Tonight's Entertainment (Someone Like You, What's Your Number? and My Girlfriend's Boyfriend)

I decided to catch up on my rom com reviews. Too bad I can't remember half of what I've watched since the last time I updated... Regardless.

SOMEONE LIKE YOU

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0244970/

I really enjoyed this movie. For a couple of reasons but namely Hugh Jackman (or Jack Hughman, as my mother says) who is, of course, a highly attractive male specimen. He has the body of a God (or an avid swimmer... Seriously, male swimmers have the most impeccable bodies. I wholeheartedly encourage all guys to take up swimming), the face of an angel and a really sweet and wholesome personality. I don't know; there's just something about him that's really likeable.

And Ashley Judd is, of course, a really amazing lady and I always enjoy her movies.

I think they had the right amount of chemistry. Sure, they re-used the well abused Lothario character who the goody-goody girl falls in love with. But like I always say, cliches exist for a reason. And so do stereotypes for that matter (but that's a discussion for another day). The Lothario Cliche is honestly one of the sexiest rom com storylines out there and, for maybe that reason alone, I give this movie 3.5 stars!

Speaking of the Lothario Cliche...

WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0770703/

Another highly enjoyable movie. Chris Evans just does things to me. HE JUST DOES. Like I was saying to Kim a couple (yesterday?) days ago, his body is banging and he has the perfect All-American good looks (probably why he was cast as Captain America). Ever since The Nanny Diaries (which I watch regularly just to drink that tall glass of man in), I've been in love with this starry-eyed lad.

Other than Chris Evans, reasons why you should watch this movie include Anna Faris' banging body (seriously, girl is packing tight... That's still a saying, right? Am I even using it in the right context?). No one can deny that. And I find Anna Faris' incredibly irritating. That being said, she was pretty endearing in this movie and a good match with Evans.

I give this movie 4 stars, based mainly on the chemistry between the two leads.

This movie just made me feel happy inside. And that's why I watch rom coms. I remember a couple of months ago I sat down to watch Never Let Me Go (which I put off for the longest time because I knew it was going to be a sad one) and, at the last scene, I sat for about 10 minutes and just cried and cried. Complete with gasping and mucous. Full throttle, body consuming tears. I then decided that I'd had enough of sad movies or serious movies. ANY MOVIE THAT DOESN'T HAVE A MEET-CUTE IS NOT MY TYPE OF MOVIE. Not anymore, suckerz.

The atmosphere of this movie was fresh, funny and happy. It didn't have that claustrophobic or Small World feel some rom coms have (It's a Boy Girl Thing comes to mind, perhaps why I didn't enjoy it as much as Helen claims she did). Not like another movie I just watched...

MY GIRLFRIEND'S BOYFRIEND

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1447793/

At first I was reluctant. I mean, Alyssa Milano? No offense but girlfriend is WAY past her prime (seriously, no offense). I'm not sure she was even "in" her prime during her Charmed days. I decided to give this movie a go, however, in honour of the male lead played by Christopher Gorham who I've only ever seen in Covert Affairs (a kind of weather beaten Alias but with no Michael Vartan or Jen Garner, my One True Loves). I thought he was cute in Covert Affairs so was all, "Aw shucks, let's just give it a go." That and I am seriously running low on rom coms to watch.

So I watched it. It's good in that it's got a decent storyline and it has cute characters and Alyssa Milano IS admittedly cute and clean in it. But the atmosphere just felt so claustrophobic to me. That's really the only way I can describe it. Again, it's probably because of the whole Hollywood rom com thing. Maybe that's why I didn't like It's a Boy Girl Thing. I WANT my rom coms to have all the flair and freshness of a straight-outta-Hollywood movie. I want the leads to be AMAZING looking and I won't settle for anything less!

The male lead should be completely dashing and make me melt on first glance (CHRIS EVANS, COME TO ME). The female lead should be the perfect match for him. In my opinion, every female lead SHOULD be modelled on Elizabeth Bennett. Hell, if every rom com from now on was just based on Pride & Prejudice I would be 100% fine with this. That is seriously the most perfect rom com plotline in my opinion.

GUYS, I'M GETTING WORKED UP. Rom coms do this to me.

To end (which I must), I give this 2 stars. It's not a bad movie but just not my type.

Oh, and I tried to watch Shakespeare in Love the other day but when Gwyneth's nips came up on screen, I exxed the fuck out of there.

J