At the Movies Again...

...Or more correctly, watching DVDs from the library. This time it was "The Prince and Me", starring Julia Stiles, a film about a young woman who is preparing for medical school but instead falls in love with a prince from a fictive royal family of Denmark. In the tradition of Hollywood movies copying plots I believe that this film was already made as "The Princess Diaries" (yes, I watched that one with my little sister because I'm a good older brother). Well, this one was terrible. The plot was all over the place, not terribly romantic (or comedic), sort of set at the University of Wisconsin, sort of set in Copenhagen (which from a little checking on the internet appears to be a beautiful Prague in springtime). The acting was subpar. And, humourously, the entire constitution and society of Denmark has been reinterpreted for the silver screen. First (obviously), Danes speak English as their first language, even the royal family at home. Second, enough with all this nonsense about Queen Margaret - Denmark is ruled by a King whose wife seems to resemble Zsa Zsa Gabor. Also, the Crown Prince is a Prince William type playboy with a 12 year old sister... so much for the two real princes in their 30s (who married an Australian and Hong Kong woman, respectively, not Americans...). I (and probably the people of Denmark) was also unaware that the monarchs of Denmark personally convened and chaired Cabinet meetings. What a load of crap.

Long and short, if anyone has Black Hawk Down, let me please borrow it and watch it. It may be a depressing film, but at least its somewhat based on reality. That plus there comes a time when I can't take any more romantic comedies...it's time for something to cleanse the filmgoer's palate of all that artificial movie saccharine.