Comments on: A Night of Scott Smith: 'The Ruins' and 'A Simple Plan'

By: davidfrank

davidfrank — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:53:15 +0000

Maybe if a simple plan had giant frickin' robots–ah wait, nevermind.

By: bradbrevet

bradbrevet — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:22:57 +0000

andre said: Paxton and Fonda seem like good salt-of-the-earthies. But they are undone by greed. Not sure why you think the film is so boring and tedious, but to each his own.

I think it is boring because I was bored. As for your comment about Paxton and Fonda being "salt of the earthies", you have a point, but there are plenty more people in this film that slow it down to a snail's pace.

By: andre

andre — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:58:36 +0000

Yeah, a lot of critics called out the Lady MacBeth angle in Bridget Fonda. What's cool is these are just average joes. Paxton and Fonda seem like good salt-of-the-earthies. But they are undone by greed. Not sure why you think the film is so boring and tedious, but to each his own.