Movie: Definitely, Maybe and the trailer before it.

Definitely maybe

So, the wife and I decided to take advantage of us both being off today and go to movies. After a little bit of a late lunch, our only options were this Definitely,Maybe and Jumper (we were too late for There Will Be Blood. So I guess my milkshake is safe). My wife won out, and we saw this one.

This movie is not recommended for people with a low tolerance for "cute". People act cute, meet cute, talk cute and are cute.

I have a low cute tolerance, but the actors, for me, dampened the treacle to tolerable levels.

Ryan Reynolds is charming, but restrained. He is not his usual, wise cracking, smarmy self. Isla Fisher is even more charming.

The movie is billed as a mystery romantic comedy, as Reynolds relates "how he met your mother" to his 10 year old daughter. The mother's identity is kept secret until almost to the very end. Who is it? The least likely suspect. This is not a spoiler, becuase anyone familiar with movie conventions will be able to figure this out.

All in all, I think it is a good time in spite of it's foibles. It does hold a bit of emotional impact, and you'll be feeling for the characters by the end.

Now, the trailers:

• Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns: Wow. Angela Basset is in a Tyler Perry movie. This means something. I just don't care to find out what.
• The Other Boleyn Girl: Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman? In the same movie? And Scarlett shows just a bit of skin? I am so there, dude!
• Leatherheads: You know what? Hollywood should do some more screwball comedies. This looks good, but I'm not sure I buy the love triangle. The ages are just too disparate for me.
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: The wife and me "Oohed" when this came one. Yeah, I had doubts that Harrison Ford might be too old for this part, but they are gone. We are so going to see it.
• Baby Mama: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler? In the same movie? I am so there dude! Even if it is a chick flick comedy.