No Reservations

I love watching romantic comedies, even though most of them are all kind of the same. I'd just like to know how the guy meets the girl and how they end up together. Haha. I guess I believe that it's the details that make the movie special.

I wanted to see this in the theaters, but tickets cost so much nowadays that we reserve the whole big screen experience for "big movies" like Superman or Harry Potter. So most of these romantic comedies, we end up waiting for the DVD.

Anyway, I love feel good movies. This one is okay. I love Catherine Zeta-Jones, that's why I wanted to see this film. Her whole neurotic chef character is a bit funny (but there were some scenes that just make it look sad). I'd love to know how to cook like that though.

Aaron Eckhart is really the life of the film actually. Before he showed up singing opera inside of the kitchen, the movie was a bit dragging and kind of frustrating. Maybe the movie was supposed to be like that? To show that Aaron is like "the sunshine" that ends their cloudy days or something. He was really wonderful and funny.

Abigail Breslin is a very talented young lady. I just don't think this movie really stretched her acting skills, but she did great. She's just really adorable.

Basically, sad as I may be to say this, but this movie was not one of the best romantic comedies. It was generally fine, but the ending was kind of a let down. I didn't feel like there was a climactic event. There were scenes that rise and then plateaus and then fall again, but all the plateaus are of the same height, you know? Like there wasn't one big turning point. Everything was so mellow and gentle...

It's still a nice film to watch though especially if you want a nice relaxing, soothing film that's easy to watch.