Let me start by saying that I like Jennifer Lopez. She’s great at a lot of things. She sings well, she dances really well, she’s charming and kind on American Idol, and I have really enjoyed a number of her movies, albeit guiltily.
However, although she plays a classics professor in “The Boy Next Door,” dear J. Lo’s grasp of the classics is not her strong suit. Nor is it the strong suit of the screenwriter. Or the director. Or any of the other actors. Or anyone on the crew. Let’s just assume not one of them cracked a book in high school literature class. Or history class.
Here’s the most hilariously WTF movie moment I’ve seen in a long, looong time (and I have seen some real dogs, let me tell you).
http://www.ora.tv/wtfark/book-door-lo-movie-idea–iliad—hilarious-0_6pm7vhs9q6xq
P.S. There’s a personal story that explains why this tickles me so much, but it would be unkind to tell it here. Suffice to say we’ve heard this before.

February 3, 2015 at 6:05 pm
This literally had me on the floor laughing..of all the books they chose mess up by choosing The Illiad?! Thank you for the laugh.
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February 3, 2015 at 6:16 pm
Awful/wonderful, isn’t it?
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February 3, 2015 at 6:19 pm
hahah..yea puts you in a predicament no doubt!
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February 3, 2015 at 6:10 pm
ROFL!! That was priceless. Thank you!
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February 3, 2015 at 6:16 pm
They just keep lining them up, so I just keep knocking them down.
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February 3, 2015 at 6:38 pm
LOLOLOL!! Too funny, and although I am not a Jennifer Lopez movie fan, ‘Selena’ was a pretty good movie. But then again, in that one she is a Latina singer. . . portraying a Latina singer. . .
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February 4, 2015 at 8:32 am
Not quite the stretch that a classics professor is, granted.
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February 3, 2015 at 6:44 pm
It’s called: “I have this fetish/fantasy of an older educated bookworm getting it on with the younger gardener who likes to go topless and talks about licking his teacher.” I figured it was J-Lo trying once more to preserve some youth? But, who knows who’s driven this film. It’s not exactly on my must-see list. Not by a long shot. Maybe as a “chick flick” with the right partner on popcorn night at home:P It might be considered a tame porno:P I smell a nasty trend in Hollywood. It wafts through the air with shades of gray.
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February 4, 2015 at 11:56 am
I see what you did there!
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February 4, 2015 at 4:05 pm
What did I do there? 😛
What a nice smile you have.
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February 4, 2015 at 4:52 pm
I was referring to your Shades of Gray reference, and thank you!
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February 4, 2015 at 4:59 pm
Ah that what I did. 🙂 You’re most welcome.
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February 3, 2015 at 7:01 pm
gun takes care of these problems fast. When I say leave me alone, I mean leave me alone. Drama does not work for me here.
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February 3, 2015 at 7:03 pm
That is amazing, and not in the good way.
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February 4, 2015 at 8:33 am
It’s hilarious. In a depressing way.
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February 3, 2015 at 7:10 pm
Selena was her best, all downhill after that.
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February 4, 2015 at 8:34 am
I quite liked her in “The Cell,” too.
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February 4, 2015 at 4:09 pm
Yep, The Cell was decent. But, that falls into the realm of musical theater. Smart characters just aren’t her strong suit. But, let’s not blame her; blame the imbalance in her life. She needs a smart guy in her life; not the next Nick Cannon:P
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February 17, 2015 at 7:00 pm
I actually quite liked that movie – even more than I liked Selena. I think that was her best.
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February 17, 2015 at 9:21 pm
Me, too, but let’s not tell anyone.
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February 18, 2015 at 4:43 pm
shhh..:)
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February 3, 2015 at 7:45 pm
Can I get a “what, WHAT!?” Srsly… That’s just priceless. 😀
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February 4, 2015 at 8:34 am
I assume someone will be fired for that. That’s sad.
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February 3, 2015 at 9:08 pm
Thank you very much.
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February 4, 2015 at 8:34 am
YW!
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February 3, 2015 at 9:18 pm
Hilariously sad awful! I just shared that with my friends. The Iliad? Got a first edition of the Bible on ya? You know, God’s word and all. Ha! Awesome.
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February 4, 2015 at 11:58 am
You can’t fix stupid. Your description of hilariously sad awful is exactly right.
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February 3, 2015 at 9:36 pm
That is craptastic! I kinda want to punch the writer of this scene. I mean, wow. Just, wow!
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February 4, 2015 at 8:36 am
At least 1000 people saw that (a conservative estimate) before it was released, and no one noticed. Hard to imagine.
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February 4, 2015 at 10:23 am
Its so bad I feel like someone will eventually comment from the team and explain. Like, maybe there was some inside joke that went terribly wrong? LOL I just can’t accept that this happened!
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February 4, 2015 at 10:41 am
I was thinking about that on my way home last night. I speculated that maybe the writer secretly hates J. Lo and hated the job and so deliberately sabotaged the script.
