Wednesday, May 18, 2011
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When I begin quoting Grey's Anatomy (and guess what, I'm still stuck in Season 5. Incomplete at that!)... you can sort of figure out the state of my life.
-White Wedding, 7x20 Labels: grey's anatomy, life
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
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 I wasn't super looking forward to this movie adaptation because (1) the book is always better than the movie and; (2) I wasn't too keen on Kate Hudson and Ginnifer Goodwin being Darcy and Rachel, respectively. I guess I imagined someone more vapid and cosmopolitan as Darcy (Kate Hudson's so sunny!) and for Rachel, someone more... homely? Not really since Rachel is supposed to be "nice" and not necessarily mousy, but I can't think of another Rachel though. But knowing myself, I couldn't resist watching this for the sake of.Just like the book, the general story is of nice-and-not-so-sparkling best friend Rachel likes the really perfect guy Dex who is her gorgeous best friend Darcy's fiance. Rachel introduced Dex to Darcy which adds to their history together. So it goes: does Rachel stand up for her feelings or will she let Darcy have her way? Since I've read the book numerous times, I couldn't help make comparisons (my bad). To make the story more movie-friendly, they changed Ethan to be a more central character, Claire to be goofy versus her pedigreed self in the books and removed other characters such as Annalise, Les and Hilary. Was it just me or was the movie's storytelling sort of choppy? It might be because they tried to build the complex relationships and history between Rachel, Ethan, Dex and Darcy that it seemed fleeting. Unfortunately, I felt it failed to build a concrete reason why Rachel would go with Dex, Darcy to make her choices and justify it. (I think no one would have appreciated the Notre Dame references too.) It would seem no one would root for them! Too bad because they are all likable characters in their own way (Darcy gets better in the next book, in my opinion) and we can sort of empathize with their motivations. The movie has some funny portions (badminton game, Ethan lines especially in the airport) and I got emotional at some parts (haha), but overall, so-so adaptation of the book. Looks like there will be a sequel (Something Blue!) where we will see Darcy get her just desserts. Bonus for me: a cameo by Emily Giffin! In the scene where Marcus and Rachel were talking in the park, Emily was in the other bench, reading Something Blue (with an LV bag, if I'm not mistaken). Cute touch. Labels: rant-rave
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