Girl's Bana-swooned thoughts...For all those who believe Eric Bana is an overrated actor, I will have to say that I like him. He is cute, funny, handsome and has fun with the movies he picks. I'm not so blinded by the Aussie accent that I can't tell when his acting skills are sorely lacking, but I am blinded enough to leave most of his movies with a sense of contentment and swooniness.
This particular movie was no different. It's a romantic comedy that pulls at the heart-strings within the first ten minutes. Any movie that makes me grab Guy and say "No! That's so sad!" that quickly is going to get a thumb's up from me. The goods about this movie are Eric Bana, Rachel McAdams and the whole love lost thing, which is a fail-safe plan to pulling in a Girl's interest. The bads about this movie were the stereotypical doctor character that didn't do anything at all, (spoiler alert) Erica Bana apparently getting shoot by his wife's dad (I think?), and the best friend characters who were put there for filler so obviously it hurt.
Of course, despite these script blunders, they had that love lost key to my heart and I grudgingly admit that I didn't mind the fact that Eric Bana was time travelling and developing a love relationship with a woman since she was 6 years old (he was 30 at the time...). My mother would not approve of this movie.
Girl's Rating: Watch it. Love it or hate it, I don't care, just don't judge me for enjoying the cheese.
Guy's look...
To all you guys out there thinking that this movie would be horrible to watch think again. If you have to watch any of the "chick flicks" out there this should be it, at least you'll get some resemblance to sci-fi. I know this might offend some women out there when I use the term "chick flick". So, I'm sorry.
In any movie that has time travel, I always try to poke holes in the story and timeline (because time travel is a sticky buisness). That's one of the things this movie has going for it, every time I had a question about how and why he had to be in certain times in the movie, Girl could explain it to me. Not like in "Terminator" where the baddies could have easily sent a robot back to the 1400's and killed John Connor's great-great-great-great-great-great grandmother. I guess that would kill a multimillion dollar franchise as well.
As for this movie the drama and the acting actually has you involved with the characters and I have to admit that I also felt sadness and sorrow at certain points. Eric Bana might have made some weird choices in his Hollywood career. Please forget about that cause the guy is clearly a good actor. Do it! Forget about "Troy" right now!
Guy's rating: Definitely the choice for guys that wanna watch a romantic comedy with their girlfriend and not have that creeping feeling of stabbing themselves in the eyes.
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