He's just not that into you

So it was another hot Saturday night but we've actually had some stormy weather so it was humid as well and my boyfriend was playing the x-box with his friend so I settled in for this chic flick with a little apprehension. The last ensemble American film like this I'd seen was Valentine's Day last year and that was very disappointing. An American Love Actually it was not. But this one wasn't so bad.


Short summary:

Gigi (Ginnifer Goodwin) is the central character who is crap at interpreting signals from guys in the dating world. After another mediocre date, she meets Alex (Justin Long) who runs a bar and gives her insider tips e.g. he's just not that into you if he's not sleeping with you, calling you, asking you out on a date, marrying you etc. Ludicrousness aside, Gigi takes the gospel to heart and it releases her into not wasting time on the wrong guy. But then she believes she's read the right signals from Alex and thinks he's interested in her...
There's all the other side characters connected to Gigi in some way. Jennifer Connelly and Jennifer Aniston work with her. Connelley is in a marriage with Bradley Cooper where she gave him an ultimatum to get married, Aniston is in a happy long term relationship with Ben Affleck but he doesn't believe in marriage.
Then there's Scarlett Johanssen who meets Cooper and thinks they may be destined to be together thanks to her friend Drew Barrymore even though he's married.
Hook ups and break ups ensue.

If I had read this book (released in 2005) in which the movie is sorta based on in high school (which would have been impossible of course) I could have saved myself a hell of a lot of time with trying to decipher guys signals (or lack of). I was a hopeless crusher in high school and never had a date. I should never have bothered even thinking about those guys who had no interest in me and just concentrated on fun stuff like 80's movie marathons with friends (check out Electric Dreams). Sad stuff over.

Some likes

Ginnifer Goodwin: just loved her twee outfits, her hair, her cute little cherubic cheeks you just want to pinch, her interactions with Justin Long. She's really charming in this movie. I also liked Long's character as he wasn't a nerd, he's stuck as his Dodgeball character in my mind unfortunately.

Bradley Cooper is excellent at playing another douche bag.
Some dislikes
The ending between Jennifer Aniston's character and Ben Affleck.

Scarlett Johanssen's character. I know she's not meant to be the most likable but I just did not buy her in this role.

Drew Barrymore was a producer of this film and I felt her role was a little tacked on and trying too hard to be alterna-hippy. Which is weird because years ago Drew pulled off hippy really well.
And they tried to give her character the job of being lost in all this new technology of the dating world (My Space, texting, calling etc) which was good in theory but not executed well. For a start shouldn't they have tacked this complaint onto a younger character? Not that Drew is old, it is just more of an issue for 20 somethings.

This is my 100th post which makes me think I should have posted about something I felt more strongly about! It's also been nearly a year since I started fostering, which has had it's share of ups and downs. I hope to do a post sharing some stories about the fur children I've looked after the past year soon.
And also my birthday is coming up (and all this entails in becoming a late 20 something...eek) and I'm still trying to work out what I want to do career wise! Fun!