Jim V

I loved Guy for the first few years he was on Food Network. But he has become cocky, arrogant and it’s obvious he is fully believing his own press. He is borderline cruel now to some of the chefs on DD&D’s. And for God’s sake….DROP HUNTER!!! It’s embarrassing how hard he is pushing his kid. And let’s be honest: the REAL reason _Food Network dropped Paula Dean was for her pushing her two sons so hard onto the network. The network just jumped at the first chance they had to get rid of her and it was in that court case. And here is Guy pushing that kid Hunter who has NO legitimate reason to even mop the floor much less be on the air. If he were not Guy’s kid he even be allowed in the studio. Guys time has come….and gone.

I am SO sick of Food Networks obsession of Bobby Flay. Almost every moment on FN is like a constant non stop pushing of Bobby Flay. ENOUGH ALREADY!! Stop!! Please, for the love of God, RETIRE him!!! And this pathos is SO fake. Every part of it is fake. The bravados, the boasting, the fake rivalries. The “ohhhhs” and the “ ahhhhsss”. I’m embarrassed for those “judges”.

I love the actual IDEA of the show but the reason it’s so painful to watch is that HORRIBLE narrator! Her totally fake southern accent is literally laughable. If she really is “southern “ then she is way over emphasizing it. It’s BEYOND irritating. It’s so irritating that I cannot concentrate on the shoes and so I end up changing the channel each time

I so wanted to like this film as I am a big Bird and an Eastwood fan. I found the film disjointed but felt it never really found it’s focus. There is a logical and expected concentration on the music , of course, but it misses the mark on the story and bio part. Jumping back and forth from the present to the past, I had a hard time finding any part of the storyline- or the lack thereof- to sink my teeth into. Parker had a fascinating , albeit, short life that the film virtually ignored. Too much music…not enough story. The acting was “uncomfortable” and confusing as it seemed the characters were acting and reacting to things we (the audience) were not aware of or had knowledge about. Forest Whitaker seemed to wander aimlessly from scene to scene not really knowing what the scene was about. Diane Verona was suffering from the same lack of direction. She would be oddly trance like at one moment and then acting like a teenager playing grown up the next. Scenes move from one unidentified locale to the next, from one year to another with no guidepost for the audience to follow. I wasn’t sure what was happening when. I feel like the movie was edited REALLY poorly and half the storyline somehow ended up on the cutting room floor, and the production was hoping the music and score would be enough to patch it all together, but never does. Very disappointing because I really wanted to like this one.