Total blond

OK, so this comment may be a bit biased because I am a huge Michael Bublé fan, who has even paid the whole 30 dollars to join his official fan club. A few fellow fans told me that the movie wasn't that great, and a few told me that it totally sucked. So when I bought the movie on ebay for 1.99, I had no expectations.I was pretty surprised that it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. The lead actress wasn't that great, and so was a few other actors, but Michael made this movie come to life. His singing, and his acting. I mean, he wasn't no academy award winning actor in this movie, but he has the potential to do some great movies if he wanted to. Oh, and buy his new CD, "Call Me Iresponsible." The Album is amazing.

For those who enjoy only the parts of the movie in which Michael Buble sings, there is a DVD out there containing only those scenes. It's called "Totally Buble" and is a companion to a CD of the same name. Both have been denounced by Buble and his management, but IMHO the songs are not as bad as they let on. There are seven songs/scenes on the DVD but they're very short (That's How it Goes, Peroxide Swing, Me & Mrs. You, Love and First Sight, Anyone to Love, Guess I'm Falling For You, Tell Him He's Yours). But if you can find it in a bargain bin for a couple of bucks, as I did, it may be worth picking up. (At such a price I doubt the producers will get any money from it, so you needn't worry about supporting their actions against the artist's own wishes - besides, it's your money.)

BTW, here are Michael's own words concerning the Totally Buble CD and DVD, from his fan site:

"'Totally Buble' is not an album that I wanted to be released. They were songs I recorded for a film called "Totally Blonde" many years ago before I was signed to 143/Reprise Records. The decision to release it as an album was made by the film's producer, and I had no control over stopping him. It is important for everyone to know, that I only want to release quality music to my fans by offering my best work and I sincerely apologize if you purchased this album."

"You've heard from me in the past regarding my thoughts on the "Totally Buble" not being a true representation of what I do. I have now been told of a DVD that is out in the market with the same name and art work. I feel the same way about this DVD. The old expression 'Buyer Beware' has never been more appropriate. Thanks everyone."

I thought that this flick was pretty funny, although it was filled to the brim with all kinds of jokes about blondes. I honestly think that Krista Allen is gorgeous with blonde hair, and I'll say that one of the funniest parts of the whole movie was the beginning (the Blonde school). I thought that Charlene Tilton's brief scene in the movie was really funny, especially when she got to the part about "Y'all go ahead and be dumb!" and so on. What really cracked me up about Charlene is her doing a Southern accent (I must add that she's really good at it because many women I've met here in the South talk very much like that, but I've met a few who talk rather differently). However, it seems that the rest of the movie went downhill after the first part. I think it's really sad when a movie's first part is funnier than the rest of it because it makes a person feel like he/she has wasted the rest of the time that the movie lasts. All in all, it's a rather amusing movie if blonde jokes and parody flicks are your thing.

Here's sexy Krista Allen playing a woman asking the old question, "Do blondes have more fun?" She bleaches her hair to find out, and (surprise!) discovers who she truly is in the process! Unfortunately, the producers haven't hired a decent hairdresser so she can play the part of the blonde bombshell, they've just gone to Wal-Mart's Halloween sale and bought the cheapest and ugliest blonde wigs OF ALL TIME for her! Since there was no money spent on wigs, did they spend it on costumes? NO! Krista's outfits are cheap looking and badly fitted, but there is an obligatory scene of her wearing a thong to try and hold the interest of some viewers. Even Michael Buble's awesome voice couldn't help save this badly directed, mediocre script from a one-way trip to the outhouse. Learn from my mistake and run away from this dud.

I'm almost embarrassed to be writing a review of this film. It features B-movie/soft-core porn star Krista Allen in a farcical attempt at romantic comedy. The only highlight is the Sinatra-like singing of Michael Bublé, the male lead. His acting is very bad, but his singing is good. The acting of Allen is painful to watch, and I continually felt pity for her. The other characters don't do any better.

The script is atrocious, the interior sets look over-lit and low budget (especially the club), the photography is mediocre, the narrative flow is ridiculously compressed, there's no building on the theme of a woman changing her appearance to exploit a male preference (in fact, almost no comment on it at all), and Allen's character's behavior is so completely juvenile and immature that she becomes an obnoxious stereotype of the oblivious woman. This display erased any sympathy I might have otherwise felt for the character. Obvious attempts at humor were almost universally unfunny, and the soundtrack in many cases unsuccessfully tried to be jazzy (aside from Bublé's songs). The trite message of "Follow your heart" as the core of the film's plot had me rolling my eyes on multiple occasions.

I am convinced that Andrew Van Slee lacks any real talent whatsoever (how many readers are saying "Duh!"?), having now seen three of his films (I won't bother with any more of them). There are so many truly great romantic comedies available that no time at all should be wasted on this one (instead, run right out and rent "It Happened One Night").