Monday, March 17, 2014

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)

  Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone!  Here's a movie that will make you want to drink green booze until you can't even remember your own name, much less having seen this movie.

Connor Mead (Matthew McConaughey) is a self-absorbed, womanizing asshole who doesn't believe in love.  On the eve of his little brother's (Breckin Meyer) wedding, Connor is visited by the ghost of his mentor, Uncle Wayne (Michael Douglas), who tells him that he will be attended by the spirits of his past, present and future relationships in an effort to find out how he went so wrong with his childhood sweetheart Jenny (Jennifer Garner). 

This was a terrible version of Scrooged with McConaughey at his tannest and most irritating and Garner with not even the shadow of a personality.  She is supposed to be the main love interest and the only thing that separates her from the parade of other girls is that she is mildly disapproving.  The only reason to watch this movie at all is for a young Emma Stone hamming it up as the Ghost of Girlfriends Past.  If the whole movie had been about her, as the title implies, it would have been much more entertaining.

I asked Rob why he even had this movie on his server and he replied that someone had requested it.  I assume that means he watches it frequently and just doesn't want to hand over his man-card.  Regardless, at my request, he deleted it in front of me.  I feel now that I have made a positive change in the world.

No comments:

Post a Comment