He's Just Not That into You

I don't know if I just don't like romantic comedies anymore or if romantic comedies these days are just really bad. Or maybe it's that American romantic comedies have devolved into total crap. I could count the romantic comedies that I've enjoyed from the past five years on my fingers. In case you're curious what those movies are, here they are:


1.) (500) Days of Summer
2.) Lars and the Real Girl
3.) Tangled
4.) Knocked Up
5.) The Proposal
6.) Definitely, Maybe
7.) Away We Go
8.) Going the Distance
9.) The Ugly Truth (unexpectedly cute)
10.) Moonrise Kingdom (I haven't actually seen this one yet but I already know that I'm going to love it)


Anyway, back to the movie at hand. Anytime a movie comes out with an ensemble cast, you you can almost guarantee that it's going to be utter rubbish. This movie is no exception. To quote the film itself, "It's not the exception, it's the rule." You could pretty much deduce how this movie was going to end in the first 10 minutes (or even during the opening credits). Everyone who you had "hoped" would end up together, ends up together. I don't know about you, but I actually enjoy when a film surprises me and doesn't end the way I thought it would. It's refreshing and often delightful. I think it's insulting to the audience to give them the ending that they predicted. It's so uninspiring. Life is full of surprises and unexpected twists so I can appreciate when movies are able to translate that into film. In my experience, love is completely unpredictable and it never turns out the way you thought it would. That's what I loved so much about "500 Days of Summer". It felt real. 


The only reason that I watched "He's Just Not That Into You" in the first place was that I'm such a big fan of "Sex and the City" (the show, not the movies...don't even get me started on the movies). Also, my roommate doesn't have the largest collection of movies so I didn't have a lot to choose from. I think I only laughed at one scene in this film. And here it is:

This scene was brilliant. If the movie had been about just these two women, I would've loved it. Seriously, they were fantastic. And again, it felt real. I wanted to say to them, "I know, right?" 


This whole movie just felt like the first season of "Sex and the City" (the worst season btw). Anyone who's a fan of the show can tell you how obnoxious it was when the people talked directly to the camera so I don't understand why they would use that tactic again in this movie. It didn't work 10 years ago, why would it work now? 


In order for me to get invested in a film, I have to care about the characters but I didn't care about a single character in this film. They were all so boring and just...bleah. I didn't care if any of them died alone, in fact, I hoped they did. Nobody would want to be with any of these people. If Richard Curtis (Love Actually) had made this film, I think I would've really enjoyed it. With the right cast and the right director, this could have had some potential to be a good movie. But it didn't and it wasn't. 


In conclusion, I'm going to give "He's Just Not That  Into You" one (sad) pug because I'm just not that into this movie.