27 Dresses

[billroper]

daisy_knotwise and I watched 27 Dresses tonight. It's pretty thoroughly formulaic, which is pretty much what I want to see in a romantic comedy. I get really annoyed at romantic comedies where girl does not get boy, girl gets killed tragically, boy gets killed tragically, etc. I rather prefer happy endings.

(Yeah, I know. The Grim Roper. Who'da thunk it?)

But I watch romantic comedies not so much for the plot as for the journey and the acting. Katherine Heigl does a fine job with the part and watching her I conclude that there's some serious danger that she's going to get all the parts that Diane Keaton used to get, which is a pretty good career path, all things considered. James Marsden demonstrates that he doesn't have to play a stick, unlike in the X-Men movies. And Malin Akerman (who IMDB tells me is about to be in the new Watchmen film) could be stealing Cameron Diaz's parts shortly.

So it's a pretty happy little ensemble. And the movie isn't laugh out loud funny, but it's fun to watch.

That'll do nicely.

Comments

[starmalachite.livejournal.com]

I get really annoyed at romantic comedies where girl does not get boy, girl gets killed tragically, boy gets killed tragically, etc.


Whereas I get really annoyed at romantic comedies, period. (No criticism intended, we just haz different flavors.) Now if only we could convince the Hollywood marketing machine to look over to where you're eagerly waving at them and leave me alone.

[kestrels-nest.livejournal.com]

I get really annoyed at romantic comedies where girl does nt get boy, girl gets killed tragically, boy gets killed tragically, etc.

Er - if boy and/or girl get killed tragically, it rather stretches the definition of "comedy" beyond its breaking point. It may be romance, but certainly not comedy.

Unless, of course, it's Russian comedy. Russian tragedy: everybody dies. Russian comedy: everybody dies, but they die happy. :)

And as for a delightful romantic comedy, have you seen Ever After? Of all the many cinematic variations on Cinderalla, I think that's my favorite.

[markbernstein.livejournal.com]

I think James Marsden has found his niche. I haven't seen this one, but he proved in both Hairspray and Enchanted that he's much better when he has a part he can have fun with.