Monday, October 6, 2008

"21" is Fake

21 is a movie about a girl named Jill Taylor (played by Kate Bosworth) who laments a tortured childhood where she was forced to grow up playing blackjack with her father every single day, so to get even with him, she spends her entire college career as a part of a gambling club where they try to blow the professor's money as quickly as possible.

Where to begin with this movie? It is fake on so many levels. First, is Kate Bosworth even a real person, or just a reincarnated Erika Eleniak? Second, has anyone even heard of blackjack before? I'm not sure it is even a real game. Third, if Jill Taylor is also Lois Lane, why would she even be remotely interested in a Ben Campbell (played by Jim Sturgess) when she can have Superman? SUPERMAN!?!? Nobody can compare to him - he's Super! Fourth, can you really see the Bellagio fountains from the Hard Rock penthouses? I'm not sure that is even possible - check for yourself.

One thing that is NOT fake about this movie though - Jill Taylor doesn't even care for Ben until he is rich. That is totally true. But so much about this movie is not real that I have to call it: FAKE.

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