where: CENTURY 14 VALLEJO in Vallejo, CA
when: Friday, June 19th, 2009
show: 10:30 pm
auditorium: 7
seat: 4th row, 10th column
This movie is a romantic comedy pairing a "Satan's Mistress", played by Sandra Bullock, with her executive assistant, played by Ryan Reynolds, at the book publishing firm in which they work when she becomes threatened with deportation.
They go to Alaska to meet his parents. It is here that she realizes that her unassuming male assistant is more than someone she thinks him to just be. Also, being orphaned at 16, she had built-up a seeming impenetrable emotional barrier which is now at risk of crumbling down in the midst of an almost tight-knit family atmosphere. Faced with conflicting emotions, she has to decide what is best for everyone concerned during the wedding ceremony.
noteworthy scenes: 1.) The hip-hop duet; 2.) The bedroom collision; 3.) The chanting and dancing for Mother Nature; 4.) The you-call-that-a barn scene; and 5.) Some scenes with the "Ramon" character.
audience reaction: The mostly-female audience really enjoyed it as it has funny scenes designed especially to appeal to women. Yep, it's a "chick flick."
recommendation: Go see it if you're into romantic comedies.
spoiler alert! What NUDITY?!?!?! I must have blinked or I need a new pair of glasses. Maybe I'll see this again; but, next time, with a pair of binoculars! I'm talking about "nudity" from a guy's perspective, bare (pun intended) that in mind.
fyi: I got the hots for Sandra Bullock ever since I saw her for the first time in the movie, SPEED. And she's still looking good! And she just got voted 2nd place winner in this summer's Top Ten Hottest Women in Hollywood--and that's saying a lot!
word of advice: Even if it's just a "chick flick," go see it alone anyway so the single girls in the auditorium who fantasize about a beautiful romance/match made in Heaven will take notice of you as a confident/sensitive guy who's not ashamed to let girls know that he's in touch with his feminine side (whatever that "crap" is). One question: If I get in touch with my feminine side, will that be considered sexual harassment?
tidbits: At around 11:56 pm, the movie screen blacked-out. I was happy because it meant that I would get a free movie pass and have a chance to watch a critical scene of this movie again with any of the three pairs of binoculars that I have handy at home. Unluckily for me, the projectionist fixed the problem in under one minute. Shucks!
