Touted as a romantic comedy based on the novel by Diane Johnson three chicks, one being my Human, sat down to enjoy French scenery, food and wine.  First thing my human noticed on the DVD, no previews.  Since I was busy playing with my new robotic ant I asked Human later if it was any good.  This was her take on it.

The story begins with smooth music and Isabel (Kate Hudson) arriving in Paris to visit her pregnant sister (Naomi Watts) unknowingly entering as Roxy’s husband was leaving her.  The movie meanders down the path of le divorce and Isabel passes the time by becoming involved with an older, sophisticated Frenchman who happens to be a relative of the absent husband.

The painting on Roxy’s wall is practically a character itself and plays a huge role in many  lives. Surprise twists, interesting characters and decadent dishes kept me interested when unpleasant character developments made me cringe but lean forward to see what would happen next.

With quite a cast including;  Glen Close, Stephen Fry as a Christie’s employee and Matthew Modine a grieving and tortured husband, the cast was superb.  Isabel’s character was fresh and likeable until she became romantically entangled with the wrong man and was very unsympathetic for most of the movie but you got to know her and redeemed herself by the end.  Of course.

Afterwards, I told her that didn’t tell me if she liked it or not and she didn’t seem to know either.  If you don’t want to read spoilers then skip down to the quote and trailers. Next, I wanted to know what the other chicks thought.

Chick 1:  “Annoying, frustrating because of the lifestyle differences but glad he got his just desserts in the end- but didn’t expect that he’d be killed.  If it wasn’t for the fact that they killed him I would have hated that movie.”

Chick 2: “Crappy, upsetting because didn’t like main character and thought she was disloyal to sister.”

Quotes:

“Of course.”
“Now we must decide if you will be my mistress.”

Did you see this movie? Or read the book?
This was a Blockbuster Bargain. Check the list for the other movie’s we got super cheap.

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Memory for all you psychos.

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“Hey it is a steep drop.”

I bet you’ve gotten stuck on a chair before too human, in your short case probably the one in the kitchen.  But back to the video, ask yourself if you were his dad would you have been so patient with him?  Or if you were the mother after almost five minutes would you have got up there and coaxed him down with a gentle pat on the back?

“I think you’d be cackling Eliza.”

No someone else is already doing that.

Have you ever gotten up somewhere but were afraid to come back down?  This boy overcomes his fear with the help of his loving parents…Enjoy.

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Mutant Chronicles (John Malkovich stars)
Big Man Japan(It looks like someone fell asleep watching Godzilla after oding on Skittles)
Food, Inc (Makes you want to grow your own food just to stick it to the man)

The story is simple, Buck Howard has a few tricks up his sleeve that he believes will revamp his entertainment career and possibly get him back on the Late Night Show.  With a recent college drop out as his new on road manager and a pessimistic publiscist his star power reawakens but that is not what truly makes him or this movie great.  It follows the journey of life when knowing yourself is the best “effect” you can learn.  Watching John Malkovich and the rest of the cast put on a great show I realized that Buck Howard- mesmerized me.

Here are some Buck Howard quotes.

“George (Takei), may the force be with you.”
“That man is Satan and Buck Howard does not work with Satan.” (Referring to Jay Leno)
“I love this town.”

I love this movie.

Did you see this movie? Or read the book?
This was a Blockbuster Bargain. Check the list for the other movie’s we got super cheap.

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Social barriers (disparate class, her weight, and her age), disapproving family, ex’s, and blind dates all are thrown into the pot of love. Speaking of pots this is not just a great romantic comedy but a food treat as well. Don’t expect to just see sweats but plenty of Kimchi and noodles to make you want to rush out to the store.

One quibble that I’ll mention is there were more than twenty scenes, okay at least five, of Sam-skit (Hyun) walking out of his office but since I viewed the whole series in less than twenty four hours it was probably more noticeable.

What can I say- I’m voracious .  Now who wants to go to HMart with me?

Read about it at Wikipedia
Review at SPCNET.TV
Episode guide at kimsamsoon.blogsome.com
Watch it on DramaFever.com

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Sadly our local Blockbuster closed its doors last month and before you scoff, “you still go to the video store”, my human uses Blockbuster Online and loved returning the mailers to get a free movie.  What can I say, she’s cheap.  So cheap that she carefully selected the used movies she bought from the closing store, that is until they went down to a dollar a piece.  Then she lost all self-control.  Here are a few of the movies, I shudder to tell you how many she really got.

1. Mostly Martha
2. Inkheart
3. The Maiden Heist
4. Vantage Point
5. Italian Job (1969)
6. The Spirit
7. Le Divorce
8. Mozart and the Whale
9. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
10. The Great Buck Howard
11. Transporter 3
12. Rescue Dawn
13. The Marc Rease Experience
14. The Accidental Husband
15. State of Play
16. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
17. Music and Lyrics
18. I Hate Valentines Day

Well, do you think any of them were worth a dollar?  Here are two bonus movies she got for 4.99 each.

19.  Steamboy
20. Star Trek

Which ones would you have scooped up too?  I think we may have to do a marathon.

Human where’s the popcorn?

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Since I can’t not expect her to do anything nice for me here is my wish list for the month.  What about you?  Do you have the same taste in movies as a mutant ant?  Don’t be ashamed I have first-class taste.

• Alice in Wonderland out on 3/5/2010.  Follow on Twitter too!
• The Bounty Hunter out on 3/19/2010.  Go watch the preview… really.
• How to Train your Dragon out on 3/26/2010.  I love dragons, they taste like chicken.

Movies I don’t really want to see but will if someone will take me:

• Remember Me comes out 3/12/10.  Hello, Clarie from Lost is in it so I’ll sit through it.
• The Last Songcomes out 3/31/10.  Eck, only because my human’s cousin has been looking forward to this forever. 

There are plenty more coming out this month but I can’t share anymore because my human keeps replaying The Bounty Hunter trailer and laughing like a loon.

“Aggg!”

Don’t worry readers she is fine, just choking on her gum.

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