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Point I Fell Asleep: ACTUALLY STAYED AWAKE
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Primetime
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478087/

Oh where to even begin with this movie... let's get my 3 major problems with this movie out of the way. 1. The main character should have been Asian. What? Was John Cho not available? Or did the producers think it wouldn't have been commercially successful if the lead character was Asian? Or if you're going to get a white guy to play a role that should have been Asian, could you have at least gotten an actor we've all heard of? 2. I thought the female lead was going to be Elisha Cuthbert, so you can just imagine my disappointment when I saw Kate Bosworth was playing the role. I actually think I was more upset with this than the lead actor being white. 3. You know how annoying those people are that go, "The book was much better than the movie!" Yeah, I hate those people too! But you know what, in this instance, they were right! The book had more of an "Entourage" style theme whereas the movie was made into a love story. So disappointing.

Also, I didn't like Kevin Spacey playing the Mickey role. When I saw Laurence Fishburn's name pop up during the credits, I was actually hoping he would play the role of Mickey. But you know who would have made the best Mickey.... Robin Williams. Yup, "Good Will Hunting" style. I don't care if that would have been cliche; he woulda been money. Heck, even Dustin Hoffman could have played a good Mickey. All in all, the movie was entertaining enough to keep me awake, but if you really want the better story, go Ebay the book.