I’m not really a big fan of movies about relationships. Most of them tend to have the same plot, like some chick falls in love with some guy but the guy doesn’t even notice so she proceeds to do any possible silly things to get her noticed. Or maybe some guy likes his girl co-worker and she always gives him a hard time, so he develops some crazy theories why the girl is doing that to him, etc. Crappy screenplay, awful dialogs, not-so-funny jokes and extremely good looking stars for main characters are basically the recipes for chick flicks, and they always end with happy ending.
So when I saw The Ugly Truth movie poster and trailer, I completely had zero interest. OK so it had King Leonidas and sweet lookin Katherine Heigl as the main characters, yea BIG DEAL. I still wasn’t tempted to watch it. Until it finally came out in Netflix, I was like hmm OK maybe I should check it out.. At least I wouldn’t have to pay $11 to see it in the theater.
The Ugly Truth is about male and female relationships. Gerard Butler hosts a TV show that talks about all the ugly truths in male and female relationships, like when a guy sees a girl, the first thing that he’d notice is her boobs and her butt; her personality will come second – which I have to admit, it is kinda true hahahaha.. And Katherine Heigl is a TV producer whose morning show is struggling to keep up with ratings, until her boss finally decides to bring in Gerard Butler and incorporate his show into a five-minute segment in the morning show. As a result, ratings go up and everyone is happy but not Katherine Heigl because she thinks he’s the biggest jerk that she’s ever met and she’s just so eager to proves that all his theories are untrue.
To be honest with you, some of the theories and wisdoms that Gerard Butler says in this movie kinda make sense. For instance, you wanna make your guy happy? Just show up wearing a tiny little lingerie and he’ll be happy. Guys are simple, they’re easy to please and they’re very direct. We’re not melodramatic like the soap opera. But girls, aww man.. We’re talking about getting a nice bouquet of flowers, going to some romantic candlelit dinner, taking her to see ballet, buying some nice necklace from Tiffany, etc etc etc.. YES, sometimes it really does take a lot of (so much) effort to make a girl happy and it still wouldn’t guarantee that she’ll be happy.
I was pretty surprised when I found myself enjoy watching the movie. I seriously couldn’t stop laughing at every joke the movie delivered. Sometimes in the middle of the movie, the image of Gerard Butler as King Leonidas (bearded and wearing the red cape and Sparta red underwear) popped up in my head. It happened every so often and I wasn’t sure why.. Hahahhaaa.. You know what, I kinda wished that there would be a twist in the movie where Gerard Butler would scream “This is the ugly truth, biatccchhh!” and kick Katherine Heigl down to a dark, endless pit.
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