So, if you’ve been paying attention to what is going on in America, you will know that the Stupak Amendment has been passed by the House of Representatives. What is the Stupak Amendment?
“The Stupak Amendment states that ‘any part of the costs of any health plan that includes coverage of abortion’ could not be funded.”
Bart Stupak is a man. He will never have to be in the position to choose and neither will more than half of its supporters.
Technically, I shouldn’t include this trainwreck of a movie because I didn’t finish it. I couldn’t. I couldn’t take anymore bad acting or Cameron Diaz . What a horrible movie.
Basically, it’s about plain and simple Rose (Toni Collette), whose sister (played by Ditzy Diaz) is a party girl who can’t get her shit straight…at all, and moves in with her and it gets really old, really fast. I mean, come on, Ditzy Diaz’s character gets the car towed and she’s standing alone on the street and two guys approach her and offer her a ride! Any woman with the basic smidge of common sense would say no and leave…but she accepts! of course, they try to do bad things…didn’t see that coming did you? I was kind of hoping they’d just kill her and save the movie, but no.
I stopped it not long after..I got tired of seeing Ditzy Diaz prancing about in her underwear and bra. Lame. Apparently, the grandmother comes and saves the day or something but I couldn’t tell you.
Tearjerker: Um, well I kind of cried through all of it, but for normal, sane people, I’d say 2/5
Will guys watch it? Well, no guys that I know wanted to watch it, but if you’re from NYC or L.A., probably.
Finally! Finally! I’ve been waiting to see this for so long! I think it was all the anticipation and excitement I had for this movie that made me basically cry for most of the movie…not all-out bawling (not until the end, anyway) but just randomly tearing up for no reason except for that I’m tottaly relating to something on the screen.
So, unless you’ve been living under a rock, you basically know the story. Julie Powell, a secretary bored with her job and on the verge of turning thirty, decides to do something meaningful with her life and starts up the Julie and Julia Project, wherein she signs on to cook all the recipes in Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking and blog about it. Oh, and she has a year to do it. But the movie just isn’t about JP’s life, it also switches to Julia Child’s life, albeit a quick and rather superficial look at her life.
JP has breakdowns and meltdowns while trying to complete her project, struggles through a rough patch with her husband and learns towards the end that JC doesn’t really care all that much for her, which I found heartbreaking. I don’t know why.There is also a hilarious lobster cooking scene.
I’ve read the book. I’ve read the Julie and Julia blog. I can say that I much, much, much prefer the blog and the book to the movie, which I think Hollywood kind of butchered, but it is still a great movie if you can ignore the fact that a lot was changed and Amy Adams is nowhere near as charming as the original Julie Powell.
Meryl Streep is an OK Julia Child. As someone who actually grew up watching Julia Child on the teevee often, I don’t think she pulled it off as great as some people think. Then again, who the hell else is going to play JC other than Meryl Streep? Exactly.
Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew McConaughey, Kathy Bates, Terry Bradshaw
Lame factor: 2/5
Tearjerker: 1/5
Will guys want to watch it? Considering it has SJP AND Mr. Sexypants McConaughey, I’d say..NO.
Allllllrighty, I like Sarah Jessica Parker, ok? I mean, yes, she cannot for the life of her, be anyone other than Carrie Bradshaw, in ANY movie, but that’s ok. She sticks to what she knows, right? She’s cute in that goofy way, except for the annoying screaming, what the hell is up with that?
Plot: McConaughey plays a 30-something dude-type that still lives at home with his folks..and has no plans on that ever changing. He has a new girlfriend every week and all his little guy pals also live at home with their parents. Kathy Bates and Terry Bradshaw play McSexypants’s parents, who hire SJP, who is an interventionist for men who suffer from the “failure to launch” syndrome,which basically means they can’t grow up and they still live with mom and dad. SJP’s job is too pretend to be interested in McSexypants, and slowly ween him off the parents build his confidence in really lame and stereotypical ways and eventually have him move out into his own place.
