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My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)
A romantic comedy about a jealous ex girl friend, who is also a superhero
This is an extremely light romantic comedy starring Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson and Anna Faris. I watched this almost right after watching Kill Bill, so it was a refreshing change of character for me. The movie is about G girl, a super hero who begins to obsess over her new boyfriend. The movie is from Matthew (i.e. the boyfriend)'s perspective. Although their date begins relatively smoothly (if you can call leaving in the middle of dinner to save town smooth), Jenny turns out to be slightly psychotic. She is extremely demanding and jealous, and does not give Matthew his space. Matthew ends up breaking up with her and is avenged for doing so; super girlfriend means that she is double the trouble. The plot is basically Jenny sabotaging Matthew (and his new girlfriend), and eventually the other way around, as Matthew holds hands with G girl's arch enemy to put it all to a stop. The movie is a romantic comedy, and it is just that. The story line is fairly straightforward and free from convoluted twists or thrills. It's a movie that I would call just 'all out there', and is a mediocre recommendation if you want to watch something without any strain at all. I didn't find it particularly funny or romantic, though, and the only humor point was Uma Thurman's almost neurotic, jealous rampages. The characters lacked development, and overall, the whole movie felt like an episode from any Disney channel cartoon show. The movie lacked substance, and sophistication. All in all, something you might put on television as a background soundboard while you're cooking
but it's not a movie you would spend time focusing on.
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen: The Fisherman in the Middle East (2012)
A story about building a salmon fishing port in Yemen
Although I don't think it's widely acclaimed, I chose this movie simply because it had two of my favorite actor and actress- Ewan Mcgregor and Emily blunt. It's a British romantic comedy about a rich sheikh attempting to build a salmon fishing port in Yemen. The plot itself is simple and quite straightforward (a bit predictable, actually). But the characters in the movie are so adorable and the movie tone so pleasant that I would describe the movie as being 'lovely'. There's something original and calm about the tone of the movie, and Ewan Mcgregor's portrayal of a idiosyncratic professor is successful. He pulls it off with a charming and sexy Scottish accent.