots' amazing twists and revelations - cos' there are none! I'm just not sure what the point is to films like these.

So, don't let the Iron Maiden references in the soundtrack upset you people, it's O.K. You don't have to think about it - just sit back and pick your feet! Enjoy.

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