Wednesday, 17 February 2010

What the world needs now is love, sweet love.

The 14th February has been and is gone, so shouldn't they remove valentine's day (you know, that film) from the cinema's now i haven't seen that film but I did have to sit through P.S. I Love You on valentine's night. It was a originally novel by Cecelia Aherne set in Ireland, but the film version moves the action to America. It stars Hilary Swank who has too many teeth and Gerard 'I can't do an Oirish accent to save me life' Butler. So, sitting down like in A Clockwork Orange I suffered the emotional story of a woman who has lost her soul mate and has to deal with his death but can't because he keeps on sending her bloody correspondence from beyond the grave.
The film is flawed when ever Mr Butler opens his mouth. His Irish accent is as convincing as a seagull dressed up as a crow trying to be a magpie, it doesn't work. He is amazing in 300 and RocknRolla but here he makes me want to frisbee the dvd out of the window. It is quite morbid in a sense a man who is dead can't leave his lover alone to live her own life, he dictates it while he is burning in a firing pit (yeah, he is in Hell). Swank's friends add to the annoyance of the overall tone of the film. Lisa Kudrow plays an over-sexed 'Phoebe Buffay' and Gina Gershon pouts like a fish. The story should be an emotional heart-tugging tale but it leaves a sour taste on the old palate as the characters aren't believable plus think of the cost of stamps.

If you want a romantic movie look no further than The Princess and the Frog, Disney's retelling of the classic fairy tale. It is full of fun and romance, if you're into that sort of thing. There are colourful characters and a deliciously evil villain beautifully voiced by Keith David. It's so good I've secretly stuck the soundtrack on my spotify. So, if you want to feel loved up do it in the company of animated characters rather than ones who you feel nothing for.
That is all.

P.S. I Love you.

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