Sam-Who-Likes-Nothing - Holes
The movie, not the book. Though I suppose I’d hate the book too.
I don’t know how many people I’m going to piss off by saying this, because I seem to remember everyone loving this movie when it came out, but I turned it off the moment Sam kisses the teacher. At that point, I felt bludgeoned to death by the MESSAGE. I know, I know, it’s a kids movie. But one of my pet bugaboos is kids books and movies that are weighed down with MESSAGE, no matter how good or important that MESSAGE is.
Reading is supposed to be fun, not instructive. It can be both, and I’m sure Holes is both for lots of people. But it didn’t work for me. I thought it made the Three Stooges look subtle, and not in a fun way.
Nor am I buying the dried-up lake metaphor. I’ll bet it rains by the end.
