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| wotyzoid |
Ok so I stayed in tonight, Don't you hate it when Friday night plans don't work out? So I ended up planing out a nice alone movie night as I was making me some pasta with an alfredo sauce and chicken, and browsing through the new releases on my TV I see this movie and say, "Hey, what the heck! All I need is a shallow movie to end my night.?" Here's the flip, I actually loved it, and I find it kind of embarrassing. Because I for one am not a huge fan of romantic comedies unless it's "Intolerable Cruelty" and I usually get annoyed at the shallow script and the improbability thrown in but I have no idea what happened tonight and I actually in' felt good after watching this. Ok so to end the stupid rant, I think this review has the right idea, taken from imdb:
| quote: | For some people, the romantic comedy genre is there to be sneered at. It's a lower art form subscribed to by the uneducated masses, the same plot regurgitated through a word processor with names, dates and locations changed: ("Girl meets boy, she's feisty, he's snobbish, they don't see eye to eye - How oh how are they ever going to end up together by the end of the movie?"). Admittedly, I'm not the biggest advocate of the ol' romcom, but this film falls into the "watchable" category of romantic comedy. Of course it's phoney and sugar-coated. Of course it has no resemblance to real life -
For goodness' sake it's a romantic comedy! If it wasn't shallow and improbable it'd be called a "drama"! I don't understand people who post comments on this site, taking potshots at films like this for being dumb and schmaltzy. Look at the poster before you go in. If it's got young people with good teeth on the poster, the title is a bit twee and the font is in pastel shades, chances are, it's a romantic comedy. If you don't like that kind of thing don't go in!
Anyway, my girlfriend took me to see this film yesterday (missed Cloverfield) but it was OK. Seriously. It was OK.
Ryan Reynolds is a solid enough lead, with enough comic talent to keep things ticking over. Abigail Breslin is charming too. Kevin Kline seems to growing gracefully into more senior roles, and Rachel Weisz, Elizabeth Banks and Isla Fisher are all comfortable enough as Reynold's love interests.
The script isn't belly-laugh funny but it has it's moments, there's some good use of news footage from the time in which the story is set, and the plot ticks over nicely. There's also a bit of guessing for the audience too, and my bet is you'll stay to end if only to find out how it finishes.
So there it is: a better than average romantic comedy. Not weighty. Not cerebral. Not challenging. Just a mildly diverting story, about a nice bunch of nice looking people having a nice time and getting their nice little lives sorted out. Nicely.
To give this film the scathing it's had in some quarters, is like a food critic cruelly reviewing a bag of crisps. That is to say this film is not meant to be "food for thought" it's just a snack. And if you get your kicks out of inflating your own ego by raving about how much a dumb film like this offended your sensibilities, then "for shame!" is all I can say. You weren't led blindfolded into the cinema. You knew what you were getting into. It should have been obvious from the poster that this film is a romcom.
Trust me, as a man that's been dragged to more than his fair share of romcoms, this one is by no means bad. |
C0r Version: I fell in love with a romantic comedy :( |
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| Mebot |
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| Mebot |
| hehe just kidding, everyone has a guilty-pleasure movie. I like Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo.... |
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| wotyzoid |
| Haha well played. |
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| Yan |
| It's considered a good movie. I'd like to watch it. |
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| Krypton |
| My car broke down around 4PM today from a gas station I went to putting water in the gas. There goes my night...:o :o |
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| Mebot |
speaking of Ryan Reynolds, I hear he's slated to play the part of Deadpool (the best Marvel comic anti-hero ever) in an upcoming movie.
Confirm/deny? |
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| Mebot |
| quote: | Originally posted by Krypton
My car broke down around 4PM today from a gas station I went to putting water in the gas. There goes my night...:o :o |
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| Krypton |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mebot
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I don't know exactly which station, but when I do, I'm gonna sue the out of them.. I was going to go to a party tonight, now I'm stuck at home because my friend is too drunk to drive.. |
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| Yan |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mebot
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WAT
I just realized why that looks so familiar to me...
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| wotyzoid |
| quote: | Originally posted by Yan
It's considered a good movie. I'd like to watch it. |
Do it, I don't want to feel embarrassed alone.
| quote: | Originally posted by Mebot
speaking of Ryan Reynolds, I hear he's slated to play the part of Deadpool (the best Marvel comic anti-hero ever) in an upcoming movie.
Confirm/deny? |
Confirmed; next X-Men movie. THIS
For the record, I think he's got a bright future in acting. The guy is really talented, not to mention the wise cracks he throws around. |
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