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February 4, 2015 at 11:40 am
#nailedit – that’s gotta be the explanation. Hehe
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February 4, 2015 at 11:52 am
Of course, the other explanation is that they’re all dumb as a box of hair.
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February 3, 2015 at 9:56 pm
But she’s wearing scholarly glasses. Surely it must be true!
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February 3, 2015 at 10:31 pm
And a sloppy ponytail. Clearly, she’s half a genius.
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February 3, 2015 at 10:06 pm
OMG. As if the title of this post wasn’t funny enough–the movie clip was hilarious. Wait until the part where he gives her a David Yurman bracelet. Fifty cents at a church bazaar. Yeah, really. He’s like a really super cool cheapskate/stalker/boyfriend.
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February 3, 2015 at 10:31 pm
He could give me a David Yurman bracelet. I don’t like him, but I really like Yurman.
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February 3, 2015 at 10:38 pm
I’ll tell Jen to send him your way… 🙂
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February 3, 2015 at 10:39 pm
Excellent!
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February 4, 2015 at 9:47 am
Don’t worry – someone will go to Wikipedia and “fix” the info on the Iliad. Surely, the movies are always right . . . I am not a student of the classics, but I recognize this as a classic fail.
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February 4, 2015 at 2:32 am
What an embarrassment!! I did laugh though once I had finished cringing!
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February 4, 2015 at 8:37 am
That is a very accurate description of my reaction, too.
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February 4, 2015 at 6:25 am
Oh brother. Sorry. That’s all I’ve got.
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February 4, 2015 at 8:36 am
It really is something, isn’t it?
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February 4, 2015 at 8:53 am
But lets face it, the people that are being $15 to go see this movie aren’t going to be any wiser… and I know that personal story and it still cracks me up
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February 4, 2015 at 9:34 am
Yes, you do!
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February 4, 2015 at 8:53 am
And I meant ‘paying’ not ‘being’
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February 4, 2015 at 9:34 am
I thought you were being existential.
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February 4, 2015 at 10:58 am
I soooo want to see this movie. But I am not expecting much from it. J Lo’s best film was definitely Out of Sight. I’ve been unimpressed with most others, but I’m hopeful the camp value of this one makes up for it’s flaws.
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February 4, 2015 at 11:28 am
I love camp! (Especially the unintentional kind.)
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February 4, 2015 at 12:28 pm
This movie is obviously designed to be a drinking game.
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February 4, 2015 at 2:10 pm
That’s hilarious!!! You’re right. Next movie night?
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February 4, 2015 at 4:13 pm
You want another movie joke (if you haven’t heard about it already. It’s not as big a deal as this one, perhaps, but it seems Bradley Cooper was holding a toy baby (doll) in American Sniper. After people noticing, they made a change to the DVD version…somehow. I would be a lil stunned if they had him re-shoot the scene with a real baby. I suspect it’s just a CG edit.
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February 4, 2015 at 4:53 pm
Interesting!
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February 4, 2015 at 5:00 pm
Why do/must you LIKE every comment I make? What does that accomplish?
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February 4, 2015 at 6:34 pm
Nothing at all. I just figured people would be more likely to comment if they know someone is reading them. I like the dialogue.
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February 9, 2015 at 5:32 pm
You wish to have a longer conversation? Then, step on over to my Chat Cafe space.
Or, are you saying other people are more likely to add to my comments if you LIKE them? I am not sure that makes much sense. Either you’re farming for compliments or you should encourage and exchange words other than a LIKE button which is just a button from another website…which kinda pirates every other website, adding moolah to its own pockets.
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February 9, 2015 at 8:01 pm
I don’t use the like button in lieu of a response. I respond to every comment I get. And I’m not farming for compliments (I think you mean fishing, but maybe you’re in a land-locked state), I just like to encourage discussion about the artists whose work I post.
I fail to see the harm in the like button, but I’m sorry it irritates you so. Anyway, thanks for playing!
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February 10, 2015 at 3:29 pm
Farming, fishing. Tomato, Tuna. 😛
Okay. But, how does a button encourage discussion?
Oh, you’re posting the (art)works of others? Not your own? Are not the creators of the original material posting their own in their own space?
I suspect most people consumed by convenience don’t see the harm in a do-all button.
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February 8, 2015 at 3:40 pm
Love that too! Cheers Opher
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February 8, 2015 at 3:54 pm
Couldn’t help myself.
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February 19, 2015 at 6:29 pm
http://www.buzzfeed.com/jarrylee/the-first-edition-iliad-next-door#.ybAeNbg7g
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February 19, 2015 at 6:42 pm
Ha! They took their time getting there, didn’t they?
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February 24, 2015 at 5:38 pm
It is horrifying how uneducated some of the scriptwriters and the actors who speak the lines can sometimes be. This is so disgraceful that it’s a wonder some member of the audience didn’t scream out loud in protest.
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February 24, 2015 at 6:15 pm
Alas, I assume those who went to see this movie in the theater didn’t go for the classics references.
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February 24, 2015 at 7:14 pm
Or, sadly, recognize them.
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February 24, 2015 at 7:36 pm
Ha!
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