Leap Year

Just because I haven't posted a movie review in over a month does not mean that I haven't been watching movies. To the contrary - I've watched a lot of movies. But I'd rather watch movies than write about them. Not to say I don't enjoy writing about the movies. It's like choosing between Reese Witherspoon and Anne Hathaway. I enjoy both.

So anyway, last Friday I watched another Amy Adams movie - Leap Year. It was a romantic comedy - like nearly all of Amy Adams' movies.

In Leap Year, Amy is a pretentious stick in the mud who is dating a pretentious businessman who little convincing aptitude for love. After a disappointing night where she expected to get engaged, she decides that she will propose to him - while in Ireland - on February 29th - leap year.

This is where Amy runs into a series of unfortunate events. Stranded in a town in Southern Ireland, she meets up with Declan (Matthew Goode), whom she convinces to help her get to Dublin so that she can propose.

Declan, however, can see right threw her and is more in touch with what is going on that she realizes, or cares to accept. So you can already tell what is going to happen. She spends a lot of time with him in her journey to get to Dublin. And he drives her crazy.

Predictable. Very predictable. But again, it's a romantic comedy. They are supposed to be soft non-thinking movies. And that it is.

The movie also stars John Lithgow as Amy's father and Adam Scott as her boyfriend.

Directed by Anand Tucker, Leap Year is rated PG. I think this was because 2 unmarried people slept in the same bed and there was some kissing later in the movie. And she got mad a lot. You could totally let your 10 year old watch this movie.

At an hour and 37 minutes long, it is the perfect length.

I give Leap Year 3 stars. Average. It met the formula for a romantic comedy, thus achieving mediocrity.

Imagine You and Me

If you have not guessed yet, I also have a thing for Piper Parabo. Yes, the list of ladies I like is long, but so is...the list of movies I've seen. Yes, that's it.

Imagine You and Me, the lyrics of the love song So Happy Together by The Turtles, which also happens to be my parents' wedding song, stars Piper as a British lady named Rachel who is getting married to Heck (Matthew Goode). However, during her walk down the aisle she makes eye contact with the florist who's walking out and has an instant attraction to her. There's something to be said for love at first site, though in this case it's lesbian love, not that there's anything wrong with that.

During the wedding reception, Rachel decides to meet up with the florist, who is played by Lena Headey. She finds that they have a mutual attraction and after the honeymoon decide to meet up again. While their love for each other grows, so does the suspicion from her husband. As time passes, Rachel realizes that she must make a decision - her husband or her girlfriend.

This isn't the first time Piper has played a woman with lesbian tendencies. The other movie was Lost and Delirious.

Piper did a good job with her British accent, as does Lena Headey, who actually happens to be from the Isle across the big pond. Headey is probably best known for playing Sarah Conner in the Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles.

Directed by Ol Parker, Imagine You and Me is 93 minutes long, is rated PG-13 for language and a bunch of lesbian sexuality.

There is nothing thrilling about the 2001 movie, though maybe some parts are intriguing. The ending is as I expected, but they got there using a different path than expected. Overall. not a bad movie. I give it 3 stars.