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a highly scientific recording of my subconscious reaction to romcoms
on tuesday, i went to see “the proposal” with erica g. and MSWR.
even before the first image flashed on the screen, i knew i would love this movie. here is why:
1. ryan reynolds aka the hotness that makes me laugh but also SWEET FANCY MOSES THOSE GUNS
2. sandra bullock (hello, she was in “speed.” this fact basically secures my love 4-evs. also, i adore her austin restaurant, bess)
3. betty white!! you are so tiny with white poofy hair! here let me hug you.
but really, this is the main reason:
4. you guys, my favorite movie is “you’ve got mail.” come ON. i’m like, the ultimate target for romcoms.*
*except for romcoms involving brides. i just can’t take any more bridezilla shizz and wedding industry pimping. “bride wars” I’M LOOKING AT YOU. anne hathaway, you better pray that “alice in wonderland” makes up for this serious misdeed. i mean it.
ANYWAY
turns out that “the proposal” is actually a really great movie! and not just, you know, a mediocre romcom! which i would love anyway but still!
in an effort to analyze why exactly i’m such an easy target for hollywood chick flicks, i decided to journey into the dark depths of my subconscious and record my thoughts while viewing the movie.
today, i present to you: THE RESULTS.
hollywood execs, i hope you’re reading!! and then you totally owe me for this valuable market research (acceptable forms of payment include: getting to touch ryan reynold’s arm, getting to touch tim riggins’ arm, a shopping spree with mandy moore and mindy kaling).
p.s. i won’t spoil the ending for you guys except HA HA YOU KNOW WHAT THE ENDING IS, SILLY. it’s happy! and romantical! la la la!
movie begins
OMG!! ryan reynolds! in a suit!!! i really hope he has a shirtless scene in this movie. WHAT? i’m sarah’s subconscious! i’m allowed to say crap like this!
hey! this movie is directed by a lady! nice!
holy cow. sandra bullock is FIERCE!! girlfriend seriously does not look her age. also? totally refreshing to see a smart, powerful, business savvy woman in a romcom! like, large and in charge! although they do stereotype her as a “witch” but whatevs, it’s easy to see that she’s awesome and everyone is simply intimidated by her.
so, she’s from canada? note to self: listen for any “about” or “sorry” to see if she’s got an accent… wait… nope. no accent. not even an attempt. ok then!
ryan’s character is from sitka, alaska!! mom and dad, we’ve been there!!
ok, it is obvious that these two have some CHEMISTRY! EEEEE!!
sandra bullock is so pretty!!!!
is mary steenburgen still married to ted danson?
BETTY WHITE! YOU ARE SO SMALL!
dude it’s THE COACH! what’s up coach!!!
ummm… OMGGGGGG. LOOK AT THAT PUPPY. IT’S A FLUFFY WHITE PUPPY AND I NEED TO SQUISH IT RIGHT NOW!!!
betty white is not kidding around about a bald eagle trying to snatch that puppy. like i said, i’ve been to sitka, and there are seriously bald eagles everywhere. they’re like… pigeons. it’s almost gross (ok but i love america!! don’t get me wrong!!).
PUPPY PUPPEEEEEEEEEEE
WHO is that blonde chick? where have i seen her before?!!!!
um WTF it’s OSCAR FROM THE OFFICE?!!!!!!! with a really bad accent?!! and oh WHAT now oscar is gyrating?!! cos he’s a stripper?!!! oscar, if angela saw you exhibiting this behavior, it would be so over. do these ladies know you’re gay?!!
dude, i could really go for some biscuits and gravy from the bess brunch menu right now. anyway.
oooh wait now i remember, it’s the chick from “watchmen,” malin akerman, who got out-acted by people wearing MASKS. still, she’s really pretty.
so is sandra bullock! i love her businessy outfits in this movie almost as much as i loved bette milder’s (the city one) wardrobe in “big business.”
aw yeah. sandra and ryan are starting to realize that they are maybe kinda SECRETLY ATTRACTED TO EACH OTHER!!!! SPARKS!!!!
dude my goat cheese salad is DELICIOUS. nom.
PUPPEEEEEE!!!!!!
um, omg. OMG. O.M.G. RYAN REYNOLDS IS TAKING OFF HIS SHIRT. GUN SHOW!! and also AB EXTRAVAGANZA!!
you’re right, this picture is not from the movie. but i figured you might need some illustration, you know, for scientific purposes.
seriously every girl in this theater just sighed. THANK YOU THIS MOVIE.
also, even though ryan’s physique is Serious Business, this is probably the funniest naked scene i have EVER witnessed. wow.
erica g., cheers with me to the awesomeness of that naked scene! and to the gun show! (clink)
malin akerman kind of looks like meredith’s friend whitney. i wonder if whitney is jealous of malin? i mean, i sort of kind of look like rose mcgowan but i am soooo not jealous of her. robert rodriguez, gross!
“it takes two to make a thing go RI-IGHT!” oh great. now that song is gonna be in my head, like, all week.
sandra just opened up to ryan about her painful past!!!!! she’s so vulnerable right now!!!!
awww betty white makes me miss my grandmothers. a lot. she is just the sweetest.
YES!! YES!! ryan and sandra are finally realizing that they LOVE EACH OTHER!!!!!! THEY ARE IN LOVE!!! they just need to freaking admit it! but i know they will cos the movie’s not over yet!!
IT TAKES TWO TO MAKE IT OUTTA SIGHT!
mmm. someone near me ordered the cookie plate and it smells DIVINE.
wait! no! sandra don’t go!! you’re not ruining ryan’s life! you’re making it better with yr prettyness and yr great sense of humor!!
