What are men always on about with chic flicks? They run like hell the minute a girlfriend decides to pick out a chic flick to watch for their Sunday movie night marathon. Sure enough some chic flicks can be quite sappy and uberly sweet you’d like to slap each other just to give it some spice. But, then again in some form of Neanderthal deduction, some guys probably just can’t find that switch when they need to get in touch with their feminine side. Either that or they just refuse to acknowledge it. However, in between that constant need for high impact action, suspense and, gore … there are quite a few good chic flicks a real man can appreciate.
Nicholas Sparks is a famed contemporary American novelist and screen writer. He has quite an array of published novels that have been adapted into movies revolving around the very core of timeless tales of love and romance that just sends you into a down ward spiral of relentless bawling. Three more of his novels namely, True Believer, Safe Haven and The Lucky One are scheduled to be released as movie adaptations sometime 2011 and 2012. All his books exude his trademark theme of love, faith, tragedy and fate, bringing the reader and movie goer into a helpless sappy state not even halfway through the story.
Quite the notorious tear jerker is “The Notebook”, which boasts of a solid leading cast with Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams portraying a young couple in the early 1940’s. Narrated in present day by James Garner as the elderly character of Ryan Gosling, to his one true love Gena Rowlands whose younger role is played by Rachel McAdams. The movie was released in 2004 and has been reputed to be the most romantic movie that year, leading to the best kiss award in the history of MTV.
So if that doesn’t intrigue you enough, why not challenge your high speed internet hook up to download movies based on the best novels of Nicholas Sparks. Message in a Bottle stars Kevin Costner and Robin Wright Penn; Nights in Rodanthe has the impeccable tandem of Richard Gere and Diane Lane, while A Walk to Remember introduces Mandy Moore and Shane West.; Dear John pairs hunky Tatum Channing with Amanda Seyfried and; The Last Song stars Greg Kinnear, Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth. Be forewarned not to watch all of them in one movie marathon night unless you’ve got a full stock of tissues. These movies have been known to ruin some bad boys and MMA fighters.
Timeless as they come they render epic storylines that you can keep going back to. Now the wonder of today’s technology conveniently allows you to watch these classic movies you’ve missed straight off the virtual highway. With Comcast Internet deals you can rely on high speed internet connection service and enjoy fast download speeds of up to 12MB per second. Just enough for you to get your bearings back after a good cry and ready for the next movie.
Romcom Hell: Going the Distance
Gentleman, mark your calendars. If she asks, you’re busy that day.  Which day am I talking about is irrelevant, just trust me.
I am simply trying to help you avoid the long-distance romcom Going the Distance, starring Drew Barrymore and “I’m a Mac” Justin Long.
Geez, they’re even holding the eye candy out in this one!
The movie looks painful. We’ve already seen it 100 times over. But for some reason, your girlfriend thinks it looks “cute.” Perhaps it’s because D-Bar has fooled the world into thinking she’s the girl next door. [Read more…]
Meet the Morgans
He was cute the first time.
Hugh Grant’s stammer had a clumsy kind of charm that worked in “Four Weddings and a Funeral” and, to some degree, “Notting Hill.” (We also concede that “About a Boy” was surprisingly entertaining, but it just fell flat at “Music and Lyrics” and “Two Weeks Notice”).
But the lameness factor just hit rock bottom with his latest movie, “Did you Hear about the Morgans?” He teams up with Sarah Jessica Parker, to deliver a totally forgettable romantic comedy that makes you want to say, “No I haven’t heard about the Morgans– and they’re not worth hearing about.”
Hugh once again dons that pained expression, as he plays Paul Morgan, whose marriage to Meryl (Parker) is on the rocks after his recent infidelity. He tries to win her back. She isn’t interested. And actually the whole audience why they’re together at all, because the two have no chemistry on-screen.
Their marriage is saved by, of all things, a murder. They both witness it, and they are sent by the FBI to a rural town that’s worlds away from their Manhattan lifestyle.
Hugh’s saving grace is his ability to give great one-liners, which periodically break the monotony of the movie. Unfortunately the good ones are too few and far between… just like Hugh’s movie career.
Titanic Coming Back in 3D
“Every night in my dreams I see you, I feeeel you…” Still really sticks once it you remember the titanic of a film – “Titanic”. Well next year a new crop of teenage girls will surely go crazy over the film since it is being remade into a 3D movie.
I know there would be people out there who’ll be less than enthusiastic about the news. But who cares? For girly girls like me who swooned and cried repeatedly during the countless time we saw the film back when we were in high school there’s no doubt that we’ll be awaiting the 3D remake of “Titanic”. For those involved in the film who’ll be making a titanic of a paycheck again once the blockbuster comes out, we can also be sure that they’ll probably be even more excited about the return of “Titanic”. The only one I can really think of who will benefit from the film that might not be too thrilled about its return would be Leo di Caprio simply because he is sooo over the crazy attention, especially from the paparazzi, from being a huge star. Of course he’s grown up a lot and should be able to handle the paparazzi thing now so maybe he isn’t to averse to the idea of “Titanic” coming back to make him the center of attention once more.
As for the actual 3D experience I am yet uncertain as to how that will pan out. Pretty sure that the once the boat starts sinking 3D aspect will make it more exciting but for the first part I don’t see how it’ll make much of a difference. Maybe cinemas should turn on fans (as in electric fans) during the famous “I’m flying” scene with Jack and Rose. Now THAT would be immersive.
Next books in Twilight series in development
With Twilight getting great numbers when it opened, it was a sure thing that the other books in the series will also get the movie treatment. In fact, the other books are now being put into development. Summit Entertainment has already acquired the rights to the next three novels of Stephenie Meyer’s vampire series. Melissa Rosenberg, who wrote the script for Twilight, has also been tasked to write the scripts for both New Moon and Eclipse.