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February 10, 2006
Indiana Jones and The Road to Irrelevance
So the other night on The Daily Show, a defeated-looking Harrison Ford trudged through an entire interview with Jon Stewart just to finally slump forward and half-joke about his new film Firewall, "I will be home under the covers, waiting for them to hate me."
Who, pray tell, will ever put the "Ha" back in Harrison?
Well, Michael Atkinson's review in this week's Village Voice suggests that Ford will not be waiting long:
Figuring we spend February either catching up with Oscar nominees or never leaving home at all, studios use the season to empty their lots of remaindered bringdowns like so many '94 Jettas. As used cars go, the latest and possibly last Harrison Ford thriller, Firewall, is no deal: It runs rough, stalls frequently, smells like the stale sweat of four dozen older movies, and handles like a blind mule. ... Throughout this limping techno-heist rotework, Ford seems irritated to have to work at all at an age when other professionals, with less expensive support teams and alimonies, are eyeing retirement.
Good Lord, Michael. He said "under the covers," not "under a cold white sheet."
Posted by stvanairsdale at February 10, 2006 04:57 PM
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