The latest chick flick to hit the big screen is a romantic comedy starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds. My opinion? ehhhh. It's about what you can expect. Maybe a little better... It's like a combination of The Devil Wears Prada, Miss Congeniality, and What Happens in Vegas. So you can guess that the plotline wasn't all that original and quite predictable.
I think what stood out to me the most was the awkward humor played out through many uncomfortable situations. I definitely had a few lol's. When two people who obviously don't like each other much are forced to publicly be in a "relationship" many things that would be normal to a regular couple are in fact quite awkward and thus hilarious.
Another thing I liked a lot was the pacing of the character development. I think it added a lot that the female character (Maragaret Tate played by Sandra Bullock) was the business power house and the male (Ryan Reynolds as Andrew Paxton) for once was the one working his butt off to get to the top under a witch of a female boss. They did a good job slowly revealing her character's human side and finally giving Reynold's character some balls. As the plot moved on, we can see how Andrew's life is full of desire to be a good editor despite the easy claim to wealth he would have if he took over his father's empire. He's truly motivated worker, much like many people moving out to "the big city" with big dreams, and the audience can sympathize with the way he is constantly shot down by Tate despite how good he is at his job.
Betty White was of course adorable as was Oscar Nunez (Oscar from "The Office") Coach (Craig T. Nelson) also makes an appearance as Andrew's father (receeding hairline and all, despite the long silver locks in the back...man I hope he never cuts that fabulous doo short!)
Overall there were some definite good things they did with this film, but I can't say that it will be all that memorable for me. At the end, it left me just as cynical and single as ever saying "oh great, two more hot people falling in love and living happily ever after..." Another thing that didn't work for me was Sandra Bullock in that role. The character is too mean in the beginning and personally I just find Bullock too likeable. She looks like a kidnergartner compared to Streep in TDWP. Technically she did everything right in terms of being a cold hearted witch, but she's just too branded as someone else to pull it off. I am however looking forward to seeing her play the head over heels in love dweeb in All About Steve with Bradley Cooper. Hopefully I won't be disapointed...
I think what stood out to me the most was the awkward humor played out through many uncomfortable situations. I definitely had a few lol's. When two people who obviously don't like each other much are forced to publicly be in a "relationship" many things that would be normal to a regular couple are in fact quite awkward and thus hilarious.
Another thing I liked a lot was the pacing of the character development. I think it added a lot that the female character (Maragaret Tate played by Sandra Bullock) was the business power house and the male (Ryan Reynolds as Andrew Paxton) for once was the one working his butt off to get to the top under a witch of a female boss. They did a good job slowly revealing her character's human side and finally giving Reynold's character some balls. As the plot moved on, we can see how Andrew's life is full of desire to be a good editor despite the easy claim to wealth he would have if he took over his father's empire. He's truly motivated worker, much like many people moving out to "the big city" with big dreams, and the audience can sympathize with the way he is constantly shot down by Tate despite how good he is at his job.
Betty White was of course adorable as was Oscar Nunez (Oscar from "The Office") Coach (Craig T. Nelson) also makes an appearance as Andrew's father (receeding hairline and all, despite the long silver locks in the back...man I hope he never cuts that fabulous doo short!)
Overall there were some definite good things they did with this film, but I can't say that it will be all that memorable for me. At the end, it left me just as cynical and single as ever saying "oh great, two more hot people falling in love and living happily ever after..." Another thing that didn't work for me was Sandra Bullock in that role. The character is too mean in the beginning and personally I just find Bullock too likeable. She looks like a kidnergartner compared to Streep in TDWP. Technically she did everything right in terms of being a cold hearted witch, but she's just too branded as someone else to pull it off. I am however looking forward to seeing her play the head over heels in love dweeb in All About Steve with Bradley Cooper. Hopefully I won't be disapointed...
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