{Movie Review} Leap Year

Rating: 4/5



Age R: PG

Release Date: January 8, 2010 (this Friday!)

Hours out of your life: 1 hr and 41 min

Synopsis:
Following an Irish tradition in which a man must say yes if proposed to on a leap day, a woman travels to Dublin to propose to her boyfriend.

Thoughts:
If you haven't seen the trailer DON'T watch it. It tells you 98% of the movie. No kidding. A critic said the movie was "delighfully funny," which may be if one does not watch the trailer. There were a few laugh out loud jokes not on the trailer though so that was good and enjoyable.
Now, the story itself -also mostly told/shown in the trailer- is not the best story ever but it is pretty cute. I recommend watching this movie if you are in the mood for a cute, semi-comedy love story. It brings nothing new to the table but I still really liked it. I may be biased because I fell in love with Matthew Goode's character though so don't take me too seriously ;) It's basically the story of a girl and a guy who end up traveling for a few days and go through some cute little adventures where eventually, well, you know what happens.

Favorite scene/s:
Watch out for my favorite scene that has Matthew Goode in a shower hugging a pillow and looking super adorable with puppy eyes. Sigh (good sigh btw). Just because of that I am 100% sure I'm buying the DVD when it's released. That adorableness is worth it, it just is, don't judge me! :)
The visual imagery in the last scene and a scene where the background is a large body of water is incredible! It's beyond beautiful you have no idea (until you watch it of course). The setting is too lovely and after watching Leap Year you are going to want to live there. Now about the water. The two main characters are silhouetted against a large body of water. It's dark out and the moon is reflected on the water. You can imagine how beautiful that is can't you?

Note: I'm sure the trailer (which tells you EVERYTHING practically) won't leave much for the imagination. Boy do I love me some Matthew Good (he came out in Watchmen as Adrian Veidt remember?! He was also adorable in Chasing Liberty). If anything watch this movie for him :D

Edit! Oops I'm a dork! Adam Scott is the dumped guy and Jake Weber is the Meet Joe Black. They looked so alike to me I thought it was the same person! hehe Thanks allynjoy for correcting me. Yeah I'm taking that part off my review hehe

Trailer (remember what I said...):


Soundtrack:
To be updated when available. I'll say this, it was really nice.


Ehem!
In this movie Matthew Goode = sexiness personified ;) Damn those adorable eyes and adorable fictional personality hehe
Watch this movie and fall in love with it. Because Ethan Hawke comes out on Daybreakers (ahhh I can't wait!!!) the same weekend you better plan ahead...

P.S--This is indeed your typical American romantic comedy as in, it's not that adorable. If you want to watch something that makes you love the story, the characters, everything I recommend watching Korean dramas/tv shows. Koreans tend to make them extremely romantic, adorable, hilarious, and all around pretty darn unforgettable. For a list of favorites click here. I also highly recommend You're Beautiful. :) Those seriously make you go "aww" an unfortunate amount of times and pretty much turn you into crazy fan girls. ;)