Oh I get it, it's a letter.

Last night's adventure into the world of free pass movie premieres was rather successful. The movie itself was pretty good, and Liza wrote a nice little synopsis here, and for the most part I agree with her assessment (except for the parts about the book, since I haven't read it).

It was nice to see a movie that was 95% pitch black comedy and satire, versus the half-and-half stuff we're usually given in "edgy" movies. I hate movies that start of interesting and different but then dissolve into a typical _________ (e.g. romantic comedy, family drama, melodrama, coming-of-age, etc.). The last 15 minutes or so of Rules of Attraction was a little weak, but it still wasn't bad. The soundtrack was quite lovely and one of the best parts of the movie.

And um, why were we the only person laughing during some of the scenes? People are so weird and take things way too seriously sometimes. I love that the movie was satirizing cheap emotional ploys to win sympathy from the audience, but over half the audience was still suckered in. The commentary from people would have been annoying if I hadn't been laughing so hard. We made "friends" with people next to us even though I knew they would probably annoy me. She has some classic lines like "Oh! It's like Memento!" (said with great confidence when the movie ran backwards in certain scenes). Um, no. Memento didn't literally go backwards, so it's actually not the same. She also was the queen of stating the obvious in certain scenes, a way of affirming that she "got it". So hilarious.
[But, you know, like, mostly this movie just proved to me that Jessica Biel is such a risk-taker in her acting choices. She just threw away that Seventh Heaven stigma, didn't she? I mean, this is, like, nothing I've seen before.]

So anyway yeah, my official advice is for this movie is don't watch it if you don't like the dark stuff.

More on the 3LW lawsuit

3LW's Naughton Makes Sex Accusation

More details have come to light in the 3LW lawsuit, including
allegations of pimping one of its members. Naturi Naughton is suing the other two members of the R&B group, Kiely Williams and Adrienne Bailon, as well its management, which includes two of Williams' sisters, Michelle and Tse. Naughton says she was forced out of the group.

Naughton claims she was expected to do more than just sing and dance for the group, including being urged to get into a romantic relationship with a member of the rap group St. Lunatics so the group would ask 3LW to tour with them.

Naughton says in her suit she went to a meeting with a member of the St. Lunatics. When she returned, she told the three Williams sisters and Bailon she did not get intimate with the group member. Michelle Williams berated her for not getting her "mack game up," according to the suit. Naughton says she got the impression she needed to use sex or intimacy to get 3LW a place on the tour with St. Lunatics, which didn't happen. Naughton says Michelle Williams harassed her more because she failed to "close the deal."

Williams and Bailon say Naughton walked out on them. There's been no immediate response to the lawsuit by the defendants in the case.



I love that it said "get in a romantic relationship". What?