I watched the film, The Ugly Truth, with Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler and loved it! It was the type of romantic comedy that a guy can appreciate. The whole time Gerard Butler's character, Mike, tells you how men really think and Katherine Heigl's character, Abby, is an uptight, "award-winning news producer" who can't stand Mike because of what he represents: a rude, crude, misogynist man-whore.
My fiance and I cracked up the entire time. Abby is uptight, delusional about relationships, and consantly critical about what people say or do. She's not interested in getting to know a man, she just wants to know the bottom line: Where does my guy fit on my 10-point checklist? Her obsession with tap water versus bottled and how there is no difference between the two perfectly exemplified her personality.
But the true depth of character came from Gerard's Mike when you realized that he wasn't saying all of these derogatory things about woman because of his innate personality; he had been truly heartbroken over and over and finally decided he was going to make a living off trying to tell off the "other sex".
He truly has sex "like he's out for revenge, or something."
It was all about the difference between men and women and how they view love and sex. In the end, neither of them win, but they do find love.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Julie & Julia
Tonight I saw the film, Julie & Julia. It's about a woman who spends a year cooking and blogging through Julia Child's cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking.
This is not why I started this blog.
Movies are a major part of my vocabulary. They remind me of my life: quiet moments about myself that I've never shared with another soul; the hilarity of familial life and dating; and of course, the joy, the promise and the painful suffering that comes from being human.
Julie & Julia shares the hardship of knowing who you are at the present moment and realizing its not who you are meant to be. You have skills, you have knowledge, you have ambition; but where does it all go? Julia Child and Julie Powell put it towards cooking and sharing their passion with other people. Though cooking is not my forte, I have to admit I am all too familiar with the existensial dilemma of longing for more.......
Hence, the blog, which started in my head long ago, but had never come into fruition. Until now. I hope to share, through this venue, the hopes and heartaches in my life, and my love of art and film.
"Say goodnight, Harry."
"Goodnight, Harry."
This is not why I started this blog.
Movies are a major part of my vocabulary. They remind me of my life: quiet moments about myself that I've never shared with another soul; the hilarity of familial life and dating; and of course, the joy, the promise and the painful suffering that comes from being human.
Julie & Julia shares the hardship of knowing who you are at the present moment and realizing its not who you are meant to be. You have skills, you have knowledge, you have ambition; but where does it all go? Julia Child and Julie Powell put it towards cooking and sharing their passion with other people. Though cooking is not my forte, I have to admit I am all too familiar with the existensial dilemma of longing for more.......
Hence, the blog, which started in my head long ago, but had never come into fruition. Until now. I hope to share, through this venue, the hopes and heartaches in my life, and my love of art and film.
"Say goodnight, Harry."
"Goodnight, Harry."
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