Of course, as with any chick flick, issues arise. SJP falls in love, McSexypants’ friends find out about the scam and he finds out. All hell breaks loose and he winds up tied to a chair.
Throughout the movie we get mildly entertained by that one black-haired girl named Zooey, who plays Kit, which is SJP’s roommate. She is completely uninterested and uninteresting and yet is still quirky enough to be cute in that bitchy way and uh, kind of reminds me of me.
By the end of the movie, you will not be surprised because, hello, it involves Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew McConaughey. What did you think this was, a Reese Witherspoon movie? However, if you are ailing from a lonely heart, a sore throat or just general blah-ness, the sheer sexiness of the southern drawl from one McConaughey paired with his sexy chest and abdominal muscles will cure you of everything. (Sidenote for the squeemish: there is a scene where McConaughey and his little guy pals are doing yoga. There is little that grosses me out more than a man doing yoga. Even if he is a sexy, sexy beast.)
Worth watching? Ah,yeah, why not. It has funny moments, a sexy southern accent and Kathy Bates.
Alright, I’m back. Sorry for the disappearing act. Three things:
1 – I’m pretty sure I have H1N1.
2 – I have a few chick flicks to add to the Comprehensive Guide to Chick Flicks, which, I admit, has kind of fallen off the 30-day wagon. But that’s ok, it’s my blog and I can procrastinate if I want to.
3 – I’m looking for someone who can help me put together a writing portfolio/resume. Nothing fancy. Just a simple online version of a writing resume that is professional and reflective of my style. Know anyone? E-mail me: jmbest(@)gmail(dot)com.
Also, I have learned that my husband of the 80’s, Andre Agassi, was not sportin’ his real hair back in the day. IT WAS A WIG! Did what’s-her-face know?
For all you Canadians and wise Americans out there, be sure to check out my food blog, Have Spatula, Will Travel, in the next few days for my 7 Minutes in the Kitchen with one Mr. George Stroumboulopoulos. Yep, that same one.
Also upcoming: 7 Minutes in the Kitchen with Julie Powell, Nadia G and a certain honky-tonk star.
You can see my interview with Sara Benincasa here.
I have not yet given up on the 30 day Chick Flick Challenge, dedicated friends. I was able to watch about 45 minutes of In Her Shoes, with stars Cameron Diaz and which I nearly stabbed myself in the eye while watching because of how awful it was. Don’t worry, there will be a review soon.I apologize in advance for the amount of f-bombs that will be dropped.
But to be honest, I’m a bit consumed with the wonderful HBO series, Six Feet Under, which I admit I’m a bit late joining the party. But it is so good. I’m halfway through season 4 at the moment and I’m kind of disappointed about the lack of actual funeral-y happenings going on, but the story line is amazing. And I’m so glad Brenda and her sexy brother are back. If she doesn’t end up with Nate I will be pissed. No one give it away, please!
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Kate Hudson, Candace Bergen
Lame factor: 4/5 Tearjerker: 2/5 (I cried, once, OK? ONCE!) Will guys want to watch it? No. Nonononono. Girls shouldn’t want to watch it either.
Ohhhhhh boy. Here we go. Bride Wars is basically the epitome of why I hate chick flicks. I hate cliches so much and this whole movie is one big cliche fuck fest. So. These two bff’s get engaged – ohmigod, freak the fuck out why don’t we. And get this. Both in June. Both at the Plaza in NYC and even better thanks to a scheduling mishap, on the same day. Great. The girls end up fighting and sabotaging each other’s wedding day dreams.. boo hoo…great message there folks. She’s your best friend so let’s do all kinds of hateful mean things to her!!
Anyways. I don’t mind Anne Hathaway in small doses. Like 5 minutes every 6 months or so, but despite having no ass whatsoever, she is kind of pretty in that big-eyed, wide mouth kind of way. Kate Hudson, on the other hand is absolutely revolting, I find. She looks like a dried out leather handbag, did you notice? Everything about her screams DRY! I’m pretty sure her vagina is dry too. She is very unappealing. Even her hair is dry, for christ’s sake. She appears to be 40, also. How old is she?
