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[blue_lotus13]

I'm feeling much better now. I slept on Tuesday, went for a walk in the SUN after work on Wednesday and had a pretty intense dance class last night. My deadlines and articles are all on schedule. I have some time to write today and a haircut scheduled for tomorrow. (I love getting haircuts.)

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On Tuesday, I watched the flawed Must Love Dogs . After watching this movie, I thought about how it's much more fun to write about mediocre movies than really good ones. I was in the mood for a light movie, but I still feel like snarking on it.



First, if I'm going to see a movie called "Must Love Dogs", I want there to be many, many dogs in it. There were only 2 and they weren't in many scenes. I must admit that I was quite happy to see a West Highland White Terrier. I'm all about spreading the terrier love.

There were some cute scenes in this movie, but it was highly uneven. First, I was annoyed by the fact that Diane Lane's family was so obsessed with her love life and fixing her up. If they had been my family, I would have told them to shove it. This is one thing that consistently bugs me about rom-coms. In real life, people do love to set each other up and are always interested in other peoples' love lives, but it never seems to get to the point of obsession.

Secondly, Cusack's character in this movie SUCKED. He just came across as a total flake. I thought it was cute that he was obsessed with Doctor Zhivago and made boats, but seriously, he had some of the cruddiest lines ever, "She's my Halley's comet?!!" WTF, is that supposed to mean? Also, Cusack was wearing a Ramones shirt and a trench coat in several scenes. We get it John, you're supposed to be Mr. Sensitive. You're chanelling Lloyd Dobler. Aren't you getting a little old for that?

Also, I know Diane Lane is hot, but couldn't you two have a couple of decent conversations before you fall madly in love? Then maybe I could believe it.

I actually found Dermot Mulroney's character to be fairly interesting and could see the attraction there. But he was set up to be evil.

Cute scenes- The scene with the date with her dad and my favourite line-

Sister 1- "Where are your boob shirts?"
Diane- "My boob shirts?!"
Sister 2- "I brought some of mine."

Everyone knows that a boob shirt is something that makes your boobs look incredibly good. Very believable.

I do appreciate a good rom-com, but there has to be a bit more substance. I'm skeptical when characters fall for each other without good conversations.

A couple years ago, I read a lot more chicklit. I've since fallen out of the habit. I realized that chicklit was making me feel inadequate. It wasn't because of the romantic aspects of the books; it was because most of the characters have these top jobs in the media industry, and are writing for magazines and top-notch papers while shopping for Mahnolo Blahniks. By contrast, I work like a demon at a variety of jobs while buying shoes at Winners.

I've also abandoned reading a lot of chicklit because a lot of it is just badly written. There are some good writers (Jennifer Cruisie and Meg Cabot, I'm looking at you), but a lot of it isn't very good. My need for lighter books has been filled by YA and kid-lit, which can be quite well written and inspiring.

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[blue-lotus.livejournal.com]

The part about the trailer is true. And I liked that line as well as the whole "looking for a condom scene."