Guys – When was the last time you asked your wife/girlfriend if she wanted to sit down and watch a movie of her choosing? Have you ever done this? Ever?
Sadly, I can’t think of one time in the 8 years I’ve been married that I have done that. This fact was plaguing my thoughts yesterday, so I called my wife on the way home and asked her if she wanted to watch Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. This is a movie she had wanted to see for a while and then (I surmised) forgotten we had bought it.
Obviously, she was all for watching it. So, after supper and spending some time on homework with the kiddos, we sat down and started it up.
I must say that I was pleasantly surprised. For those not familiar with the premise, here it is, courtesy of imdb.com:
Connor Mead, a successful fashion photographer and a playboy keen on casual sex, goes to his younger brother’s wedding to convince him not to marry. He arrives at his dead uncle’s estate during the rehearsal the night before the wedding and starts in, taking his brother aside and trashing marriage. But later in the men’s room, his uncle, who taught Connor all he knows about women, appears to him, confesses to have been wrong, and tells Connor that three ghosts will visit him that night: the ghosts of girlfriends past, present, and future. Unfortunately, Connor has already set the breakup in motion. Can he learn anything from his life and fix what he’s broken?
The movie, starring Matthew McConaughey as Connor Mead and Jennifer Garner as his first love Jenny Perotti, is a funny romp of disasters and debacles as Connor is shown where he screwed up with love and what prompted him down the dark path of womanizing. Nobody in Hollywood could have done a better job playing the part of Connor than McConaughey. His cocky attitude is perfectly in check throughout the movie, even taking him so far as to hit on the ghosts that are showing him his wrongs!
I won’t give away anything, just in case you decide to check the movie out, but I will tell you this: there’s plenty in this movie for both men and women. So the next time you have a date-night and you want to spend some time at home, grab Ghosts of Girlfriends Past and give it a look. I’ll bet you and your significant other will both enjoy it.
Moving on to the world of Sci-Fi…
I am a big fan of the Matrix trilogy (yes, I know it’s shocking…I do like all three movies). Many folks hated the second and even third movie in the series, but I liked them all. The overall plot is tight, the writing is superb, and the effects of all three movies broke new ground in digital-filming technology.
If you are a fan like me, then you’ll enjoy this Matrix Trilogy Ultimate Fan Quiz.
Also, Suvudu questions the future of the zombie genre in literature and film. Is this sustainable, they ask? Will it have the same presence and overall market-share as vampires do?
I think so, although the field can (and will, I’m sure) become quickly saturated with a multitude of titles. I’m all for having a decent selection, but unfortunately the amount of crap titles usually towers over the good titles like a mountain over an anthill.
And finally, my buddy Hayes over at Hayes Hudson’s House of Horror Blog, thinks he might have found the worst movie ever made: Thankskilling, a movie about a killer turkey. And yes, as he points out, you did read that right…a killer turkey.
That’s all for now.
MSB
