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This is the home of Justine's crazy and sometimes amusing ramblings.

Saturday, May 17, 2003

Last night I bailed on seeing The Matrix Reloaded to go see Down With Love. Before you express your surprise, let me explain. I worked til 7:15 last nite. My friends were seeing it in Delta, which means a bus and skytrain trip of about an hour and a half, depending on catching the busses in due time. So, I don't get to Delta til maybe 8:30 or so. I haven't eaten, I'll have to stand in line for another hour for the ten o'clock show. I just wasn't in the mood for all that bother. I'll go see it in my own time, maybe drag someone else. Plus, Ewan McGregor is in Down With Love. It's a take on the old 60's movies and that's right up my alley. All I wanted last night was a light fun movie I wouldn't have to analyze in depth later.

Okay, so DWL rocked. It was funny and clever and so cute. If you don't know, it's about Barbara Novak (Renee Zellweger) who writes a book called Down With Love. It's about women saying "Down With Love" and focusing all their energies on the workplace and just having sex 'a la carte', not for love. Ewan McGregor plays Catcher Block, the star jounalist at Know Magazine. He's the ultimate 'man's man, woman's man, man about town' and refuses to do a story on Barbara because he thinks she's an ugly spinster. She tells him off, by phone(they do the funniest split screen phone convos) and he gets intrigued. He vows to his editor (hilarious, but to type, David Hyde Pierce) he'll do an exposé on her and make the DWL girl fall for him. He puts on a very funny southern accent and glasses and plays Major Zip Martin. Hijinks ensue.

It was such a funny movie and Ewan and Renee have the cutest 60's duet over the credits, so stick around for that. Half the theater stood up, then sat down again to watch. Ewan looked so very fine, except I hated the way his pants looked. Thankfully he kept the swoon-worthy Scottish accent and suitably mangled the southern one. Plus, they had him in various states of undress many times, including a towel. Very nice.

With this, Ewan has now been moved back onto The List and straight to number two. Sean Biggerstaff is still number one.

posted by Justine 2:14 PM
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