First Entry, Discussing Leap Year

I'll use this first entry to explain my blog. I saw a trailer for the new Amy Adams movie, Leap Year. It looks like a cute romantic comedy, and I like Amy Adams, who usually makes good movies. I probably will not see it until I am able to rent it from Netflix. However, I could not help comparing the apparent plot of the movie to that of the classic Rob Reiner film starring John Cusack, The Sure Thing. The Sure Thing features an east coast college girl on a road trip to the west coast to visit her boyfriend and on the way there, she falls in love with John Cusack. This seem strikingly similar to the plot of Leap Year, in which Amy Adams travels a long distance to propose to her boyfriend, and it seems as if she meets a man on the way that she falls in love with. I usually do not like it when movies are remade or storylines reused, but in this case it should work out.

The Sure Thing is a an eighties comedy that follows most of the classic eigthies stereotypes. It is a pretty good movie if you haven't seen it, mostly due to the charm of John Cusack paired with the great direction of Rob Reiner (You should probably take note that Rob Reiner is in my top five of fave directors). The plot itself is an easily adaptable plot that could be changed to match the sentiments of each decade, similar to the give-someone-of-the-opposite-sex-a-makeover-as-part-of-some-deal-and-then-fall-in-love storyline that has been used so many times. Thus, I think Leap Year will, if done well, turn out to be a good romantic comedy. If not, then it should at least be the type of movie that makes me smile by the end.

Case in point, this comparison between these two movies sparked my decision to create a movie blog. And I find it to be a good omen that at least two Leap Year trailers played came one during commercial breaks as I typed this. Hope you enjoy my blog!

UPDATE: I saw Leap Year. Great romantic comedy, just like I predicted. I totally recommend it :)