My First Movie Review

Since I have no idea what I’m going to do with my life, I figure I’ll give “movie reviewer” a shot. WARNING SOME SPOILERS AHEAD:

Now I realize I’m a week late, but I saw the movie Valentine’s Day tonight. Friends and I paid our $9.50 (which is a staggering price for a night at the movies if I may say so!) and sat in our big comfy seats to watch more stars than I can name. It was definitely not Oscar worthy, but according to professional reviewers, I must be a movie moron. I had a thoroughly enjoyable movie watching experience.

I enjoyed Ashton Kutcher and Jennifer Garner’s characters very much. I thought they were cute, and sympathetic, and each had plot lines that were believable and relatable. Even Jessical Biel (I’ll be the first to admit, I usually cannot stand this woman) was another enjoyable surprise. (Jessica Alba, on the other hand, is a waste of life – on film and in reality). Jessica Biel’s character’s hatred of Valentine’s Day, and her semi-pathetic character gave me a good laugh, and yes I felt connected to her as well. I always feel a bond with the sad, lonely pathetic people that can’t get relationships to work…hmmm…Julia Roberts and Bradley Cooper were my favorites. Mostly because at the end of the movie, when they conclude what happens with all of the characters, they both shocked me! I love being surprised in movies. It doesn’t happen enough. Movies are far too predictable nowadays, and their endings were anything BUT predictable.

Now as I said the movie wasn’t perfect. There were two very specific characters that I thought were completely unnecessary to the plot. Those characters would be the Taylors. Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner should have just kept their real names and played themselves, because there was no difference except that Taylor Swift was clearly over acting. She had a 13 written on her hand the entire time, and there was a conversation about that being her lucky number. Hey, that REALLY is Taylor Swift’s lucky number - she writes it on her hand often. Taylor Launter’s character made a comment about “feeling uncomfortable taking my shirt off in public” – hmm Taylor sure took his shirt off a lot doing publicity for “New Moon.” Taylor Swift’s character also made a comment saying she’s “not a cheerleader!” I swear by the end I was waiting for her to break into “you belong with me” on the soccer field. I didn’t find any of these references cute. It’s a movie. I wanted to see the Taylors act. Not act like they are characters when really they are acting like themselves…acting. Did that make sense?!

Anyway to conclude, I enjoyed the movie. Maybe my expectations were so low that I enjoyed it more, but it was a romantic comedy that any sappy hopeless romantic would appreciate. Go spend your ten bucks and see it, and let me know what you think!