The Proposal (Single Disc Widescreen)
| The Proposal (Single Disc Widescreen) |
Average Rating:
 Rating: - An entertaining movieThis is a good movie for entertainment. It has many strange twists that add to the humor. It also shows us that we should not prejudge people as they may not be what them seem. My wife and I watched it several times and enjoyed it each time. Rating: - Cute chick flickThis was a good, cute, funny movie. Typical of Bullock at her cute, funny best. Of course the story is formulaic and there are no surprises, but if you let yourself just enjoy the movie I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. Lots of really quirky/funny scenes. You know no one could ever be that uptight or actually have to escape eagles, but Bullock definitely pulls it off. However the big scene stealer was Betty White - an absolute comedic gem! I'm really glad Ms. White is back in the spotlight (an episode of 30 Rock this season, a voice-over in Ponyo, etc). Rating:  - PredictableThe story is cute but very predictable. Sandra Bullock as the merciless boss forces engagement on her new subordinate to save her job. Throw in a few quirky relatives and some Alaskan scenery, what choice does she have but to soften up and become human. I think it could have used a few more twists and turns but if you're a Sandra Bullock fan, you'll love it anyway. Ryan Reynolds... skip right to the places where he takes off his shirt. Betty White is strangely eccentric but it works. Rating:  - A DisasterI've seen Ryan Reynolds in movies in which he was charming and funny. He was great as the comic relief in the 3rd or 4th Blade movie, as an example, and Sandra Bullock can pull off a certain kind of role as well. She used to bring a fresh, sassy forthright appeal of her own, but in this film neither of them brings any of their strengths. Bullock looks pinched throughout and not like she's "in character," but as though she's wondering how the heck she ended up in this train wreck, and all of Reynolds' comedic gifts seem to be stifled. It felt like they both were acting with restraint. Not sure where that came from? Maybe the writing, which wasn't great, or the directing, but wherever it originated, it really held the movie back. I also found the movie's premise unlikely at best and the idea that one is going to do NYC to Sitka, Alaska and back in a weekend to be preposterous. But the real problem was that the characters did not behave believably in the end. What comes before needs to build to a believable resolution, and the idea that one highly stressful weekend together was going to cause these two characters to fall in love was beyond absurd. Each step of the way you could see how it wasn't adding up more and more that they should be together at all. There just was no reason presented for why they would suddenly turn their feelings around. I'd compare this movie to one Bullock did a few years ago called "While You Were Sleeping." In it she was engaged to one man while secretly falling in love with his brother and each step of the way you could see how and why she belonged with him rather then with the man she was engaged to. There was none of that slow build happening here at all, so when the ending came you weren't happily satisfied that all turned out as it should, but rather jarred and left thinking this is ridiculous because there's no way these two belong together. And sadly, we saw Bullock do the "I can't marry him under these circumstances" thing far better in "While You Were Sleeping." Did no one realize she'd done the exact same scene before in that movie? Clearly there are a great many people who love Bullock no matter what and apparently rom-com no matter how bad, and more power to them, but this movie was painful to watch in my view and a complete waste of time. Rating: - Chick flick with a twistI'm a long time Sandra Bullock fan and expected Ryan Reynolds to pale beside her. Surprisingly, this wasn't the case. Ryan reminds me of Meryl Streep in that he can effectively convey feelings, thoughts and emotions with subtle facial shifts. This film also was a pleasant surprise for a male viewer in that Ryan was the emotionally available half of the duo. Don't know about the rest of you but I'm tired of seeing images of feckless males in movies and The Proposal was a breath of fresh air in this regard. I found the pairing of a younger man with an obviously older woman a delightful twist because the movie showed them both getting past age issues and finding each other's underlying qualities and beautiful hearts. The reason I didn't give it five stars is that the script is a bit too formulaic. With a bit more imagination in the screen writing this would merit five stars. 
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