I wanted to take this opportunity to talk about romantic comedies. I'm a pretty typical woman in that I love romantic comedies - I know they are predictable and cheesy and unrealistic but I still watch them every time :) That being said - they don't need to be completely unoriginal and poorly written. Too much of the time, filmmakers rely on big name people to attract you to movies that are just awful. For example - I love Jennifer Garner. I'll definitely see a movie just for her. So I'm guilty. I went to see Ghosts of Gilfriends Past and wanted to walk out. Just because it's a romantic comedy doesn't mean it needs to sacrifice story and character. Look at the Marlie Arnold classics - Sleepless in Seattle and When Harry Met Sally - funny, romantic, cute, great characters, great story. Step it up romantic comedies!
Onward now to what I watched a couple of days ago - Confessions of a Shopaholic. Not a great story and there were definitely some cheesy ridiculous parts - but there were also some cute parts and I feel like Isla Fisher really saved this one. I really liked her :) Unlike Katherine Heigl who I don't even remotely care for, Isla Fisher is fun and cute and you really want to be like her....which let's face it, is the WHOLE reason we women watch romantic comedies!
...and end soapbox.
I really liked this movie too. Super cute. And you know I love Heigl, but the Ugly Truth was one of the worst movies ever... kind of like you mention above - ridiculously poor writing. BTW, Mat hijacks the netflix all the time and we end up with the weirdest/worst movies!
ReplyDeleteThis review cracks me up. It's just so "Marlie". Or maybe so "Eckelman." haha. I agree on Katherine Heigl...she just can't pull it off. She's not Jennifer Garner. She's not Reese Witherspoon. And there are WAY too many romantic comedies that have completely worthless stories and that is always very disappointing. That's why movies like When Harry Met Sally become classics. Baby Fish Mouth!
ReplyDeleteSo what you are saying is, this is rent worthy?
ReplyDeleteWe need to keep our men from hijacking our Netflix queues! Chris does keep my list interesting though :) And no Melissa, she's NO Jennifer Garner, but who is? I've already decided that me, Jennifer Garner, Rachel McAdams and Keri Russell would be BFF's if they just knew me! Haha :) And yes Leslee, I would say it's rentworthy :)
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