I know…losts of Oscar nomination and what have we, but damn “Precious” is one God-awful movie…it’s…really reeeaally bad. In fact…I can honestly say, it’s one of the worst movies I’ve ever watched.
I’ve only walked out from a movie once (Roberto Benigni’s “Johnny Stecchino”), but I came real close to leave the cinema untimely once again…It’s horrific!
Found this short plot description:
Set in Harlem in 1987, it is the story of Claireece “Precious” Jones (Gabourey Sidibe), a sixteen-year-old African-American girl born into a life no one would want. She’s pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother (Mo’Nique), a poisonously angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is a place of chaos, and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and an awful secret: she can neither read nor write.
Precious may sometimes be down, but she is never out. Beneath her impassive expression is a watchful, curious young woman with an inchoate but unshakeable sense that other possibilities exist for her. Threatened with expulsion, Precious is offered the chance to transfer to an alternative school, Each One/Teach One. Precious doesn’t know the meaning of “alternative,” but her instincts tell her this is the chance she has been waiting for. In the literacy workshop taught by the patient yet firm Ms. Rain (Paula Patton), Precious begins a journey that will lead her from darkness, pain and powerlessness to light, love and self-determination.
So then…what makes it so bad. Well…
1. The “good” characters are portrayed as being almost saints…Heck…the lighting in the scenes with the “good” characters is what you’d expect from a candle light dinner scene from The Bold and the Beautiful.
2. The “bad” characters are REALLY bad…like…absurdly bad and evil…charcatures.
3. It’s 2 hours of emotional porn…nothing more….Or…that’s how it’s was meant…I didn’t feel anything watching this joke.
4. It’s a horrible mix of “The Dead Poets Society”, “Dangerous Minds”, “Mr. Hollands Opus”, “Awakenings”…100 episodes of “The Oprah Winfrey Show”and every single episode of “My Little Pony“.
5. The screenwriter thinks you’re a dumb ass…after a while you feel like screaming…”I GET IT! I GET IT!…HORRIBLE LIFE!!! BAD LIFE! BAD! TEACHER GOOD!!! GOOD!”
Anyway…don’t wanna spend another second on that movie…it’s already cost me almost 2 hours of my life…two hours I’ll never get back…two hours I could have spent better suffering in agonizing pain…caught a bear trap. Avoid the movie at all cost!
Bonus: Why I Hated Precious…
