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You know what really grinds my gears?

Children in movies who talk like 47-year olds.

It came up again today as I watched the excellent Thank You For Smoking.

You have some scene, typically, with an adult character is in crisis. Then the child wanders in to the living room, just as the protagonist is about to start drinking to solve their problems, and launches into some crazy monologue showing a level of sophistication that the young are absolutely incapable of, given their experience & education.

The whole "they have so much wisdom, in their infantile way" thing is just getting out of hand. And the producers & co. expect us to believe in this charade.

The worst is Dakota Fanning. She is the most well-trained monkey in the business. This poor little child has NONE of the naivety that a child should have when speaking in real life. When she opens her mouth, it sounds like she's been possessed by Judy Dench, and that freaks me out.

The way you can tell is just by the little phrases these brats use, that no grade-schooler would ever utter. Small things, like: "Like you said last time..."

Really think about that one. Has a kid ever referred you to a previous discussion in that way? No, and probably, they never will.

Kids talk a certain way and scriptwriters are messing it up. I can understand they are still excited about discovering child actors that don't suck, the first being Hale Joel Osment (Macauley Culkin doesn't count). But please guys, make kids kids again.


Blerrie snaaks!

I'll sign your petition.
 gm  


ek haat dakota fanning. enige ding wat iets uit 'n kind maak wat hy nie is die, distrust ek sterk - soos skoonheidskompetisies vir klein dogtertjies...hierdie jonbenet ramsay freak my totally uit.
 arcadia  


Het pas Thank You For Smoking gekyk. Wat 'n creepy kind.
Stem absoluut saam met jou oor die onnatuurlikheid van hierdie tipe rolle vir "kindersterre".
 Marissa  


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