Who's Afraid of Liz & Dick? I am.

Liz & Dick, the new biographical made-for-TV picture about the relationship between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, premiered last night on Lifetime television. Liz & Dick's romance began on the set of 1963's Cleopatra, while both at the time were married to other people. The affair was all over the press, even being comdemned by the Vatican. Taylor and Burton were the first "it" couple which began the paparrazi craze. They had a tumultous relationship, having been married and divorced twice. Because this was Lindsay Lohan's first movie role since Robert Rodriguez's 2010 film Machete, where she played an amateur porn star, those who still think that Lindsay will make a comeback and prove that she has potential to not be a trainwreck were hopeful. The kid didn't make it. Lohan's acting was so bad that it was like watching Megan Fox try to play the great Bette Davis. It's not going to happen. Liz & Dick unintentionally came off as borderline camp. The '90s comedy soundtrack is mismatched. What is this? Housesitter featuring Goldie Hawn? Elizabeth Taylor's glamour, presence, and acting abilities were no where to be found. Instead, Liz & Dick paints Taylor as an annoying alcoholic, obsessed with sex. Lindsay Lohan delivers her lines as if acting in a Valley girl high school play. She clearly thought that she was still on the set of Mean Girls. The more tolerable scenes are when Lohan does not exist in them, a problem when her character is supposed to be who the movie is about. The $2 film sets are a joke that make Disney channel sets look like Spielberg productions. If Michael Jackson was alive he would have shut down production of Liz & Dick. It is apparent that the makeup artist hired to emulate Elizabeth Taylor's unforgettable look in Cleopatra, as well as throughout the film, had their training at Target. I have to wonder if anyone was paying attention to detail in this cheap production. Lifetime just took a major step backward. Elizabeth Taylor is rolling in her white diamond encrusted grave.