Bad Teacher, Good Teacher

And so I finally saw Bad Teacher and I merely chuckled through it.  It was Friday, after all, facing a weekend that inevitably lacks some nice company as my friends are booked either for their careers or their self-imposition to the dark side (and I mean this in the Sideways context).  As I wanted a break from my work life (hey, it's a Friday) and I refused to go to the dark side (though apparently I wanted to vent out in manner of Diane Keaton by the well in Baby Boomer --- thanks to cable, post-Bad Teacher), I decided to hunt for Bad Teacher in the local cinemas and finally heaved a sigh of relief when I saw that Powerplant was still showing it.  So yeah, it sorta lasted a week in most cinemas here.  Like most movies lately.

See, I didn't really think it was a bad movie.  It had its moments.  But as I have noticed in so many films lately, films have become quite empty.  You know what they say about empty tin cans ---- loud but empty.  We are being drowned by spectacle without that much of a substance.

Hey, this is not to say that movies have to be constantly, say, deep, but somehow the story has been missing.  You know?  We scriptwriters are aware that the script is the blueprint of the film, but so far due to the lack of narrative strength these movies are starting to not make sense.  Everything is built on concept it's driving me insane.  And I am not just writing this down because in the past twenty four hours I've seen the trailer of that kid movie with Jessica Alba in it --- Spy Mama? --- whatever --- at least three times and I wanted to eat my head.  I thought, if I was ten or twelve years old, would I watch that movie?  Heck, when I was twelve my favorite movies were the Terminator, Star Wars, and Alien series, My Girl, Empire of the Sun, Dead Poets Society and Hayao Miyazake's Nausicaa.  I wonder what kids today like these days.  Glee the 3D Movie?

"I need work!  I need people!  I need a social life!  I need sex!"  
Baby Boomer really made up for Bad Teacher. 

Anyways as I am not an airhead Jason Segel fan girl but a level-headed woman who admires him so much that I'd marry him (yes), I just want to express that I wish Jason Segel will eventually star in good movies.  Bad Teacher and Gulliver's Travels were disappointments albeit the fact that he was so cute in them.  I miss the Sarah Marshall and I Love You, Man type of films, but hey, I guess he should eventually move on and star in films that showcase his versatility.

Which is why I am so looking forward to the Muppets movie.

I was watching You've Got Mail earlier, and this got me thinking: maybe Jason Segel should write and star in a musical... without puppets.  You know.  Like Glee for adults which is not necessarily Mamma Mia!  Something like... Funny Girl.  But with guys.

Well, who am I to give Jason Segel advice, but I am going to express it anyway.  I really wish him longevity because I bet he loves what he does.  And I do know that he is going to be more successful than he is and frankly it will break my heart if he concedes to doing Dancing With the Stars or some celebrity-themed reality TV show for the purpose of exposure, if you know what I mean.  I hope he'll be like Tom Hanks --- why not?  As I want to marry him, it won't hurt to imagine myself in the shoes of Rita Wilson.  Yeah?

So my dear Jason Segel, here is some inspiration for you.  This is a clip from Funny Girl which is one of the funniest, epic films.  This scene is just so funny it's awesome.  Geloven!