So we got to see “A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints,” Dito Montiel’s fantastic movie starring Robert Downey jr. and Shia LaBeouf. It’s was so moving, and it’s creepy how much Downey and LaBeouf look alike.
Faith has caught a weird bit of flack for her Shia site, on account’a he’s become box office gold. But we’ve been fans of his for years — for me, it was since he did a kick-ass interview with Conan for The Battle of Shaker Heights. He was so funny and weird, I figured he’d do well, but when I found out he was on the Disney Channel, I started feeling sorry for him. I mean, those guys own Will Friedel and Jason Marsden, and I shuddered to think what might happen.
So for the sake of her site, Faith and I watched movies we wouldn’t have tried before because Shia was in them. Like Disturbia: we knew it was loosely based on Rear Window, and I refused to see it for no other reason than that I hate the producer genre of “Just like the original, but with teenagers!” But we tried Disturbia and it was so good, we ended up having to buy it. He’s just really great at picking projects, and is way more talented than people give him credit for. So everybody who doesn’t like him for no other reason than that he’s in big-budget blockbusters or used to be on the Disney Channel can suck it.
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