Love Happens

Howdy! My apologies for taking so long for this post to happen. But here goes.

I went to see Love Happens with one of my good friends! I was really excited... perhaps it was more for the company but whatev, I haven't been to the movies in at least a month so this was long overdue.

I must say that first and foremost, I really think that the title of this movie is misleading. I was expecting a chick flick (of which I think there is a certain balance which must take place to be believable and enjoyable), but it wasn't. So that kind of made the experience kind of... different.

As the movie starts, we see a man arriving in a city. And I'm thinking to myself... hmm... what city is this? And eventually you see Pike's Place Market and the Space Needle and wahlah... Seattle. I absolutely love Seattle, it's atmosphere, and it's weather and so the movie starts optimistically. We meet the two main characters Burke Ryan (played by Aaron Eckhart) and Eloise (played by Jennifer Aniston). Eventually, we meet Marty, Eloise's right hand flower shop girl, played by Judy Greer (who is, to no surprise, just a supporting actress...blah blah... seriously, will she ever have a lead role ex.: 27 Dresses, 13 Going on 30, Elizabeth town? Boring!). Oops. Got off on a tangent there. No strong feelings. Um... shall we continue.

While, I was not particularly pleased by this movie, as I was expecting a Romantic Comedy, and was greeted with a Drama Lite (I just made up that genre), I did tear up and shed a couple of tears, which says something. Basically, this movie does it's job. It may move you... though, if no one really close has died to you, I don't know how much it could help. Regardless, it makes you care about the characters and really what more can you ask for. That means we have some good character building.

I must say Jennifer Aniston is really quite enchanting. She has really perfected her career and everything she does is just a piece of work. Must mention how ridiculously cute her wardrobe was. It really makes you take a second thought as to where you're living. Maybe I should move north just so that I can sport some fun scarves earlier. Um, duh. Furthermore, as Eloise, Aniston gets to showcase a woman with interest, devotion, and love for nature in her flower shop. Her whole set up is tres chic! Makes me want to quit my studies and just open my own shop!

About the plot: It was a little slow. Basically, the movie takes place over about a week for a workshop to help some 100 people learn mechanisms to further deal with grief they're undergoing after losing a loved one. There was a really great subplot happening with a man named Walter who had lost his son. It was very touching and I think helped carry this movie. We are really following Burke Ryan, though, and his of the seminar about how to deal with grief. So, basically we get to learn more about him, his past, and you know... what he's going to do about the time he has left (aka: the future). There is some romance between he and Eloise (by the way... I love this name!). It's pretty fun, but is never something very promising throughout the movie, so, I'll leave you to guess what happens.

I just like to finish with a thought about movies coming out. This past summer, I made a list of movies I wanted to see that I had heard about via imdb.com. Amongst them was, 9, Precious, and some Japanese film and I have yet to see them. It came to my knowledge though, that Precious is coming out to the mass public either October or November for which, in the meantime I shall attempt to read the book it's based on, Push, before going to see it. Yay! There are just so many great movies being released right now and alas, I have not the time nor money to see them all. Disappointment.

Anyways, if you're reading this... thank you. I'm going to try harder :)

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