Its been a while since I blogged... and also a while since I caught a particularly good movie. Iron Man was oooook and the only person I wanted to continue watching was Pepper Pots in her awesome high heels. Iron Man stood no chance with cute pepper pots in the scene. The fact that I cannot for the life of me balance myself on a pair of lovely heels for longer than an hour a day maybe one of the reasons why I was staring awe-struck!
I also caught Prince Caspian - and before you ask - the cute gal has grown up and you really really miss her. The movie was another not so great movie. The first of the Narnia Chronicles was so nice that I was real glad that we caught it. The second version did not come up anywhere close either to the imagination level or the interesting quotient that was set by the first.
It was another thursday evening... I usually strike lucky on thursday evenings. Work had been boring and I was reading Bridget Jones - Edge of Reason - the last few pages. It ceased to be funny sometime in between - maybe the similarities were no longer humorous or maybe I did not connect or associate with waiting for Darcy to make up his mind.. Anyways.. so I turn to TV hoping against hope that they (the TV folks - who else) would air a scary movie.
The first scene that I am watching is this scene where Reese Witherspoon is being taken to a Jewellery store and is being proposed to by a good looking guy. I was very sure this was not a scary movie... as Reese's expression was a telling one. She clearly was not ready yet and then she goes on ahead and I am thinking... oh gaaaahh... this is one of those arbid romantic movies and as usual I am at the end of it... Grrrr.. I am waiting for the credits to roll while I continue to read the book.. and suddenly the book ends... Oh no!
I look up at the TV and I see a lady reacting to the ring that Reese has chosen and almost shrieking "You are engaged" and flashbulbs explode while Reese is trying to tear her hand away from a witch-like lady. I think this may be interesting and decide not to surf for a while. The next scene is, not strictly in order, a gal frend calling Reese and complaining 'bout being informed 'bout her engagement alongwith million other readers of the daily newspaper and asking her if they can meet up. Reese sez that she is off to Alabama. The reaction of the gal frend intrigued me.. I thought it best to wait and watch.. Maybe she was off to stay with his parents in the town and it may be a story on how a city gal tries to manage in a quaint town a la Paris Hilton and Nicole.
It wasn't and Thank God for that. The movie is a feel good, romantic comedy that is worth a watch. Its not a movie guys would usually like and so do not drag your poor boy friend or husband to this movie. Catch up with a bunch of senti gals and you may enjoy the movie. It is more like a Mills n Boons kinda movie but with two good looking guys (Patrick Dempsey and Josh Lucas), a not-so-shy Reese Witherspoon, a coon dog named Bear, and their parents (yup!)
Having said all that, there are many places where the movie could have been better and not stuck to stereotypes. Making Patrick Dempsey behave like a total wimp when he was anyway not going to get the gal seemed unnecessary. The guy accepts that she lied 'bout her roots, her phony surname -Carmichael, the fact that she was married to her childhood sweetheart at the time of his proposal to her which she accepts, and also for leaving him at the altar. I agree I was rooting for the husband who tried so hard to be unlikeable, a spoilsport by refusing to sign the divorce papers but the boyfriend was simply too forgiving.
Actually, almost everybody was extremely forgiving.. which was a bit hard for me to take. Considering how unforgiving I can be when my husband does not support me in an argument, or when my in-laws make an offhand remark on my cooking, or when my Dad decides to plan a family trip to visit his relatives without letting me know... I mean I have a huge list... so you can understand why so many ppl forgiving Reese took me by surprise. However, I am aware that sm ppl can be surprisingly forgiving, and this is usually within families. However, everybody in your peer group at your hometown - Really?? I thought that was taking forgiveness to a totally new level - almost creating a new religion. :)
Having said all that and maybe inspite of all that, I enjoyed the movie. So catch it when you call gal frends home... it may be a nice surprise treat.
