Fred-172
Joined Apr 1999
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Saw this movie over the weekend.
I like Ben Stiller and I like Jennifer Aniston. However, the two have no chemistry together. They came off as friends, not two people interested in each other.
Alec Baldwin was great, as was Hank Azaria. Stupid gags can work in a movie as long as there is a story and chemistry between the leads (I.E. There's Something About Mary). However, without romantic chemistry between the leads or a decent story the movie is nothing more that a bunch of insepid gags.
I like Ben Stiller and I like Jennifer Aniston. However, the two have no chemistry together. They came off as friends, not two people interested in each other.
Alec Baldwin was great, as was Hank Azaria. Stupid gags can work in a movie as long as there is a story and chemistry between the leads (I.E. There's Something About Mary). However, without romantic chemistry between the leads or a decent story the movie is nothing more that a bunch of insepid gags.
I saw the pilot and I have a few comments.
First, Braugher and the other actors are excellent. Braugher appears to be an actor who can carry a project on his own and he does his job well here.
The problem with this show is that it is very dark. It is even darker than "Wonderland" which went under last year. Instead of taking the areas the series does well (the internal torment of a doctor) and combining it with inspiring stories, the show gets dragged down.
The show would be better if it had Braugher's character and the doctor fighting for patients rather than focusing so much on the doctors and how they feel. In the pilot, Gideon told his students not to focus on their own feelings. The show should take his advice.
I'll probably watch it again. However, the show needs to lighten up. M*A*S*H only worked because it combined humor and inspiration with drama. Trapper John, MD was the same way. I hate to lose Braugher but people may soon turn off this show if the show doesn't have the dark clouds clear.
First, Braugher and the other actors are excellent. Braugher appears to be an actor who can carry a project on his own and he does his job well here.
The problem with this show is that it is very dark. It is even darker than "Wonderland" which went under last year. Instead of taking the areas the series does well (the internal torment of a doctor) and combining it with inspiring stories, the show gets dragged down.
The show would be better if it had Braugher's character and the doctor fighting for patients rather than focusing so much on the doctors and how they feel. In the pilot, Gideon told his students not to focus on their own feelings. The show should take his advice.
I'll probably watch it again. However, the show needs to lighten up. M*A*S*H only worked because it combined humor and inspiration with drama. Trapper John, MD was the same way. I hate to lose Braugher but people may soon turn off this show if the show doesn't have the dark clouds clear.
I only saw this show once (it did not last that long anyway). The one episode I saw was excellent and involved a orderly who had to run around an entire hospital looking for a missing finger. The entire episode chronicled this search with the camera going back and forth from the finger to the orderly who was frantically looking for it. It sounds gross but it was absolutely funny.