Lee B (iamthethinman)

Ummm?not the best of her romcom set, and I am not sure why Ryan Reynolds is so popular, as his best role was the quick quip as Deadpool, but this is just plain enough to keep someone watching and hanging on enough. It forces a lot of situations, and not many of them are funny, but the funny ones are funny enough. Sandra Bullock still is a surprise in her comedic dexterity, she is good in this movie. I guess it was a carryover from her role in Crash. But it?d be nice to see her in movies that weren?t Crash or the really bad Premonition.

This movie will follow exactly as you would think it would, you can even predict the jokes. But it never really makes the experience pedantic, so it isn?t a total waste of time. Almost, but passable.

Woody Allen?s move toward more suspense or mystery driven fare isn't bad. I've seen the others, just not Match Point which is supposed to be the best. This one is decent, and I'm glad he's broadening his horizons even if he's a lecherous pervert. Polanski is a good filmmaker so his personal life doesn't take away much from my opinion of his films, just him personally. Likewise for Allen, who has made a few movies I felt were very good.

This movie is really about two things, the twisted morality tale (that you can already tell is an harbinger of doom) and the performances of the leads. For 1, the story is overly simple and stretched to no end. It is a little creative in some respects, but not very deep in the emotions for either. It's not as drawn out as it could, which I think is the point of this movie. For 2, Farrell and Mcgregor are great. I want these two to be in more movies. Farrell is misused in movies like Pride and Glory when he can show a range like in In Bruges. And McGregor can do it also, like shown in some early work like Shallow Grave into later roles like Star Wars (just kidding). These two carried my interest more than anything.