Valentine's Day

(Alternately titled "I Hate the World Slightly Less Now.")

First - a clarification:

I hate Valentine's Day. I passionately, vehemently hate Valentine's Day. You'll find out more Sunday, when I go on a tangent about just how much I hate it and for what reasons. Don't worry. I've been planning my cynicism for weeks. As long as I can get it all to come out right when I start writing it down, it promises to be good fun for all.

But you know what I really do not hate? "Valentine's Day." The movie. Which I just got home from. Which was really adorable. That I kind of... loved.

Basically - Taylor Lautner is still hot, Bradley Cooper is really attractive when he's cleaned up (also he's gay in the movie which is really cute to me for some reason), Jennifer Garner is adorable, Ashton Kutcher is strangely endearing clad entirely in pink nearly the entire movie, I even like George Lopez in this movie, Anne Hathaway is a phone sex operator, I have SEVERE Patrick Dempsey issues for some unknown reason, and I see my future in Jessica Biel's character (more on that Sunday, too).

(Sorry, was really run-on-y).

Also I have to write a review for the movie for newspaper, but I'm guessing the above comments will not suffice. I really don't know what I'm going to say. It really would be a great date movie, although I wouldn't know for sure, because I went with two of my best friends and one of my friend's mom. It's quintessentially predictable, but in a really endearing way. The cast is absolutely fantastic, and the actors do a really good job of making themselves seem like real people. You wouldn't think Ashton Kutcher would make a convincing LA florist (yes, he literally owns a flower shop) but he really pulls it off. Taylor Swift is even hilarious in it as a classic flighty, obnoxious, naive American teenager.

You would have to try really hard not to like this movie. It's funny, it's loveable, it's essentially empty calories, and you're bound to find someone in the cast you like. I think anyone could also identify with at least one character.

I strongly recommend anyone who's reading this (which, for future reference, is, um, no one) to see it at some point. It certainly is entertaining, and you even kind of forget you're watching a movie. The characters in it could easily be your best friend, or your cousin, or your neighbor, or even you.

So go check it out.