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by Paul Schmelzer at 9:10 am 2005-08-10
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Following up my “spectacular” post on film blurbs, Carrie McLaren at StayFree! magazine offers an update on the blurb racket:

The Girl in the Café (HBO film)

Blurb from Oregonian: “An endearing romantic comedy.”

Actual line: “This new offering from HBO Films is at its heart a bit of political propaganda wrapped into an endearing romantic comedy that starts losing its laughs when it gets to Reykjavik and decides its teachable moment has arrived.”

Hustle & Flow (MTV/Paramount)

Blurb from Los Angeles Times: “Place Terrence Howard front and center!”

Actual line: “Above all, ‘Hustle & Flow’ places Howard front and center as a man with little education but much street wisdom.”

Fantastic Four (Twentieth Century Fox)

Blurb from Charlotte Weekly: “Fun!”

Actual line: “Fantastic? Not exactly, but Tim Story’s take on Marvel Comic’s first family of superheroes can be fun if your expectations are low enough.”

 

2 Comments

  1. hello? anyone there? got any film curators ’round those parts?

    Comment by deano — August 22, 2005 @ 9:18 pm

  2. Good job.

    Comment by Bsd — August 6, 2006 @ 10:11 am

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