All I can say is I am truly glad that FATE kept thwarting my plans to see this movie in the theatres. I had wanted to see it when it first came out, but every time I made plans, something got in the way. Alas, I should have taken this as a SIGN that FATE did not mean for me to see this movie.
Oh, by the way, this might contain spoilers. (As if you all don't know exactly what's going to happen before you even hit the PLAY button on the VCR....)
It wasn't BAD, really it wasn't. Well, it wasn't HORRIBLE....we'll put it that way. I just wonder what was going through the head of respected actor John Cusack's AGENT when he suggested John read this script. Or perhaps he didn't read it first....that would explain a lot. Maybe he just wanted to do a movie with that cute British chick from Pearl Harbour......
I found the dialogue to be hysterically funny....only not witty "romantic comedy" type of funny. I sat there watching wondering how the actors didn't dissolve into fits of laughter with some of the ridiculously laughable lines they were forced to utter. That said, the 2 leads did the best they could with a very poor script.
I find odd as well that a movie with only a 91 minute running length can seem like it is 3 HOURS LONG!!!!!! The whole time the 2 characters were running around hysterically trying to find each other I kept looking at my watch and saying "JUST GET ON WITH IT ALREADY!"
While the 2 leads were each adorable, there was essentially ZERO chemistry between them. They have virtually NO screen time together and I would think they viewer would have a hard time buying into the fact that they were such "SOUL MATES" that each would ditch their respective spouses-to-be to attempt to reconnect with someone they spent 2 hours with in NYC seven years earlier. I didn't buy it anyway. Maybe I'm getting too cynical in my old age. I probably would have loved this movie when I was 16.
Oh, and I'd love to know where these two went star gazing in Manhattan. It was REMARKABLE that they were able to pick out constellations with the bright city lights...AND....in the middle of a snowfall. Perhaps they just have amazingly powerful contact lenses..... Sorry, normally I don't nitpick like this, I guess that script FULL of plot contrivances started to get to me after a while. My own fault...what should I have expected from a movie about fate, destiny and the pursuit of a defaced $5 bill.
I am normally a great lover of the chick flick...and when the couple eventually unites at the end of the film (oops.....hope I didn't SPOIL THAT for you) my little heart flutters and I have to reach for the kleenex. Then I sigh as they ride off into the sunset together to live happily ever after.
These two will probably drive each other nuts after about 2 weeks and will be BEGGING their ex-fiancees to take them back. I was glad to see the end of them and even more glad that, at the very least, FATE kept me from spending $13 on a theatre ticket.
Oh, by the way, this might contain spoilers. (As if you all don't know exactly what's going to happen before you even hit the PLAY button on the VCR....)
It wasn't BAD, really it wasn't. Well, it wasn't HORRIBLE....we'll put it that way. I just wonder what was going through the head of respected actor John Cusack's AGENT when he suggested John read this script. Or perhaps he didn't read it first....that would explain a lot. Maybe he just wanted to do a movie with that cute British chick from Pearl Harbour......
I found the dialogue to be hysterically funny....only not witty "romantic comedy" type of funny. I sat there watching wondering how the actors didn't dissolve into fits of laughter with some of the ridiculously laughable lines they were forced to utter. That said, the 2 leads did the best they could with a very poor script.
I find odd as well that a movie with only a 91 minute running length can seem like it is 3 HOURS LONG!!!!!! The whole time the 2 characters were running around hysterically trying to find each other I kept looking at my watch and saying "JUST GET ON WITH IT ALREADY!"
While the 2 leads were each adorable, there was essentially ZERO chemistry between them. They have virtually NO screen time together and I would think they viewer would have a hard time buying into the fact that they were such "SOUL MATES" that each would ditch their respective spouses-to-be to attempt to reconnect with someone they spent 2 hours with in NYC seven years earlier. I didn't buy it anyway. Maybe I'm getting too cynical in my old age. I probably would have loved this movie when I was 16.
Oh, and I'd love to know where these two went star gazing in Manhattan. It was REMARKABLE that they were able to pick out constellations with the bright city lights...AND....in the middle of a snowfall. Perhaps they just have amazingly powerful contact lenses..... Sorry, normally I don't nitpick like this, I guess that script FULL of plot contrivances started to get to me after a while. My own fault...what should I have expected from a movie about fate, destiny and the pursuit of a defaced $5 bill.
I am normally a great lover of the chick flick...and when the couple eventually unites at the end of the film (oops.....hope I didn't SPOIL THAT for you) my little heart flutters and I have to reach for the kleenex. Then I sigh as they ride off into the sunset together to live happily ever after.
These two will probably drive each other nuts after about 2 weeks and will be BEGGING their ex-fiancees to take them back. I was glad to see the end of them and even more glad that, at the very least, FATE kept me from spending $13 on a theatre ticket.
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