014 Saturday Matinee

This is no-brainer RomCom, not challenging to watch and it will never be on par with a hig brow film. However it did exactly what I wanted it to which was switch off my brain and make me feel like it is the weekend. All in all a perfect Saturday Afternoon Matinee.

As RomCom go it is no Friends With Benefits or Along Came Polly.... it just lacks the Com.... more accurately portrayed it is a....

ROMcom

Mathew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner star.... they basically only have one character type in films so you know what to expect and they don't fail. In a film were a devout bachelor attends his little brothers wedding weekend and is haunted by the ghosts of his past girlfriends. A slightly different take on the Dickens classic... A Christmas Carol.

Emma Stone as the ghost of girlfriends past is (I grant you) rather amusing... but only because usually she is so dam pretty. I am just going to glance over the type casting of Michael Douglas...

I would probably give it a 5/10 overall rating!

Kate

xo

013 Saturday matinee

Sorry about this blog being a little late up but I have had such a hectic week with trips to Shrewsbury and London. It did mean that I had a lot of travel time to fill and not all of which could be used for work related activities, so I filled the gap with this weeks film review.... Friends With Benefits. I had high expectations of this film after my little sister sung its praises but then she also likes Mamma Mia so maybe her opinion isn't to be relied upon.

 That is why I was a little shocked that I enjoyed this film so much. Staring Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake this RomCom follows the standard format... Girl meets boy in hilarious manner, a friendship blossoms, oh no they have fallen in love!, nope they can't be together, yep they can get together, cheesey smiles for the happy ending!

Even though there is a predictability to the story line the script, costume, sets and comedy moments are what sets this apart from the typical Hollywood RomCom. There a higher standard comedy going on, one of my favourite bits was when they are getting it on (see picture above) and JTs character (Dylan Harper) complains to  Mila kunis' character (Jamie Rellis) about feeling emasculated by their current position.

Woody Harrelson as the "Gay an slightly inappropriate colleague but it is acceptable because he is Gay" character is a complete giggle.

The romance element of the film is perfectly delivered when Dylan takes Jamie home to LA to meet his family and they enter a journey of discovery as to why exactly Dylan is the way he is when it comes to forming relationships. His Dad played by Richard Jenkins has a beautiful role as a man, father, grandfather with alzheimer's, view by others as completely crazy but providing some of the most enlightened moments in the film.

It also helps that I am huge Mila Kunis fan, she was great in the Black Swan, I love the style and attitude to life. In this film I just want her Wardrobe!

012 Saturday Matinee

 

 

For any of you that have seen Hangover I this film is true to form as expected inappropriate hilariousness. For those you that have never seen the first film then don't worry it is such a simple film concept that you don't need to have watched the first film to understand what the hell is going on.
Firstly this film is not really deserved of the title matinee... it is R.U.D.E.!!!! But I don't have highbrow sense of humour in fact most witty intellectual jokes pass right over my head, this kind of toilet humour I totally get. The film gently pushes the boundaries of social acceptability somewhat similar to how I imagine the Carry On Films may have done back in the day.

For the first time ever  I don't want to give away any of the plot line what so ever (this is going to make for a short review!) There are some key moments that I want to describe in single phrases or words though like.....

monkey, use of bottle, lady boy, pig, Vietcong execution photo

the end...

Kate
xoxo