THIS IS THE UGLY TRUTH:
That I hate women raving about Mr. He Man (Gerard Butler, the guy with the ripped body).
The truth is, I'm not jealous and neither do I envy his torso.
The one truth I really want to say is: he can act. And he ain't that bad as Mike Chadway, an obnoxious or hilarious (this depends on your gender) guy who preaches that there is no true love in this world, only the ugly truth. His frank and curt comments on TV raised a few eyebrows and ruffled some feathers. Among those affected is Abby Richter, played by Katherine Heigl. Well, I guess you guys out there will roughly know what happens next. C'mon it's a romcom!
Okay, I will make the truth simple and less painful. To put it in football's terms, this is a movie of 2 halfs; an interesting and entertaining first half and a boring and predictable second half. Yeah, there are plenty of laugh out loud moments but somehow I don't seem to recall them now. Entertaining but doesn't connect enough (at least for me). Or perhaps the ladies will feel more connected? To Mr. He Man perhaps?
Now for the final truth: sorry ladies, you won't see any washboard abs from Gerard Butler. But there is always another washboard to connect your eyes to.
3/5
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Friday, September 04, 2009
The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)
It is said that the greatest love transcends age, race, religion and even gender. As much as I respect the breaking of those social and numerical boundaries, I beg to differ. The greatest love of all time transcends time itself; beating the second by a millisecond, being able to see past the person's history and look forward to the person's future.
That being said, you have to admire the strength and resilience of the protagonist, Clare Abshire played by Rachel McAdams. Not many ladies, in fact none, are able to tolerate a constantly away man as their husband. A vagrant he is certainly not and his abnormality, of constantly traveling back and forth through time is not his choice but his fate.
Eric Bana, once the mean green monster is now a time traveler. Henry DeTamble began to suffer from this condition after a fatal car accident involving himself and his mother. Before being struck by an on coming vehicle, Henry had an epilepsy and experienced his maiden trip back in time. Since then, he has been traveling back and forth uncontrollably and subsequently sees his future lifestyle and, of course, Clare.
Besides the confusing chronologically altered storyline, the audiences will have to settle for, in my own words, a 'crossover'. This is when 2 Henrys (1 of them older) exist in parallel on the same timeline. Audiences will definitely need some time digesting all the time lags but at least this isn't one of those watch and forget movies. You will need to burn some brain cells.
Essentially, this is a simple love story with a sci-fi twist. Time traveling is always an interesting subject for novels and movie alike, think Rant and The Curious Case of Benjain Button. It certainly makes the love more tragic and even to the point of being perverse. Is it fate or a man-made coincidence? It is hard to fathom. Despite the several plot holes (I didn't read the book but I'm surely the movie didn't do the book justice), this story drives home the point that you might be able to turn back time but emotions, memories and love travels back with you. You just can't live and leave without them.
3/5
That being said, you have to admire the strength and resilience of the protagonist, Clare Abshire played by Rachel McAdams. Not many ladies, in fact none, are able to tolerate a constantly away man as their husband. A vagrant he is certainly not and his abnormality, of constantly traveling back and forth through time is not his choice but his fate.
Eric Bana, once the mean green monster is now a time traveler. Henry DeTamble began to suffer from this condition after a fatal car accident involving himself and his mother. Before being struck by an on coming vehicle, Henry had an epilepsy and experienced his maiden trip back in time. Since then, he has been traveling back and forth uncontrollably and subsequently sees his future lifestyle and, of course, Clare.
Besides the confusing chronologically altered storyline, the audiences will have to settle for, in my own words, a 'crossover'. This is when 2 Henrys (1 of them older) exist in parallel on the same timeline. Audiences will definitely need some time digesting all the time lags but at least this isn't one of those watch and forget movies. You will need to burn some brain cells.
Essentially, this is a simple love story with a sci-fi twist. Time traveling is always an interesting subject for novels and movie alike, think Rant and The Curious Case of Benjain Button. It certainly makes the love more tragic and even to the point of being perverse. Is it fate or a man-made coincidence? It is hard to fathom. Despite the several plot holes (I didn't read the book but I'm surely the movie didn't do the book justice), this story drives home the point that you might be able to turn back time but emotions, memories and love travels back with you. You just can't live and leave without them.
3/5
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