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[fearlesstemp]

I saw Two Weeks Notice last night and I really, really enjoyed it. Am apparently the only (somewhat) discerning film viewer in the world with this opinion, as evidenced by my mother's and most film critics' opinions. Can anyone else out there back me up? Wasn't it fun and kind of different and hello! Hugh Grant! And I swear that my goodwill towards the film isn't coming from the multiple Mets references and cameo by Mike Piazza. Okay, so maybe a teensy bit of it is, but not all! Anyone else out there feelin' the love for it? No? Just me? Okay then!

Moving on: Okay, I am so incredibly excited for the Dawson's Creek finale, it's really rather sad. But I am! I loved last week's episode, and not only in that love-to-hate-it way, but in that, you know, genuinely enjoying it way. And. Well. I may have liked the voiceover at the end. I may have perhaps teared up, or maybe it was something in my eye. One or the other. Regardless, I can't wait for Wednesday.

My weekend was busy but good mainly because! The Bridal Showers of DOOM are OVER!!! Yay!!! My cousin's was nice, my friend's rather garish but still nice, and now I can sit back and relax until the weddings unless, God forbid, one or both of the Maids of Honor for the weddings decide that a bachelorette party is in order. Or there are other showers. Please God no. Which reminds me: if one is invited to multiple showers, does one have to purchase multiple gifts? If I am, perhaps I will simply buy a place setting and start doling it out item by item until the wedding, where I present her with whatever's left in the box. Doesn't that sound classy?

Check it out, ladies and gents! Quittin' time! Sweet.

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[jeviltwin.livejournal.com]

I loved Two Weeks Notice. I've seen it three times, that's how much I loved it. I'll break down and buy it eventually, as I tend to do with many Hugh Grant and (with slightly more shame) Sandra Bullock movies. I thought it was well-paced and smarter than the average romantic comedy these days, and I loved Bullock's parents with their endless supplies of soy. But what I loved best was that the main characters fell in love over weeks, months even -- and not three days, as seems to be the recent standard.

Also: "I find you...annoying." I love that line.

- JET (total stranger, waving hi)

(waves hi back)

[fearlesstemp.livejournal.com]

I so agree with you on all counts, esp. the taking a long time to fall in love (you really got the sense that they knew and enjoyed each other). And I thought, "I find you...annoying" was a gem too, because I was expecting something all sappy, like a more typical romcom. I'm so happy to find another person who appreciates Two Weeks Notice!

One thing that really blew me away and, oddly enough, sold me on the whole thing, was the fight they had in the office kitchen right before she left. The things they said to each other and how they said it -- it felt so real and painful, not very forced at all to me, even though I knew that it was time for the Obligatory Big Blowout Fight.

And even the intestinal distress segment in the car worked for me, as oddly-placed an event it seemed to me at first. Because really, could he be more of a valiant knight in shining armor? I know I would fall in love with a man who would run through traffic in tennis clothes and commandeer a stranger's RV for my comfort. Aw. That's love.

Also: Hugh Grant! Who doesn't love Hugh Grant? I have had a pathetic teenie crush on him ever since I saw him on Inside the Actors Studio. Well, a bigger pathetic teenie crush than I had already, that is. Let's be honest. :)

I'm so glad someone else out there liked it! I think I'm going to end up buying it too.