For the past three days all I did was lie down on the couch, watch tv, consume bottle after bottle of water and two rolls of tissue because we ran out of Kleenex. I now officially became a paracetamol junkie after years of not taking it just so I won't miss a movie night with my mother-in-law and sister-in-law which we planned since P.S. I Love You after having seen the flyer that they were giving out goodie bags and free wine. What more could a girl ask for? A chick flick + goodie bag + free wine. You should have seen the twinkle in our eyes when we read about the goodie bag. A vision of nail polish, mascara, perfume samples, preferably girly stuff were forming in our heads.So I got the tickets last Saturday, only to learn the day after that I might have to miss it because I'm down with a serious cold. It bummed me enough that I told Mike to go in my stead and go home with the goodie bag! But I felt much better when I woke up this morning so I sms-ed Monique that I was going.
We got to the theater half an hour early and cued our way into the hall. It wasn't assigned seating so we had a bit of luck with the ones we got. They were not the best seats but they weren't bad either. I scanned the hall and didn't see a man in sight. Not one! I mistook a particularly tall woman for a man because she had quite a manly posture and a short bob cut. I had to wear my glasses to check. My vision blurs beyond two meters.
27 Dresses was chic and entertaining like what you can expect from a chick flick. I especially like Heigl's outfits and it got me to want to try yoga. There is something about watching feel good movies that makes you want to do things you only dream about or plan to do which always get put aside because there are other things that pop up and you eventually forget that you want to do something else. Like I want to have another wedding and plan everything down to the detail and only invite people who mean something to us than just being blood-related because in some unwritten rule, you are obliged to invite them to your wedding. I don't despise having family on one of the biggest events in my life, but if most of them meet your husband for the first time on your wedding day, that's just not cool. Weddings should be intimate and personal, not a fashion show or parade or a spectator sport. But that's a story for another entry. It's just that the movie was about weddings and family and close relationships.
If I have to rate the movie, I'd give it a 3.5 star out of 5. It was nice, easy and fun.
The goodie bag, however, is a whole different story. It was a major disappointment! But, at least, Mike was happy. I'm really not 100% well but I'm glad I still went. It would probably made a lot of difference if my nose wasn't stuffed and if I didn't have to breathe through my mouth and if I wasn't half deaf and if I didn't have to stifle a cough when everyone was so quiet and if it was in de Kuip, but I enjoyed the evening with the two women closest to me in this strange-weathered flat country that I now call home.
Posted in Out & About, Movies, Family | Comments (5)
odette at February 21 2008 | 03:23 |
| i have wanted to watch 27 dresses, i think i saw it on E-Buzz updates. right, the title itself is so chick-flick. ;-) about intimate weddings, i'm glad i did just that! which didn't make some uninvited people happy, but over all, with only our closest family and friends, we enjoyed and loved our wedding to bits! we indeed must recommend that to any girl who wants to get married soon! ;-)   Watch it with your girlfriends. It's fun guaranteed! Then, afterwards, over coffee or meal, you can discuss all about it and you guys will be planning their weddings (if they're not yet wed).I also sort of had an intimate wedding but almost half of the guests were invited out of obligation because I didn't want to hurt my father. It's typically Filipino, isn't it? I hate that! Will definitely write a whole new entry about this. Let's coordinate! lol |
SleepyJane at February 21 2008 | 07:30 |
| Hi Gracey! I still want to go see 27 Dresses, hopefully I can go soon. I love your blog! The colour and the content, so if you don\'t mind can I add you to my blogroll so I can keep up? Thanks! Hi SleepyJane! Thanks for dropping by. Feel free to link me. I'm gonna add yours to my links, too. :) |
toni at February 23 2008 | 14:43 |
| Oooh I haven't seen this yet. I'll wait for it on DVD since I've missed the cinema showing! So what was inside the loot bag? They gave us a bag with chips and candy!!! Bah. |
Mariale at February 27 2008 | 03:30 |
| I watched it last Monday night on DVD. I think I'm not really girly. I was just asleep almost the whole run-time. |
myminiheart at September 30 2008 | 10:58 |
| i can relate with this movie, i have 9 dresses.. i wish the 10th would be my wedding dress - fingers cross |
