So I managed to watch a couple of movies this last week. It's what happens when I have a week-long break from college.
Chasing Liberty is just something I picked up when I saw Mark Harmon was in it. I'm not really a Mandy Moore fan, but I thought the movie could be entertaining. My sister had a friend over, and the three of us watched the movie. It was okay, I guess. I didn't particularly care for the main plot, which was not so helpful in keeping my attention. The sub-plot of Mark Harmon as the president of the United States - GIBBS FOR PRESIDENT... LOL - was interesting, and so was the sub-plot of the two Secret Service agents. They really reminded me of Tony & Kate, and my Tate-filled heart got all kinds of happy. I was mostly wishing the movie was about them, instead of about the president's daughter. Maybe if it was, their story would have a bit more to it. It was still cute, though. End verdict: decent for Mark fans, and overall pretty much okay.
PS I love you is a movie I initially wanted to see because James Marsters is in it. I thought it would be nice to see him in a movie, somewhere where he wasn't Spike. (Which reminds me, I still have to get myself a DVD of Chance, Amber Benson's flick.) My mistake was reading the book before I saw the movie. I just happened to see the book at the local bookstore, and thought it couldn't hurt to read it before I saw the movie. I started reading the book, and thought it was good. I was a bit disappointed in the Daniel character at the end (really, the ex?), but I thought the rest of the book was really good. I could picture all the appropriate actors as the characters (only, I pictured Grey's Denny as Daniel). And when I saw the movie, I was just disappointed. What did they do with the character of Daniel I loved so much? Where was all the Gerry stuff I loved? The movie didn't correspond to the book at all. It is merely loosely based on it, which is a shame. The setting has changed, the character of William was added, the character of Daniel was completely different, and the role of John was minimized. In the book, John was Gerry's best mate, and he was the one that got the girls back together in the end. In the movie, he just shows up a couple of times. I really hated what they did to Daniel, and I liked the setting of Ireland better. The character of William was really nice, but that could just be because I like the actor. End verdict: A shame they didn't stick more closely to the book. Not bad, but not as good as I had hoped.
That's the reviews for now. I think I'll watch SWAK again.