Back home, and a movie review of New in Town
Finally back in New York, and, in case you couldn't guess, I'm well behind. Haven't hazarded a look at the friends page yet (sorry), but here I am.
In the movie reviews department: we saw a screening of New in Town tonight, and I wasn't really excited by it. It's a romantic comedy that did have some funny lines and moments, but the overall story arc was completely predictable from the second scene, and didn't do anything new with the trope. Upper crust, hard-nosed, no-nonsense executive Renée Zellweger and scruffy sweet Harry Connick, Jr. dislike each other, have to work together, and somehow fall for each other. That's not even a spoiler, because you could get that much from the title, poster, and names of the stars. What really struck me about the movie was how they could make two such attractive people look so unattractive: bad lighting, poor makeup, and several other technical mistakes, but neither one looked as good as they can (and usually do). Oh well; at least it was a date with Kit. And at this screening, they gave out cupcakes. Good cupcakes.
In the movie reviews department: we saw a screening of New in Town tonight, and I wasn't really excited by it. It's a romantic comedy that did have some funny lines and moments, but the overall story arc was completely predictable from the second scene, and didn't do anything new with the trope. Upper crust, hard-nosed, no-nonsense executive Renée Zellweger and scruffy sweet Harry Connick, Jr. dislike each other, have to work together, and somehow fall for each other. That's not even a spoiler, because you could get that much from the title, poster, and names of the stars. What really struck me about the movie was how they could make two such attractive people look so unattractive: bad lighting, poor makeup, and several other technical mistakes, but neither one looked as good as they can (and usually do). Oh well; at least it was a date with Kit. And at this screening, they gave out cupcakes. Good cupcakes.