Chick-Lit Round-Up

The Decline of Chick Lit – Jennifer Coburn ponders the demise of chick lit and wonders if, instead of death, chick lit is simply nursing a massive hangover. Acknowledging that some authors are still thriving since the publishing market has changed in the last ten years, maybe all Chick Lit needs is to eat a greasy breakfast, drink a tall glass of a water, along with a bit of the ‘hair of the dog’ to get back in those heels.

Hangover Sunday

Pass the coffee and watch this movie trailer.

Hangover Sunday

Today is hangover Sunday. So quiet down kids, mummy needs to sleep. Here, watch this video while I look for my Advil…

“That’s When I Let Love Slip Away”: Something Borrowed Trailer

For the last two weeks I have been so busy with work that I haven’t had a moment to breathe…until yesterday!  Somehow in my sleeping in, enjoying a single day of spring weather before the snow flies again, curry eating, West Wing watching, Spousal Appreciation Day ecstasy, I managed to remember that the trailer for Something Borrowed was released a couple of days ago!

I am both really excited and really nervous about this movie.  I’m afraid that I’m going to be one of “those book people.”  You know, those people that are never happy with the movie adaptation because the book was So. Much. Better!  Since the last 5 years of my life has been taken up with academic reading and very little (read: ZERO) personal reading I feel like I have had little opportunity to be one of “those book people” so this is new to me.  But I’m trying it on and finding that I’m already upset that Ethan (John Krasinski) is living in New York instead of England and that the trailer suggests that Rachel (Ginnifer Goodwin) has always believed that she gave up the love of her life Dex (Colin Egglesfield) to Darcy (Kate Hudson).

Weirdly enough my reservations about the trailer has made me latch onto the book even more than I did after reading it.  Anyway, all my apprehension aside, I think the movie has potential and looks good.  I have a place in my heart for Darcy and I think there is a delightful mix of bratiness and humanity that will come out of her character in the film.

Something Borrowed is set for release on May 6th, 2011.

Bridesmaids Trailer Illustrates that Not All Women are Born with Wedding Planning Brain Chip.

I am already on board for this movie due to three things:

1. Kristen Wiig
2. Maya Rudoulph
3. Skeptical and Sarcastic View of the Wedding Industrial Complex (WIC).
4. Large Female Cast
5. Jon Hamm

Ok, that was five things.

Although Bridesmaids looks a bit like The Hangover for chicks, I like that this film is taking on the absurdity of the Wedding Industrial Complex (a term I learned from Indiebride.com) with a cast of smart and hilarious women.  Most wedding films provide stories about women who all seem to have been implanted with a Wedding Planning Brain Chip which honestly, I felt like I was lacking when it came to being a bridesmaid in others weddings or even planning my own! This cast of bridesmaids seem to have their own ideas about weddings, being married or single, and generally just seem to be trying to survive through the planning of this event.  Trust me, wine is part of the wedding emergency kit!

Bridesmaids opens May 13, 2011.