SHE SAYS...quote of the week from "The Ladykillers" by the Coen Brothers..."You brought yo bitch to the waffle hut?"

Movie quote for the week: "Madam, we must have waffles. We must all have waffles forthwith!"

He's Just Not That Into You

She Says...When I first saw the previews I thought this movie looked interesting. By the time it came out, I was in a place emotionally where I didn't think I could watch the movie with out a BOX of kleenex...I was starting to suspect my guy was just not that into me. So instead, I got the book! It wasn't a plot driven story, but a self help book of sorts, "The no - excuses truth to understanding guys". The authors, Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo, tell it like it is from the guys perspective, straight up and on the rocks. I tore through it in one day. Guess what...he's just not that into you if he's not... asking you out, calling you,dating you or having sex with you! REALLY??? So basically, Greg says stop making excuses for these men, let go and "don't waste the pretty" because if a man likes you... he will ask you out, he knows how to use the phone and he won't be able to keep his hands off you..."people are inspired to do remarkable things to find and be with the one they love". Remarkably, the book actually made me feel better and allowed me to let go and know that I deserve to be someone's exception, not the rule. So, I finally decided to see the movie because I was curious as to how this book was made into an actual story and how it would all work out. I thought they did a really nice job of creating characters that fit the chapters of the book and balancing the stories, so it wasn't just men that weren't that into women. They also did a great job of weaving the characters together, so many of them were connected in someway, like working together or friends. It starts with Gigi going on a date with Conner and OBSESSING about him not calling her. She then "drops" by the bar where he frequents hoping to run into him and meets his friend, Alex, who tells her bluntly that Connor's not gonna call because he's just not that into her. A friendship begins and Gigi starts calling alex whenever she needs the skinny on whether a guy is into her or not. eventually, Gigi believes Alex is into her and hits on him only to be rejected, so she leaves. Alex eventually realizes he IS that into her and finds her and tells her and all is well. Connor is into another woman , Anna, who he hangs out with and they have slept together, but now she doesn't want to sleep with him, but still calls and hangs out with him...PSSST, if she's not having sex with you, she's not that into you...and she meets and falls for a married man, Ben, and eventually has an affair with him...PSST, if he's married he's not that in to you...Ben's cheating on his wife, Janine...PSSST, if he's having sex with someone else he's not that into you...then there is Neil and Beth...they have been together 7 years and he doesn't want to get married. Beth realizes he never will and ends the realtionship...meanwhile ahe goes to her sisters wedding, where her dad has a heart attack. While caring for him, she realizes how jerky her brother-in-laws are...she finds Neil in the kitchen, helping out and realizes what a great man he is even if they are not married...they get back together and he ends up proposing...All in all, I think they did a nice job of blending the book into a believable movie. But it does cause me to ponder why we have to let go of men for them to realize how much they miss us and want us in their lives. Have hope ladies...and "don't waste the pretty", you are so worth being someone's exception!

Tissue tachometer...2 hankies please (I totally have to give credit to Al for this because Tissue tachometer was his brain child)

SHE SAYS...and now for the lighter. I agree with my pal Al, that Oscar night 2009 was a little dull...HOWEVER, I LOVED how they presented the acting awards. I thought it was very touching to see fellow actors honoring each nominee for their achievements. 1 Tissue on the tissue tachometer. I also felt for Jennifer Aniston having to stand in front of Brangelina and present. I thought she was amazing and I am sure she is so over the whole thing, but still... You go girl! I would hope I would have that same air of grace in the same situation. The only other moment that really stood out for me was when the winner for animated short, Kunio Kato said"Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto"...that's about all the Japanese I know, but I thought it was hilarious.

Welcome to the Al and Lanie movie and all things movie related blog. To start off with, how about those Oscars? Now that the lovefest is starting to dwindle it was still the 3rd lowest watched Oscars of all time. Apart from a lackluster movie season to begin with there was not a lot of rooting by me for any particular movie.....therefore after about 5 minutes in and watching Hugh Jackman cracking up at his own silliness, I switched over tp Sportscenter and had my good buddy Christian Bale take over. And so without further adieu, here are his comments....Thanks, Al. First of all I want to thank all my fellow fuc@ing actors and the fuc@ing support they gave me when I had my little fuc@ing meltdown!!The Oscars-the country is going down the toilet so instead of some comedy they bring in this Australian Hugh Jackman to do some showtunes and sit in Frank Langella's lap? If they were going to get a fuc@ing superhero to host, why not at least a cool one like fuc@ing Batman or even Ironman?? And when it wasn't a fuc@ing snoozefest , ala the Curious Case on Benjamin "snooze" Button it was a fuc@ing awards ceremony sponsored by The Advocate! Between Jacko's double entendres and two guys kissing in the Love Montage and Sean Penn's acceptance speech, I haven't seen this much fuc@ing gayness since Rosie O'Donnell served as best man at Ellen's wedding. C'mon! Is Sean Penn the only guy that can say "homo" and get away with it? But in any case, there were some good moments....Sarah Jessica Parker's outfit winning the category of Best Supporting Dress....the touching humanitarian award to fuc@ing Jerry Lewis....Steve Martin and Tina Fey were actually funny....and Sarah Jessica Parker's dress. However, the Academy should have given acting awards to those who best demonstrated skills in portraying the emotion of anger as it is the most difficult one to express. Winners should have been myself for The Dark Knight...Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder and Clint Eastwood as the racist and grieving widower in Gran Torino....maybe if it had been his husband instead of his wife that had just died he would have been a lock.