Rate The Last Movie You Saw

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The Bodyguard - (1992)

The year after The Bodyguard came out I heard nothing but Whitney Houston tracks on the radio non-stop, but I still never ended up watching the movie. It wasn't exactly treated like a serious cinematic achievement, despite it's success at the box office. Ever since, however, I've always had this nagging curiosity. "I Will Always Love You" meant something to me, but I'd never seen where the Whitney version had come from despite that. I finally watched it last night (32 years after it came out) - after steeling myself, because I never really considered it a movie I'd like. Did I? Well, I would have liked it better if it were at least 20 minutes shorter - most preferably 30 minutes. It's far too long for what it is. Costner has this damn haircut that makes him look like he's 7-years-old, but I thought that he at least had some chemistry with his non-actor co-star. There were some nice scenes. Great smack-down delivered to Mike Starr. It just went on for far too long - the extended stay at the lake where the film slows down just when it should be peaking did me in a little. Also, I don't think I was in the mood to have a few twists thrown in my face - I didn't think it was that kind of movie. I liked parts of it, and overall it was fine. Just that damn hair - I wish somebody'd fix that with CGI or something.

6/10