That's how I usually feel about Ewan McGregor's characters -- I just want them to get a second chance, because he totally won't waste it this time.

Jessica Alba:scientist::Denise Richards:physicist

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The scary part is, I saw exactly one of the top mumblemany movies of this year, and hated it.

Yes, thank you, I have demographicked myself out of the movie theatre.

I saw 6, and really enjoyed 4. I'm doing okay.

Of the 2 I didn't enjoy -- fuck, was Monster In Law crap.

Now, you don't have to sell me hard on why the female lead falls for the Vartan character. It's not like I expect him to (be able to) play something other than a slightly quiet, likeable and good looking guy.

The rationale for him falling for J-Lo's character? So non-existent, and exacerbated by them skipping ahead three months between first date and moving in together. My friend suggests there was supposed to be a video montage but they couldn't make it work, so they just jumped in time.

Horrible. J-Lo totally unlikeable. At least the Fonda character made you want to look at her.

I'd add traffic/parking to the list of things that discourage movie-going. There are three movie theaters that are pretty convenient to me. One I won't go to at all, because just getting out of the parking lot afterwards will destroy any pleasure I might get from a movie. The other two are slightly better, mainly because I can park at the extreme edge of the lot and walk the last bit. This is also a big part of why, when I do see movies, I go to matinees.

Yeah, this last year my criteria for selecting a movie theater is, "Can I walk to it? If not, can I take a train to it?"

I draw the line at taking a bus, though.

Skinny Angelina. I don't think she was that slim in Mr & Mrs Smith, but she wasn't big.

Damn her head is big.

So, Mark Ruffalo has some of the same hate-to-see-him suffer factor as Kyle Secor(Except when we want Bayliss to be happy, it's always a bit guilty because we know he *can't*, ever, poor baby. It's not in him. If he were like Angel, he'd spend his one moment of perfect happiness going "But what does this mean, Buffy?" and nobody would be more surprised than him at his soul's absence.)

She looks heroin skinny. Not that I've heard anything about that. I don't remember Smith that well, but didn't her character escape most situations instead of using brawn? The real problem is not so much with Jolie beating up Pitt, but including a knock-down drag-out fight like that between their characters. Not that it wasn't enjoyable and, actually, I think that kind of tussle would be in character, but not her landing any hard punches.

didn't her character escape most situations instead of using brawn?

Yes, she did. The central fight was laughable, though, and as much as I liked it, I'd rather have had a different actress in the role (paging Gina Torres) than redo the movie so it wasn't there.