Blu ray movie review of No Strings Attached
May 16, 2011
No Strings Attached is another predictable romantic comedy with some good actors. To be honest, it is fairly difficult to come up with completely original plot in romantic comedy arena. Two leads meet, have conflict, and ultimately end up together at the end of the movie. No Strings Attached follows this script very closely. Good or bad, No Strings Attached was bound to get a lot of attention due to Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher as the two main leads.
Like the title suggests, the story is about whether two friends can casually have sex and remain friends. Adam and Emma meet early in the childhood and meet occasionally throughout their lives. In the present, they meet up again exchange phone number. During a drunken haze, Adam calls Emma and somehow ends up at her apartment. When he wakes up, he tells Emma about his dad sleeping with his ex girlfriend. They both somehow end up in bed after the sad tale. Soon after, they end up sleeping together on regular basis. While Adam falls for Emma, Emma refuses to officially call it a relationship. Eventually Adam decides he wants more while Emma stubbornly refuses his advances.
There is really no suspense on whether they will end up together or not. Never the less, the predictable ending does not detract from the funny story line between the two main characters. Even the supporting cast puts in a very fine performance. While not the most original story, the strong cast and performance make it a likable film even if you happen to be a male audience.
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The Bounty Hunter Blu Ray Review
July 12, 2010
After string of bad movies, Jennifer Aniston makes another stinker in The Bounty Hunter. In all fairness, she did have Gerard Butler’s help in making this movie. While both are undoubtedly great actors, they seem to go out of their way to make bad movies for some reason. Aniston has enjoyed great success on television sitcom as well as some movies. However, she has failed to star in a decent movie in for a while. I’m not sure who is forcing her to star in these terrible movies. For Gerard Butler, he should stick with action/drama movies. While P.S. I love You was barely watchable, The Ugly Truth and The Bounty Hunter were both terrible romantic comedies.
Like the movie name suggests, the movie is about a husband chasing down his ex wife. Milo is a former cop who works as a bounty hunter for his friend’s business. When his ex wife, a reporter, jumps bail to chase down a lead, he jumps at the chance to bring in his ex wife. Murder cover up serves as a rather boring back drop to the story. The murder cover up is only convenient ploy to showcase the interaction between the two leads. The simple case of hunting down his ex wife turns out to be little more complicated as the two go at each other over their failed marriage and the current situation.
The trailer looked funnier than the actual movie. The stupid murder cover up was not all that intriguing. The film maker banked too much on the star power of Aniston and Butler. Even they couldn’t save this ridiculous movie. There were some funny moments but not enough to carry this movie. Overall, I cannot recommend this movie to even the hardcore fans of Aniston and Butler. Avoid this movie.
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