YES!! YES GO GET HER RYAN! SHE LOVES YOU! YOU LOVE HER! MAKE A BIG DRAMATIC SCENE AND THEN KISS!!!!!
AAAAHHHH thank you.
credits roll
ERICA! MSWR! DID YOU NOT JUST LOVE THAT MOVIE? OMG! IT WAS SO GOOD! I LOVED IT! i’m so glad they got together!! EEEE!!
the end.
p.s. attention hollywood execs: the only thing that could’ve made this movie better is if ryan wore more sleeveless shirts like in “wolverine.” FYI.
LINKS
BREAKING STEP UP 3-D NEWS!!!! here and here!!! MOOSE IS BACK!!! no chase or channing, but oh well. i love me some moose.
welcome to my new favorite documentary, wildwood. dude, erica g. used to hang out there!! erica g., i really hope you didn’t get in fights with that one girl. cos she will put you in the hospital. for reals.
bollywood he-man. what more can i say?
this picture of michael jackson and chelsea clinton is an awesome thing to behold, mostly cos of chelsea’s facial expression. you know we’d all have that face on if we had ever met MJ, esp. henri.
the trailer for audrey tatou’s coco chanel movie is up, and um, i want to go to there. with that same haircut. which i can never have cos my hair is straight as a board. sigh.
speaking of malin akerman, she’s in a new movie with jason bateman, kristen bell, jon favreau and lots of other people. watch the trailer and tell me you’re not disappointed. thank goodness jason bateman still has a good movie coming out (extract).
violet affleck, a runner-up for the 2008 poshie for cutest celebrity kid, is now a 2009 front runner thanks to this delightful picture. happiness is a pair of pink sandals!!!!
matt tweeted about this site, which takes fast food and makes it all fancy pants.
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haha! I LOVED the post! I have been wanting to see this movie really badly, but your blog was like 100 times more effective than the awesome previews, and now I am super motivated to quit “wanting to see it” and actually go. Fun fun!
Ryan Reynolds was training for X-Men at my gym. He is SERIOUSLY HOT IN PERSON. HIS ARMS ARE HUGE.
Of course, I tried to act all New Yorker nonchalant when we spoke, but inside I was more like:
RYANREYNOLDS!!!!!YOU’RERYANREYNOLDS!!!!!OHMYGODYOUARETALLANDGORGEOUS!!!!!!
Ahem.
Sarah, we saw it too. It was so funny and delightful, even for an old guy. Loved Betty White’s character.
GAH RYAN REYNOLDS WHAT IS UP WITH YOUR HOTNESS? I do not think his hotness can be contained by his own being, which is maybe why he likes to take his shirt off so much. So that his hotness can escape a bit, like diffusion, through his skin and out into the universe. Making the universe around him fractionally more hot! Which if you think about it, is sort of a public service. Well done, Ryan Reynolds!
I love romcoms. I love good romcoms, obvs, but I really really really love bad romcoms (ahem he’sjustnotthatintoyou) because laughing at crap movies never gets old for me.
I think Violet shot to the front of Favorite Celeb Baby for me after that photo. I’m a girl who loves monkeys! and skipping!
It is very possible that you need a ring like this:
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Katie
AMBER LEIGH. I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU DID NOT TEXT ME IMMEDIATELY WHEN YOU SAW (AND TALKED TO?!!!!) RYAN REYNOLDS. HOLY PANTSSSSSS!!!!
you know you’re, like, the luckiest girl in the world, right? esp. cos, as erin so helpfully pointed out, his hotness rubbed off on you.
julia, you will LOVE this movie. i promise.
I always am a little creeped out in Bollywood stuff when there is some strange dude just smoking and watching…and this guy isn’t even apparently in the room.
I clearly have to see Wolverine now.
I’m quite pleased to see Ryan Reynolds getting more exposure.
If I had to make the choice between seeing this movie and castration, I’d have to think deeply about my options. After thinking deeply, I’d realize that they’re the same option. And then I would cry, for I no longer would be a dude and it’s okay to cry then.
Thank you for enlightening me to the terms ‘gun show’ and ‘abstravaganza’. That is all.
um, katie. yes. YES I DO. in fact, i think i want that ring even more than i wanted that mini golf ball ring in “big business.”
wildwood is where i ate my first and only fried snickers. and waffle + ice cream. it makes my stomach hurt just remembering it.
http://www.life.com/image/88652123/in-gallery/29122/nocturnal-foxes-totally-cute
I had no idea the ladies were so into the “guns”. I’ll be honest, this post was pretty emasculating for the dude readers of poshdeluxe!
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I couldn’t read this whole thing because I want to see this movie and not be spoiled. I will have to remember to read it after I see the movie.
Awesome post..and amazing movie. I am a self proclaimed romcom expert (sarh will agree) as I have seen them all and this one is amazing..and Ryan Reynolds is so hot!!
Also Wildwood NJ is amazing..And I could totally beat up that girl who claims she sent people to the hospital.
I love love loved this movie! If Sandra Bullock is in it, I will watch it. Before I went to see The Proposal, I watched Two Weeks Notice and The Lakehouse just to remind myself how awesome she is.
Yay Ryan Reynolds is hot, that we can all agree on. Also, yes, Malin Akerman does look like Whitney!
Wasn’t Kerri Russell at Amber’s gym too? Amber’s gym must be amazing. Curious, I am.
And – I would like to see a movie, please. Any happy movie would do.
Love the movie… Love that dog what kind of dog is that?I want one