But the entire point of pretty much every
romantic comedy out of Hollywood is that roughly two hours of
misunderstandings, crossed wires, breaking up then making up is what
love is all about.
So it's to He's Just Not That Into You's credit that it manages to get as much of the original's message across as it does.
...
Even though there is a scene towards the end where one character
tearfully rejects every single scrap of clear headed relationship
advice she has been given, and we're expected to cheer her decision to
resume stalking guys and being treated by crap because it's somehow a
better path to love?
The story here is pretty simple, as we
follow a half dozen or so seemingly insanely wealthy Baltimore women
(Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Connelly, Drew Barrymore, Scarlett
Johansson and Ginnifer Goodwin) as they search for love either inside
their relationships or in a new one.
They string guys along,
guys string them along, they get in the way of what they really want,
they get their wires crossed, and everything ends relatively happily.
As
a bonus, we also find out that having no relationship is better than
having a crap one and gay guys know nothing about heterosexual
relationships, both of which earn this film bonus points for
originality.
Add in decent performances across the board,
especially from the women (Connelly does an especially good job as a
woman who's husband is sorta kinda cheating on her in a variety of
ways) and a passable sense of humour to balance out the serious stuff.
The
result is something that audiences, and pretty much anyone who's ever
been in a relationship, should have no trouble getting into. DVD Special Features with Sean Lynch
This was such an odd film, as it opened at the Box Office to huge
numbers in it's opening week - and then pretty much konked out after
week three. That's a trend usually followed by big budget action
movies, not rom-com's (which usually have quite a long shelf life).
That
said, you get the feeling that if this flick had of bombed, every
single one of these fluffy featurettes would still be included.
What
we've got on offer here is an Audio Commentary, a few deleted scenes
and about five featurettes which looks at various stages of the films
development as well as particular sequences.
Are they any good... well, no... but does that really matter when Scarlett Johanssen is looking SO damn good?
Conclusion:
Movie 80% Extras: 65%
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