Hello Everyone :-)
Last night I went to see the new Kate Hudson film ‘Something Borrowed’. It’s weird that a lot of people are calling it the new Kate Hudson film because really it’s more about Ginnifer Goodwin’s character Rachel.
So the story is that Rachel and Darcy (Hudson
I’m not adverse to a chick flick and for the most part it was fine. However I’m left with mixed feeling about the message it is ultimately sending.
The performances are ok. Ginnifer Goodwin as Rachel is continuing in the vein of her character in 'He's just not that into you' which I liked despite its many flaws. Rachel’s inaction regarding the man she loves grates a bit towards the end and she is a victim of her own indecisiveness so there are times where you want to slap her a bit but she’s so sweet it’s hard to hate her.
Kate Hudson is quite amusing as the attention seeking Darcy. I don't mind Kate Hudson, ‘How to lose a guy in 10 Days’ is one of my favourite romantic comedies. In this her character is polar opposite to the ‘girl next door’ type roles we’ve seen her in before but she does narcissistic bitch really quite well.
Colin Egglesfield as Dex is probably the weakest member of the cast. He’s wooden at the best of times and spends most of the 112 minutes trying his best to look like a conflicted man but fails pretty badly.
The best turn most definitely comes from the adorable John Krasinski, who I fell in love with in 'The Office: an American Workplace". He plays Ethan a childhood friend of Rachel and Darcy’s in whom Rachel confides about her affair with Dex. He’s funny, cute and by far the most likeable character in the film. Krasinski plays Ethan as someone who knows Rachel better than she knows herself, like those friends you’ve had for years and can be brutally honest with you. This kind of got on my nerves because in the scenes between Rachel and Ethan I just kept thinking “Why don’t you go out with him?”
I’ll try not to spoil anything, but I think the ending of this film sends out the message that men are more important than friendships. If not then it at least sends the message that it’s ok to sleep with your best friend’s fiancé as long as he’s attractive and it turns out your best mate had some indiscretions too. I mean admittedly I’m a girl that doesn’t think I need a man to be happy but even the most hopeless of romantics would surely find this ending a little bit morally questionable. I saw this with one of my best friends who is in a long term relationship, very much in love and even she said she found this over-riding message a bit bad.
I know it’s a chick flick and you’re not supposed to take them too seriously but there are things you take away with you, even from films as fluffy as this.
So all in all it's ok, a pretty transient chick flick offering. The moral of the tale may have been a bit dodgy but I doubt it'll stick in anyone's mind long enough for it to penetrate.
And now it’s time for…
Reasons to be cheerful
1. I’m sorting my blog out a bit. I can’t be arsed to differentiate my entries from telly and film so I’m just going to title them in a similar way and also I’m going to include ‘Reasons to be Cheerful’ in every entry because every day should be cheerful :-)
2. This isn’t cheerful but I think my blog has a hex on it. Last time I waxed lyrical about Charlie Wheeller a contortion breakdancer featuring in the BBC’s ‘So you think you can Dance?’ Then low and behold on Friday he gets kicked out of the show. Sorry Charlie!
3. Jared Harris (son of Dumbledore, Richard Harris) has done an interview with Digital Spy about his upcoming role in ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’ about which I am super excited. I love Jared Harris. I’ve spoke before about my love of ‘Mad Men’ and I adore Lane Pryce, possibly because he’s the only Englishman in asea of Americans
4. Cheryl who? Who cares when Gary Barlow has been confirmed as a judge on the new series of X Factor!!! Yay!!!! Love Captain Barlow! I think he'll be and excellent judge, honest but not mean and more to the point he actually knows what he's talking about!
That’s it for today.
Goodbye till next time :-)
x x x x x x x x x x
Last night I went to see the new Kate Hudson film ‘Something Borrowed’. It’s weird that a lot of people are calling it the new Kate Hudson film because really it’s more about Ginnifer Goodwin’s character Rachel.
So the story is that Rachel and Darcy (
I’m not adverse to a chick flick and for the most part it was fine. However I’m left with mixed feeling about the message it is ultimately sending.
The performances are ok. Ginnifer Goodwin as Rachel is continuing in the vein of her character in 'He's just not that into you' which I liked despite its many flaws. Rachel’s inaction regarding the man she loves grates a bit towards the end and she is a victim of her own indecisiveness so there are times where you want to slap her a bit but she’s so sweet it’s hard to hate her.
Kate Hudson is quite amusing as the attention seeking Darcy. I don't mind Kate Hudson, ‘How to lose a guy in 10 Days’ is one of my favourite romantic comedies. In this her character is polar opposite to the ‘girl next door’ type roles we’ve seen her in before but she does narcissistic bitch really quite well.
Colin Egglesfield as Dex is probably the weakest member of the cast. He’s wooden at the best of times and spends most of the 112 minutes trying his best to look like a conflicted man but fails pretty badly.
The best turn most definitely comes from the adorable John Krasinski, who I fell in love with in 'The Office: an American Workplace". He plays Ethan a childhood friend of Rachel and Darcy’s in whom Rachel confides about her affair with Dex. He’s funny, cute and by far the most likeable character in the film. Krasinski plays Ethan as someone who knows Rachel better than she knows herself, like those friends you’ve had for years and can be brutally honest with you. This kind of got on my nerves because in the scenes between Rachel and Ethan I just kept thinking “Why don’t you go out with him?”
I’ll try not to spoil anything, but I think the ending of this film sends out the message that men are more important than friendships. If not then it at least sends the message that it’s ok to sleep with your best friend’s fiancé as long as he’s attractive and it turns out your best mate had some indiscretions too. I mean admittedly I’m a girl that doesn’t think I need a man to be happy but even the most hopeless of romantics would surely find this ending a little bit morally questionable. I saw this with one of my best friends who is in a long term relationship, very much in love and even she said she found this over-riding message a bit bad.
I know it’s a chick flick and you’re not supposed to take them too seriously but there are things you take away with you, even from films as fluffy as this.
So all in all it's ok, a pretty transient chick flick offering. The moral of the tale may have been a bit dodgy but I doubt it'll stick in anyone's mind long enough for it to penetrate.
And now it’s time for…
Reasons to be cheerful
1. I’m sorting my blog out a bit. I can’t be arsed to differentiate my entries from telly and film so I’m just going to title them in a similar way and also I’m going to include ‘Reasons to be Cheerful’ in every entry because every day should be cheerful :-)
2. This isn’t cheerful but I think my blog has a hex on it. Last time I waxed lyrical about Charlie Wheeller a contortion breakdancer featuring in the BBC’s ‘So you think you can Dance?’ Then low and behold on Friday he gets kicked out of the show. Sorry Charlie!
3. Jared Harris (son of Dumbledore, Richard Harris) has done an interview with Digital Spy about his upcoming role in ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’ about which I am super excited. I love Jared Harris. I’ve spoke before about my love of ‘Mad Men’ and I adore Lane Pryce, possibly because he’s the only Englishman in a
4. Cheryl who? Who cares when Gary Barlow has been confirmed as a judge on the new series of X Factor!!! Yay!!!! Love Captain Barlow! I think he'll be and excellent judge, honest but not mean and more to the point he actually knows what he's talking about!
That’s it for today.
Goodbye till next time :-)
x x x x x x x x x x
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