I’ve enjoyed my long weekend, and thus, I’m invariably very far behind on this blog. In fact, during the last few days, I’ve come home to shower and sleep, and that’s about it. But in the next few days, I swear I will rededicate myself to the very important task at hand: giving the thumbs up or thumbs down to an ever-growing list of recently watched movies. Let’s see if I can remember this weekend’s selection.

Recently Seen Movie #1:

He’s Just Not That Into You

Before I say anything else, I would like to point out that the one singular punchline of this film is dead obvious. “If he acts like he doesn’t give a crap about you, he’s probably just not that into you.” If you need a 2-hour-long movie to teach you this, you might have more pressing problems than figuring out whether the guy from the Mac vs PC commercials likes you. I’m not sure how so many great actors and actresses were tricked into doing this film. I can only assume it was Drew Barrymore’s mad Executive Producer skillz. That said, the wardrobe and makeup department really did a great job of making beautiful women look horrible. Was this the part of the movie that was supposed to be uplifting? I mean, I guess I felt a little better about myself seeing how even Jennifer “Flawless-at-40″ Aniston could have makeup settling into her fine lines, but it didn’t really make up for the generally poor storyline.

As my dear friend, who kindly dragged me into the theater with her so eloquently stated, “It’s like the exact opposite of Love Actually.” No sir, despite appearances from their marketing efforts, this was definitely not a Richard Curtis film. There were enough happy endings, I suppose, but the journey from beginning to end was most painful. Nearly every single character was a complete caricature, and almost every one of them annoying. Somehow, slightly conceited Mac Guy, who I never really believed was a real actor, turned out to be the only believable character. This is possibly because the guy can’t actually act, and was thus playing himself, a real, 3-D human being. Or, this could be because I’ve met more than my fair share of smart-alecks in my lifetime. Either way, he was the saving grace of the movie in my eyes. Truthfully, if I could have done this over again, I would have chosen to watch this when it came out on DVD. Not much of a point in wasting my travel time + beautiful, liquid cash on this subpar film. And I love Rom Coms, so that’s saying something!

You want more? On the to-review list:
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Knocked Up
Transporter 2
Cruel Intentions 2