Finally, Australian Idol ended on Sunday night, and to celebrate the long time coming event, I rented American Dreamz and watched that instead. It took me about 24 h before I finally heard who won. Look it up if you don't know, or if you care. If you don't know what this movie is about though, it's kind of a behind the scenes bit on a reality TV show singing contest, not coincidentally similar to the crap I was refusing to watch. The host, played by Hugh Grant is an arrogant guy who hates his life (and himself). The people vying for the title really want to win, for various reasons, and will do a fair bit to win. It was funny, and much more entertaining than having to sit through a "real-life" reality TV talent quest finale where people have wasted their hard earned cash to produce a "winner" who will only end up producing a somewhere between mediocore (sp?) to crap cd, the first single already confirming its crap-ness. Cheers guys, I just wanted to throw that in today...
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Yeah, the whole Idol thing is getting weary and old-- the last few winners haven't really gone anywhere-- but if you hate it so much,,, why on earth would you rent a movie that mimics the reality-- or is it a parody-- love mom
It's a parody, and a pretty funny parody at that. And I like Hugh Grant when he plays that seedy kind of guy, he does it so well, like the schmuck in Bridget's Diary...
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