What Swanky Things are you Watching?

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I'm glad she is my new friend, cause it looks as if my friendship with Gemini Cricket has reached its end.

It's not the end. You like me, you like me, you like me.

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

That's cause I thought The Notebook was a damn fine sudser. Nothing wrong with it, and the two leads were hotness of their respective genders (both of which, as some here may know, I happen to have a thing for).

Okay, here we go. I've gotten a PM or two about this already. To quote our GD:

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

AARRGH! Okay, you're all really starting to frustrate me.

Nothing wrong with the eye candy, I'll give it that. Ryan Gosling is great. Now if that gosling actually were a mature gander, he'd be a much better actor. Watch him act in this film and count how many times he looks like he was going to laugh while she's pounding on his chest or shoving him against a truck in anger. He's worse than Jerry Seinfeld and Roseanne during their own shows.

I'm still not clear if the lead actress has ever had her heart truly broken or knows how it feels. Nothing in her performance dictates to me that she has. She also wasn't defined very well at the beginning. Why do we like her? Because she's pretty? Nope. It's gotta be more than that. If it doesn't need to more than that 'Gigli' would have worked.

I believe that the performances here needed to convey the message that the stakes are high for these two. I didn't get that from them.

Okay, it's the LoT so I'll dwell on the positive here:

I love these kinds of stories. Against all odds, love against the will of elitist parents and rekindled love. I love love love these films.

The love scene at the beginning was great. The whole neurotic thing while they tried to get their groove on rocked. Gosling and Marsden were finer than frog hair. Gorgeous.