Grade: C
I went to see the movie "Heartbreak Kid" with Ben Stiller yesterday. It was supposed to be a light, entertaining romantic comedy, instead it made me want to vomit. Real life doesn't always happen the way we want it to, good things happen to bad people and bad things happen to good people. However, the movies are the one place where we can look for happy endings. The good guy gets the girl and the bad guy gets his due. This is not the case in this movie. The basic premise of the movie is that Ben Stiller is this guy who will never commit. After going to his ex-girlfriend's wedding he realizes that maybe he should have committed to her. So he marries the next girl who comes along after knowing her for six weeks. Needless to say there were a lot of things that he did not realize about her. Granted she is a bit kooky but the girl really was not that bad. So what does he do? He starts cheating on her during their HONEYMOON. How slimy is that?! That is a total loser-cruiser move! I am mad just thinking about it! His wife is in their room trying to recover from a really bad sunburn and he is chasing after some other chick. If I was in charge I would have his character hung and skinned. As you can tell, I have no tolerance for liars and cheaters. In the movie his character has much better luck. I feel like the movie almost condones his behavior. The message it sends out is that it is ok to cheat if you feel like you married the wrong person. Now I have never been married but I am sure there comes a time in every marriage where you question whether or not you married the right person. If your solution is to start chasing after some other chick/dude, you will be in big trouble.
About half-way through the movie I was seriously debating on if I should leave the movie theater but I had the same feeling I have when I drive by a bad accident (ie. I know I shouldn't look but I do anyway). So I stayed until the end. Initially I was feeling like I had totally wasted 2 hours of my life until it dawned on me. There was something that I could learn from this movie. I recently met this guy who I am quite fond of. He invited me to come and visit him in Jacksonville, Florida but I declined because I thought that it was too soon. We are currently in that 'getting to know you better' stage. In my head I was secretly wishing that we could accelerate our relationship to the 'boyfriend-girlfriend' stage. I really like having a (great) boyfriend. The one thing that the movie taught me is that "you can't hurry love." When you try to move too quickly in a relationship you will most likely crash and burn. I have a bad habit of meeting guys with the right 'bio-data' who I get along well with and then thinking that they are "the one." I have promised myself that I am not going to do this anymore and the real "one" will have to bash me over the head with two carats before I assume he is the one. In the meantime I will be living life to the fullest and enjoying the friendships I make along the way.
Have you seen the movie? What did you think? Have you ever moved too quickly in a relationship?
Key:
A- a must see. drop everything run and see it now
B- a decent effort, nothing will be lost if you wait for the video
C-Only watch it if you are into self torture, mutilation or other such hobbies
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