Anyways. So all this stuff goes on. The do mean things to each other. Then it’s the Big Day! Both are getting married! they see each other across the room and one of ‘em ends up doing something and then, I won’t give it away, don’t worry – one of them doesn’t get married. Do you know who? I won’t tell you. But it ain’t a surprise.
Candace Bergen plays the scary, intimidating wedding planner. She’s great in everything. I love her.
Worth watching? No, not really. I felt pretty lame for wasting my time watching this.
Starring: Matt Dillon, Natalie Portman, Uma Thurman, Lauren Holly, Mira Sorvino
Lame Factor: 3/5
Tearjerker: 0/5
Well, it turns out Beautiful Girls isn’t much of a chick flick at all. It’s what I call a guy’s chick flick. One that’s supposed to make guy’s feel better about being assholes or something. I don’t know, but I didn’t really enjoy this movie for a couple reasons.
1- Uma Thurman. I hate Uma Thurman.
2- Natalie Portman. I’m not a fan of the Portman.
3- Timothy Hutton plays a grown ass man who is kind of lusting after a 13 year-old. It’s kind of weird in a not very charming way. I don’t know, maybe I’m just uptight or something, but I didn’t like it.
Basically, this guy returns to his little hometown in bum-fuck nowhere for his high school reunion where all his high school buddies haven’t changed all that much since. They’re all in relationships or kind-of-relationships where they bitch about their women not being beautiful enough or have problems with fucking one women for the rest of their life.
I found it all really very….blah. One guy is boning a married woman who he is supposedly in denial about being still in love with – meanwhile he’s in a kind-of relationship with someone else. See what I mean? It made me very anti-man while watching this.
One other grown ass man has posters of half-naked supermodels all over his wall. Uma Thurman plays the town whore without actually sleeping with anyone. typical.
Rosie O’Donnell is also in the movie. No comment.
Worth watching: If you’re a guy that needs to be stroked and made to feel better about being a douche, sure.
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Patrick Dempsey, Josh Lucas, Candace Bergen
Tearjerker factor: 1/5
Lame factor: 2/5
Would guys like it? Not likely
Damn that Reese Witherspoon, eh? She’s like that girl in school that you want to hate but you can’t because she’s just sweet and cute and lovely so you just go along with and before you know she has swept you up into another chick flick that you find yourself loving. Or at least liking..a lot.
The plot is simple: Southern girl moved to NYC and became a rich, fancy fashion designer engaged to a rich mama’s boy whose mama (Candance Bergen – love her) happens to be the mayor of New York. Turns out little miss high falutin’ gal is still married to a man in Alabama, who is a total hunk of man meat and all hell breaks lose when he refuses to sign the divorce papers she brings down for him to sign. After a bunch of hmm’s and haw’s Southern Gal finally makes a decision and it probably turns out to be the right one, considering her options.
Finally! Finally! I’ve been waiting to see this for so long! I think it was all the anticipation and excitement I had for this movie that made me basically cry for most of the movie…not all-out bawling (not until the end, anyway) but just randomly tearing up for no reason except for that I’m tottaly relating to something on the screen.
Ohhhhhh boy. Here we go. Bride Wars is basically the epitome of why I hate chick flicks. I hate cliches so much and this whole movie is one big cliche fuck fest. So. These two bff’s get engaged – ohmigod, freak the fuck out why don’t we. And get this. Both in June. Both at the Plaza in NYC and even better thanks to a scheduling mishap, on the same day. Great. The girls end up fighting and sabotaging each other’s wedding day dreams.. boo hoo…great message there folks. She’s your best friend so let’s do all kinds of hateful mean things to her!!
Damn that Reese Witherspoon, eh? She’s like that girl in school that you want to hate but you can’t because she’s just sweet and cute and lovely so you just go along with and before you know she has swept you up into another chick flick that you find yourself loving. Or at least liking..a lot.
