based on Billy 's rave regarding Peter Sarsgaard's performance, I watched Shattered Glass. I was not impressed by Sarsgaard or the movie. Peter acts alot with his eyes. Nice. I guess.

Watched 10 Things I Hate About You on Netflix, with Julia Stiles playing Kat Stratford (the equivalent of Kate in "The Taming of the Shrew"), Heath Ledger as Patrick Verona (Petruchio), Larisa Oleynik as Bianca (eh, Bianca) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Michael (?). Pleasant film. Bianca's itching to date, but her father doesn't want her to (he's an obstetrician and is afraid of his daughters getting knocked up), but finally relents enough that Bianca can date if Kat does. Kat, of course, is a shrew, so Michael arranges for dimwit Joey to pay the dubious Patrick to date Kat. This is all set in high school.

There are some other changes: Patrick is far gentler than Petruchio, Bianca is much more likable than in "The Taming of the Shrew" and there is a rather sweet romance involving the school nerd that I wasn't expecting. I always like Julia Stiles (I haven't seen Wicked.). She and Ledger make a nice couple.

based on Billy 's rave regarding Peter Sarsgaard's performance, I watched Shattered Glass. I was not impressed by Sarsgaard or the movie. Peter acts alot with his eyes. Nice. I guess.

I liked it quite a lot. It captured the mores of responsible journalism, by playing it out as a gradual journey from smart but too ambitious pros being duped by charm, innate intelligence, and unscrupulous balls, to full exposure of the truth, which is the heart of the trade. I like good portrayals of reportage, such as year four of The Wire, and this too was a pretty good look. Sarsgaard was perfect as the professional, no-nonsense stalker of truth, first having to peel the villain like an onion, and then having to convince his self-important peers that they'd been had.

Saw it when it came out. A cute movie. The dad making them wear the prgenant suit before a date was a nice touch.

You mean year five of "The Wire".

BTW, "The Wire" is the best television show of all time. If you haven't watched it yet, you are way behind.

I too liked 10 Things I Hate About You. But to review it without mentioning Larry Miller's delightful performance as the father is to leave something important out.

I didn't.

You didn't like it? Or you didn't omit Larry Miller's name from your review?

You didn't say anything about mentioning him by name. I mentioned the character in my response.