Life as I know it
Okay, WTF? Is there something about this time of year that just forces Hollywood to sit back in their overstuffed leather office chairs, sip their grande nonfat soy lattes and think, “let’s make a movie about Holly’s life” ?
Last year it was Julie and Julia (redhaired blogger who loves to cook dating guy named Eric, et cetera. Go back and read the blog people!) and this year it’s Life as we Know it. Seriously, go see it. Great movie. But here I am, innocently thinking I’m just going to Cineplex to watch Josh Duhamel in his skivvies (BONUS!) and instead I get a movie about two mismatched people named – wait for it – Holly and Eric who wind up living together. He’s a bit unkempt, she’s a bit of a list freak who likes everything tidy and in order and, just because the similarities weren’t disturbing enough, she’s a baker, too. Like as in a professional baker. And I’m watching the whole thing thinking, “I can do that! I make cakes like that all the time!” Damn. Of course it wasn’t spot on, there was a bit about some dead friends, a baby, Eric liking sports and Josh Lucas as the doctor she wants to date (okay, maybe that last one’s a little similar, too…) but it was enough to throw me.
Again.
Damn.
Come next fall I’m going to be paranoid that some of my less attractive qualities are going to appear on the big screen and remove my veneer of fabulousness. But then again, it is called HOLLYwood, right? And I do always get the guy in the end…
Maybe I’ll just stop complaining now. Bring on next fall!
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