Saturday, April 18, 2009
RANTS
Today's movie was a documentary about Al Franken.
This not so hot doc is about the comedian who, we know now, is about to become a Senator from Minnesota. At least when Norm Coleman quits dragging the close election out.
I wanted to see it because I don't know much about Franken. I still don't.
In a series of standup events, funny and serious, nothing gets explored too far except the tedious loss of John Kerry which was bad enough when it happened. I didn't need to see its protracted pain in a film of this type.
I watched the whole thing but I didn't really want to. Franken is an idealogue without a lot of substance on the issues. He is rather insensitive, as many liberals are, to how he sounds when he is cracking wise about serious matters. A kind of left wing Ann Coulter with whom he has often shared a stage. Not too funny.
I would still vote for Franken against Coleman who is a cardboard character made up to look like a Senator.
As for the film, a nay, a 2 out of Netflix5 because I didn't hit the FF or quit.
