STICK IT
CAROLINE: We have elected to spend a beautiful spring day in New York City at the movies.
RYAN: Unfortunately.
CAROLINE: Exactly.
RYAN: It was the biggest waste of our time.
CAROLINE: Yeah, we just saw “Stick It,” and wow, did I want to love this movie! I had been anticipating it for weeks. I saw the trailer and thought it looked great.
RYAN: Well then you can stick it.
CAROLINE: I’m the cheesy girl who, when the Olympics come around, all I watch is gymnastics. Love it, love it, love it – I was like, “This is the movie for me.” Until I actually saw it.
RYAN: Yeah, we thought it would be the “Bring It On” of gymnastics.
CAROLINE: Was “Bring It On” even that good?
RYAN: Well, it at least had a little more heart and a little more humor.
CAROLINE: Yeah, whereas this one had the formula of “Bring It On”- the bitchy girl, the hero, the coach – but it didn’t work. Jeff Bridges was fine but I didn’t like the people who played the girls that much.
RYAN: The main girl very much reminded me of Hilary Swank.
CAROLINE: Yeah, she had a Hilary look.
RYAN: And this had a little bit of a “Million Dollar Baby” feel to it, but without any drama.
CAROLINE: Without the euthanasia.
RYAN: Right. Because you had the whole struggle between the coach and the pupil.
CAROLINE: I’m sorry, but you can’t even remotely compare this movie to “Million Dollar Baby.” This movie was way too long and at times, boring and hard to watch.
RYAN: And the bitchy moments just weren’t bitchy enough. Wherever there could have been humor and “Oh no she didn’t!” moments, there never were.
CAROLINE: Totally, and there were tons of bizarre puns going on that weren’t funny at all, and you could hear crickets in the audience.
RYAN: It just overall felt like an after-school special that wasn’t even that special.
CAROLINE: The girl who plays the villain isn’t believable. And she’s homely.
RYAN: Homely.
CAROLINE: And then the lead girl, who you want to love and is actually very cute, wound up annoying me with her tomboy-ness and flashing the horns all the time, like on the movie poster. I just felt like, “No, you’re not really that cool, honey.”
RYAN: Precisely.
CAROLINE: Final thought?
RYAN: This movie is pretty bad and we were definitely let down. You don’t have to see it… in the theater.
CAROLINE: Yeah, I’m pretty disappointed because like I said, I was really excited for this one, and it just doesn’t deliver.
RYAN: A waste of time.
CAROLINE: Wow, that’s harsh.
RYAN: Well, it’s the truth!
CAROLINE: Ruth!