| 2:25p |
Carla goes AWOL- maybe, maybe not
Okay, so, I have a million things that I could write about, but I think I should stick to the facts. I had planned to just write a very funny movie review (well, hopefully it would be funny, anyway), but life is a bit crazy right now. And I don't mean just silly crazy; I mean real crazy. Or really crazy. Whatever.
Anyway, I don't know how much I am going to be able to update for the next two weeks or so, but I will do my best. I'm just preparing you in case I haven't written anything for awhile. And I will let you all know what is going on once I get my feet on the ground again. Sorry to be so evasive!
But just in case you were wondering, this is what I thought of The Break-Up, which I saw last weekend! Brooke (Jennifer Aniston) and Gary (Vince Vaughn) are a couple who meet at a baseball game and fall in love. They live together in a very nice apartment in Chicago. They are regular people- well, as convincingly regular as mega-celebs Vince and Jennifer can be. Vince plays a totally sweet, gruff and funny tour guide, while Jennifer sells posh-but-weird art in an art gallery. ANYWAY, one day, Gary and Brooke have both of their families over for dinner. Many of the minor characters in The Break-Up are there for comic effect, which is not a criticism- they provide comic relief when all the breaking up biz gets too much. Anyway, after the dinner, Brooke and Gary have a HUMUNGOUS fight, because Brooke is all tired from cooking, and Gary doesn't feel like doing the dishes, etc etc. It's a regular fight, which is part of the charm of The Break-Up. The fights seem real, and if you're in a couple, a little too close to home. The fights are petty, but you can also understand each character's point of view.
My main thought, while I was seeing the movie, was this: If only Brooke and Gary had read Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, which I am reading right now! During the film, Brooke and Gary behave like classic examples of men and women. You know, Gary likes playing video games with his mates, Brooke can nag every now and then. The Break-Up could also be called Mars and Venus Duke it Out in a Very Nice Condo in Chicago. If Brooke and Gary had read Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus (or MAFM, WAFV, as P.G. Wodehouse would probably say), then Gary would have understood Brooke's need to be heard and have her feelings validated! And Brooke would have understood Gary's need to unwind by watching competitive sports! And then they wouldn't have broken up! I would have told Vince Vaughn this when I last saw him. The reason I didn't tell him was because he was on the other side of the road being interviewed by Angela Bishop, and I didn't want to interrupt. And it was raining and stuff. Plus, he was at the Australian movie premiere, so technically, I hadn't seen the movie yet. Otherwise, I totally would have said, "Hey Vince, I noticed that in the opening credits of The Break-Up, there are no happy snaps of you or Jen reading MAFM, WAFV. You should TOTALLY read it. If it was good enough for Tai and Cher in Clueless, then it's good enough for YOU!"
So take care, friends! Until later!
Your elusive blogger,
Carla Gypsygirl |