Ok another sappy love story type movie. I have to say i hate Jack Black, i find him annoying but I really enjoyed him in this film. He's sweet, nice and a little geeky. We know how i feel about geeks. I think the main appeal to the movie is the little old next door neighbor Arthur, with his old movies and style. Not only do they discuss great old movies, but one point in time Iris is very clearly watching Cary Grant in His Girl Friday. I feel a His Girl Friday review coming on very soon. Back to the current movie though. Besides the fact I am creeped out by the thought of letting a complete stranger live in your house and you in there (screams serial killer), I find a slight charm to the movie.
The Duchess.
This weekend Ash and i decided to watch The Duchess, mostly because I like Historical Fiction and because I picked it up super cheap. I suppose over all its not a bad film. I find myself really wanting to find the book on the real story, Hollywood often adds unnecessary crap to dramatize everything. I will warn a head of time, she is raped at one point in time by her husband. Like many stories of women from this time period it is rather sad and oppressive. I have always found it rather amusing that people always blamed the female for not baring a son, especially since science has proven it is all on the male. (ha ha losers). Anyways it is rather a sad story of a girl that is married off to a duke that doesn't overly care for her and constantly has affairs while keeping her home by threatening the loss of her children. I didn't hate it, didn't love it, I might have more to say on it once I read up on the real story.
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