Greetings, and...One of the worst movies ever

OK, this is my first post. I felt the need to start a blog. Why? A lot of things whirl through my head that I feel I must get out by writing, but unlike my editor-friend, Josh, I don't get 60 column inches of space every week to do so. Plus, I didn't want to burden my facebook friends with a bunch of bullshit they don't want to read. So here I am. Blogging. Whatever, anyway, on to the point.

I wish I could start by writing something meaningful, but I feel the need to bitch about a really bad movie I just saw. "Smile Pretty" is a trainwreck of a film. I have to admit, I NetFlixed this movie because Scout Taylor-Compton was in it. She is a decent actress, plus she is hot. I thought maybe I would see a good movie without a rating with a hot chick possibly getting naked in it. Wrong. I should have read the description before I queued it.

Here's the jist. Compton plays a girl who has left Romania after being the subject of molestation and child pornography. She is adopted by a man in the U.S. who proceeds to abuse her and post naked pictures of her (she is 14 at the time) on a web site that he runs. She meets a 31-year-old dude who pretends to love her, they get in a threesome with a 14-year-old chick, and all goes to hell.

Now, normally this might make for a great movie. But it sucked. If the budget had been more than $1,000, it might have been a great movie. The story was good, Compton's acting was good, but aside from that, it was horrible. I am guessing it was picked up by some production company that makes nothing but B-Movies. It was horrible. E.g., there were fade-outs. What serious filmmaker uses fade-outs? There was actually a scene where after the fade-out, you could hear the director say "cut."

Maybe I am being over-critical after seeing Avatar three times, but seriously. Stupid, stupid, stupid. But here is the real kicker. Why did Scout Taylor-Compton even do this movie? This film was released between the two Rob Zombie Halloween movies. Why did she take this gig? Was there nothing better on the line? Did she want to taint her career? For real, Scout, WTF??

Scout, if you are reading this, please let us know what was going through your mind when you signed on for this project. Also, please let us know why you go by the name of "Scout." I have read your imdb page, and if my memory is correct, this is not your birth name.

But that's just my opinion. And someday, robots may rule the world.