Released last: February 2010
Why I watched it: It’s been sitting on my Movies folder for ages and I want to get rid of it already. Also, it’s been raved on about before, so why not.
I’ve seen Amanda Seyfried and Channing Tatum in separate romantic films and I did like them. But in their own movie together, it was mere lukewarm, instead of the usual warm fuzzy “kilig” feeling. And believe me, I am usually a sucker for these things. I admit I was a bit distracted while watching, but I guess I was distracted because I wasn’t really hooked into the movie. Haha! *Excuses*.
I just wasn’t feeling the chemistry. It showed promise at first (how can you not feel the flirtation at the beach scene wherein John “rescued” Savanna’s bag, haha). But then it ran cold during the rest of the movie.
Plot-wise, well, you know how this would end. There was an obstacle to their love story in the latter half, it just didn’t feel compelling enough to make one say, “Aww, they made it against all odds.”
Critical Reception: 28% on Rotten Tomatoes
I’d rate it around: 47%, I barely said “Aww” in the end.
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As I did in 2011, I am listing down the movies I watch for 2012, along with my comment about each viewing experience. These movie pseudo-review/commentaries are hardly scientific. There might be days that I might be more tolerant of crappy movies and so I might find myself going easy on the critique. More so, my "critiques" are hardly theoretical because I admit I have not taken any proper film critiquing classes, haha! I most usually lash out "in the moment". I try to be as objective as possible, but know that we all have our own different tastes when it comes to films.
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