You may have heard of this movie – Sandra Bullock plays an unconvincing Canadian boss bitch who heads a NYC publishing firm and is about to lose her visa. To avoid being deported, she forces her assistant Ryan Reynolds to marry her. Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 43%, and I have to say I disagree. Now, this brings me to much more serious question… why do I disagree? Is my life so boring lately that this fairly terrible movie did not force me to quit streaming on Netflix? Was it just because it was “free” that I watched the whole thing? Or was it because I was in a slight martini fuzz in a slightly over-hot bubble bath that I watched, and dare say, enjoyed the whole thing? Yes, it was predictable. Yes, there was a lack of character development, but as the credits wrapped up, I found myself clicking the button “More Like This” only to be dissatisfied with the other options they provided. Where have all the good rom-coms gone? I feel I’m due a truly good one.
I’m thinking something along the lines of Great Expectations, yet again to my objection, Rotten Tomatoes gives this particular movie a lousy 39% claiming that “the film’s execution is more of a tragedy than the story.” Suit yourself RT. I then say I’m ready for something else like One Fine Day, which again, Rotten Tomatoes gives a 43% to – lamentable! Is it my taste we’re questioning here? I will give the site one more try to check out a renowned Oscar-winner and overall gem: Ghost. Fine. 80%. Apparently you cannot fight two Oscars. So, it is my taste that sucks.
I’ve been told this on several occasions – people who flip through my rather-large library of DVDs and say things like, “Wow! They actually put this one on DVD?” I guess I will just have to live with the fact that I have terrible taste in movies. C’est la vie. Please let me know if you have any rom-com (that’s romantic comedy) recommendations, good or otherwise, because as we’ve learned, I’ll probably enjoy it, good reviews or not.
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