An early day out on Friday was the start of a fabulous weekend. I had to get new tires for the car (boo for money, yay for safety!). I picked up some lunch and read for an hour. It was a beautiful day, sunny and 65. I was excited to be catching a matinee. Going to the movies is a splurge since buying a house. Thom and I usually go once a year.
Confession? I love going to the movies by myself and always have. There’s nothing like getting lost in someone else’s story for two hours alone in a dark theater. There’s no pressure to make or keep conversations going. I don’t have to share the popcorn bucket and if I fall asleep there’s no one close enough or brave enough to elbow me to stop the snoring. Ahem. Not that that’s ever happened.
Anywho…
I only learned of this movie last week through it’s FB page and it looked amazing. The cast? Phenomenal. Diane Keaton. Alan Arkin. John Goodman. All superstars. The trailers looked super cute and funny and I looked forward to a good holiday comedy along the lines of Love, Actually, or While You Were Sleeping.
What I found was surprising and SO different than what the trailer portrays. Sure there were funny parts and laugh-out-loud moments. And, overall the movie was really, really good-definitely something I’d own and watch again. But it was definitely more of a dramady than comedy. I shed plenty of tears throughout. The relationships were so heartbreakingly real and I could relate to most of them. It just wasn’t the light hearted holiday movie I expected. I left the theater feeling sad because I can relate so well to all the family issues.
I have to mention Diane Keaton, too. LOVE her. Really. It just seems that she is playing the same character over and over lately. I wonder if the screenplay writers write her parts with her in mind. The characters she has played in Something’s Gotta Give and the Family Stone could easily been interchanged with her character in Love the Coopers.
Can I also say that it’s difficult for me to take Ed Helms seriously after The Hangover movies. Sorry, bud. Also worth noting and this may sound…harsh. The secondary actors, the children, miscellaneous characters and such-they didn’t cast good looking people. I found this both refreshing and off-putting at the same time. I liked the realness but found that I didn’t really care to watch them much. What does that say about me? Don’t answer that; I’m fairly certain I know the answer.
Have you seen Love the Coopers yet? Your thoughts?
