*sigh* You know, my sister is as girly girl as they get. And her favorite movies? Zombie flicks. If the undead are running around eating people’s flesh, she’s in the front row on opening night.

I personally adore action movies of all sorts, and like the occasional romantic comedy as well. You’ve Got Mail still is one of my favorite movies to watch when I’m not feeling well. But I also pop in Con Air on a regular basis. My favorite movies last summer were Die Hard 4 and No Reservations.

In other words: Doug is just as good a judge as any about a chick flick. A good movie is a good movie, and a bad one is a bad one. Maybe I’m biased because when I was actually studying film, I had to watch and write about tons of movies that weren’t my style. I did it anyway, because it’s easy enough to spot stale characters, a story that goes on too long, and an unsatisfactory end.

As for the review, I do have to throw in that I don’t really tell my sister everything. I don’t recall informing her when I had a crush on the guy who later became my husband…in fact, I don’t remember how long it took me to tell her we were dating. So it’s a little inaccurate to say that was a bad plot element.

But this review echoes a LOT of what I’ve heard about this movie. I still might go see it, but only because I want a happy ending movie right now and No Reservations isn’t out on DVD.

We don’t have this option, and because of this – may on occasion disagree with your spouse.

I tried to enjoy this for what it was – but it wasn’t good.

LMAO

Can we PLEASE get a real girly-girl to do your primary review for the next testosterone-based action film?

No?

Meanies.

Wow. I think many of my comments to Kristina regarding ‘genre specificity’ apply to you, Doug. Wowza!

“Heigl wants to fuck her boss, doesn’t have the guts to approach him and then freaks out when her sister mows her grass. Her sister cannot be blamed however because she was unaware of Heigl’s love of the man. Show me a girl that doesn’t talk about her crush with her sister; and I will doubt her existence.”

You don’t really know what the true dynamic was between them. Heigl was Older Sister Bringing Up Younger Sibling after mother died…so she may very well have kept a ton of stuff to herself…and even upon the sister’s arrival in her apartment, you can tell that Heigl knows her needs, her wants…I hardly think theirs was an ‘equal’ relationship.

Throwing the personal into the public… I’m always curious as to how guys like Doug ‘get along with women’. (Translation: how well he does with them.) Because unless he’s got his tongue planted firmly in his cheek, I can’t imagine such a harsh viewpoint-

“In 27 Dresses the formula is followed but we dredge in the “woe is me” zone forever. It gets unbelievable that Heigel hasn’t blown her head off in a Deli bathroom, when all we see is her bitch and pine.”

-about some pretty consistent behaviour patterns would win him any-

Oh, wait… This is the Real World I’m referring to, and Lord knows, there’s no logic in how people respond to each other, especially the sexes…especially women towards men.

Right; where were we…?