As a result of superhuman boredom on Thursday night, i went to see a girly movie, something I haven't done since............................ actually come to think of it I'm not sure I ever have. I'm usually not suicidal. Plus everything else was already running and all I had to choose from was 'How to lose a guy in ten days', or as I like to call it 'How to lose your lunch in one film' and Matrix Reloaded and I was not tripping merrily down that dark path again. So I opted for the film that required the least concentration and the smallest I.Q.
<*dv_0*> My expectation of this film was as follows:
1) Girly (Kate Hudson) wants to write article
2) Needs male type guinea pig (Matthew McConaughey)
3) Meets male type guinea pig (Yummy type guinea pig)
4) Dates male type guinea pig
5) Falls in love
6) Guinea pig finds out about ulterior motive for dating and dumps girly
7) They realise they can not live without each other and a suitably drawn out chase to find lover again ensues.
Apart from the added complication that he also has ulterior motives for dating her too, that was actually the film, written on a napkin on a working lunch me thinks. The only redeeming feature is that Matthew McConaughey takes his top off (put him on a stick and I'll have as a lolly). This was just another regurgitated love story, from the never ending pile of vomitous love stories we've all been burdened with since 'Sleepless in Seattle'
I think they should be made to stop now, I'm sick of happy endings, you know if the film carried on charting the couples relationship six months from now he would be shagging her best friend and she'd be having a meaningful relationship with BOB (battery operated boyfriend). To top it all off every time there was a lovey dovey bit they did the old soft focus trick, kept making me think my glasses had steamed up.
The highlight of this film for me was the Mnage a tois I had with 'Ben and Jerry' while watching it, now those guy's really know what a girl wants.
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