Superficial, Shallow, Innocuous, Assessment Of Love And Relationships. But It's Kinda Cute And Not Without Some Merit.

Rating: 7/10 (26 July 2011)

i usually don't watch stuff like this. do chicks watch stuff like this? who watches stuff like this? i dunno but i'm in a relationship with someone who adores Ashton Kutcher, so to be nice i watched this. can't say i was real impressed except for the fact that it was a little more likable than i expected it to be.
normally i'd say i'm the wrong person to review a movie like this, it's really not my kind of thing, but i told myself that i would commit myself to writing on every movie i watched no matter how old or innocuous it may be. it's a therapy thing. but i'm at a loss for words when things get this unimportant and superficial. here it goes.
Ivan Reitman directed this? really. he's obviously getting old. 'Stripes' is one of my favorite comedies of all time and i find it hard to fathom someone who directed a movie with such kick to it directed a light weight marshmallow like this.
i tried hard to pay attention to the storyline at the expense of my brain turning into mushy drivel. the pay off wasn't half bad. it actually had a little something to say and wasn't without a certain amount of self reflection. mostly i don't like the kind of people that this film was peopled with, but i tried not to be too judgmental. live and let live i always say. sure these people were all smug, egomanical jerks, but they seemed to be struggling a little with their existence and seemed willing to ask some questions about themselves and things. that's all i've ever asked from people, show a little reflection and insight into what you do and what motivates your behavior. i mean you're not animals right? right? at least i hope not. mostly in real life people practice very little self criticism or reflection about anything. most people are all action and no thought.
this film was pretty typical of most Hollywood garbage. it makes sex look easy and all you have to do is want to have sex and it shall come. whoa. my brains fall out just thinking about the silliness of that notion. it also, as usual, attempts to paint a cheery portrayal of gay life. another stupid notion. yeah right. all gay people sit around watching 'Glee' or lying on the floor having pseudo menstrual cramps with the girls. and no matter how overweight or homely you are you can always score with a really cute guy easily. whoever wrote that crap must either be straight or seriously deluded. STOP WITH THE WHITEWASHING Hollywood! it doesn't wash with a lot of us.
also the rapper Ludicrous was a total joke here. does he really want to act so bad that he is willing to sell out and be the one token black face in a film that is a sea of white faces. there really were little or no black people in this film. not even the film extras. typical Hollywood. good to be conscious of your sexuality but not about your racism. shame on Ivan Reitman.
love and relationships are just about the most difficult thing you will do in life. even casual sex probably doesn't come all that easily, but i wouldn't know anything about that.this movie makes having sex and love look so easy. a deluded, silly and shallow notion of things. love hurts whether it is right or wrong.
at least the idiots that this movie was about attempted some reflection on their mindlessly one track behavior. but the list of wrongs here is a little too long for my taste. especially when Natalie Portman's ugly "grenade" of a best girlfriend informs her that if she continues to be depressed or a downer she will "seriously have to avoid her in the hallway". typical of current insensitivity which is so trendy and popular. especially with ugly, fat, "grenade", ethnic girls. that didn't sound nice did it? well neither was the girl's behavior. Hollywood is pretty messed up. had to prove a point.
as for Ashton and dumb little Natalie Portman? well neither one has ever impressed me much, but they are both likable enough presences and did well to help tolerate this trivia. they can definitely act and are affable enough to radiate a certain amount of warmth and sweetness. as a matter of fact Kutcher and Portman sum up the whole experience here, the film like the two actors, is kinda cute.