Great Movie
Added 11/17/2009
I read the book and it was good, but I liked the movie, it really makes you wonder how guys behave.
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"I'm Just Not Into This Movie"
Added 11/16/2009
this movie made me GAG. seriously. HORRIBLE movie, don't waste your time. for all the great stars in this flick, they sure could have done a LOT better. ugh.
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Just not that funny
Added 11/1/2009
First, this movie does a great job of displaying the hard truth about how desperate women are, and that sometimes a guy just isn't interested. That might be hard for some to swallow, but some people need to learn that. The movie has an all-star cast, but only a few deliver. I thought that Jennifer Aniston and the guy from the Mac commercials did a good job. However, this movie was just not funny at all. And they could really make a funny movie out of this topic. It was a big missed oppourtunity. I did not smile, laugh or chuckle at all during the entire movie. Also, it was WAY too long. It felt very dragged out and I had to force myself to watch the whole thing. I can't see how this a romantic comedy. It was more of a drama. Overall this movie was boring and wasn't funny at all. I was dissapointed and would not reccomend it.
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Watchable, at best
Added 10/27/2009
The Bottom Line:
This ensemble romantic piece is never very funny or moving and there are a million movies out there which can generate more laughs or tears, but at the same time I couldn't bring myself to hate it; sure it has no real ambition towards being a good film and waslittle more than a mercenary attempt to get couples into theaters around Valentine's Day, but it's watchable and never mean-spirited, so if you want something stupid to watch with your date you could do worse.
2.5/4
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Movie arrived in just one week after order and was in excellent condition,,,will order from this company again,,also a very resonable price for a new dvd
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If you loved this movie, you will want to own it!
Added 10/26/2009
Fun movie to just enjoy over and over again without having to THINK alot. Sometimes you just need a fun movie on those rainy days/nights or just when you need a break. Great casting and fun storyline.
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Love this movie. Has a lot of well-known actors which I love and ha s a really good point!
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A refreshingly honest look into dating, relationships, and what people really mean by "I'll call you"
Added 7/9/2009
Dating is, perhaps, the oldest game there is. We all play it at some point, devoting countless hours and resources to it, only to fail a majority of the time. We enlist the help of others--friends, books, websites, seminars, etc.--but even with such help we still end up utterly lost. There doesn't seem to be a fixed set of rules, and when we think we've found a set, countless exceptions pop up and throw said "rules" out the window. Aiding and abetting our frustrated attempts are well-meaning friends who encourage us through assurances of our likeability, our attractiveness, the other person's stupidity, etc. So why do we continue to play this game? We play in hopes of finding that ever-elusive thing called love.
It is into this eternal fracas that the filmmakers of He's Just Not That Into You cast their audience. This is the story of nine intertwining lives, each person's tale adding another layer to the complexity of relationships that we all encounter day to day. This film boasts an all-star cast and, for the most part, does not disappoint. It is charming, funny, dramatic, shocking, and incredibly honest. A rare find in a "romantic comedy" genre so often riddled with puerile vapidity.
Though a story of nine lives, the central story guiding the film is that of Gigi (Ginnifer Goodwin), a hopeless romantic who spends much of her time pining by a phone hoping her latest date will call. As tends to happen in such circumstances, Gigi is patronized and coddled by her girlfriends who attempt to assuage her fears of being rejected and alone. Then Gigi meets Alex (Justin Long), a straight-shooting bar manager who opens Gigi's eyes to the difference between what men tell her and what they really mean. This includes the shocking reality that sometimes guys just aren't into the girls they go on dates with. There's nothing necessarily wrong with this as everyone can't be "the One," it's just a fact that needs to be accepted and dealt with.
The rest of the film deals primarily with stereotypes: the obsessive compulsive wife, the pompous jackass who finds it hard to believe that marriage means he can only sleep with one person for the rest of his life, the sultry libertine who lures him away, the guy who "doesn't believe in marriage," the woman who's been with him for nearly a decade hoping he'll change his mind, and of course those who are looking for love in all the wrong places/faces/online profiles. But even though these characters are stereotypes, they are believable and done very well. All of us know people exactly like the ones portrayed on screen and so we are able to connect with, and probably even empathize, with what is transpiring before our eyes.
All in all, this film is quite enjoyable and I appreciate the honest way in which relationships are portrayed by the filmmakers. It's refreshing to see a "chick flick" which actually has some basis in reality and does not fit the typical "girl meets guy, they fall in love, fight and break up, get back together, and live happily ever after" formula that typifies the genre. Inevitably, some will not like what they see on screen and will claim it's too harsh on certain types of people. My only response to that would be: the truth sometimes hurts.
Video/Audio
The Blu-ray disc is presented in full 1080p in a 2.40:1 aspect ratio. The picture is excellent and really brings out the vibrant colors used throughout the film. The audio is Dolby TrueHD 5.1 and is very crisp. This is mostly a talking movie, so it's hard to really evaluate the sound, but I had absolutely no complaints about the quality.
Special Features
There are a number of special features included on the Blu-ray disc. These include deleted scenes with commentary by the director, a featurette on translating the book into the film, and an interesting look into how film directors stage such seemingly extemporaneous scenes as phone calls. The most interesting special feature for me personally are six mini-interviews with the characters of the film showing how their lives have changed since the conclusion of the film. Very interesting way to continue the story and brings a further sense of realness to the lives of the characters.
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