Right, I was going to write about the movie. Ah, the rom com. We love em, we hate em. I mostly hate em. Or so I thought, but then I decided to take a peek at all-time favorite movies and realized that a couple fit the rom com genre (Amelie, The Princess Bride). Whereas I usually gravitate towards the dram com genre (A Room With A View, Match Point, harold and Maude, Moulin Rouge) I could not deny my penchant for laughs AND romance.
So despite refusing to see anything starring Sandra Bullock and/or hugh Grant (they've got to have been in a movie together by now) for years, I decided I kind of maybe wanted to see this new cute rom com. Also vastly important was the presence of Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, and Emma Stone, on all of whom I have vague celebrity crushes. (how grammatically maladroit!)
The acting was good, the wardrobe was incredible (seriously, more than anything this movie made me ache to shop for men's shoes) and the soundtrack cute (although Middle East's "Blood" seems to be getting overused recently). Don't be fooled by the title, there is nothing particularly "crazy" about the movie, so if you're looking for thrills, well, don't. Ryan Gosling's charm and body definitely made the movie, without which it would have been outweighed by the dull, formulaic scenes and structure which burdens it regardless. All in all, it's kind of a hit-AND-miss, so it just depends what you're jonesing for on this particular movie night.
