So. There are, like, eight TV shows that I watch on a regular basis, and I typically go to at least two movies per month; I would happily go to one every week, but there isn't always something I want to see, and sometimes I'm too busy. Yet, since I started this blog back in May, I've posted a grand total of three times (well, four, counting this one). "Why?," you may ask. Well-- and I think this is also representative of the blogs I used to post on Facebook and have since deleted-- I tend to only feel compelled to write about the stuff I watch when it seriously bothers me (as in the case of Sex and the City 2); it pleasantly surprises me (like Easy A); or it blows my mind to the point where I just have to talk about it (like with the Gossip Girl finale). As those of you who used to read my Facebook blog know, this used to happen much more often when I used to watch The Hills, which pretty much always irritated me (to the point where I stopped watching when Lauren Conrad left). It also happened more often when Gossip Girl used to be just awesome. (Remember when Nate Archibald was literally a gigolo for a little while? Remember when Serena briefly became evil and took over the school from Blair and turned everyone against Dan? Remember when Bart Bass died unexpectedly and Chuck called Lily a whore and she slapped him in the face? Remember how mind-blowingly awesome all of that was? Man, Season 2 was great.)
Anyway. So now I'm blogging about Morning Glory, which falls into the "pleasantly surprised me" category. Specific thoughts:
I like Rachel McAdams, and have for quite some time, though looking over a list of her movies, I realize that she's never been in anything I've liked all that much. Mean Girls was pretty good. The Notebook was okay. I liked Red Eye quite a bit, actually, though again, it was a "pleasantly surprised" type thing; I don't normally like movies "like that," and it exceeded my expectations. But that, I think, illustrates that she's good: she doesn't often have great stuff to work with, but she always (or at least usually) brings things up a notch. Reese Witherspoon got a lot of the same types of reviews before Walk the Line: that she was really great in a lot of movies that were "just okay," and maybe wouldn't have even been "just okay" if a different actor was in them. This is partly what is happening here, I think; Rachel McAdams's character, Becky Fuller, is always frazzled, and tends to ramble, and gives these speeches that cause other characters to ask, "Are you going to sing now?," but...you can't help but like her. The other characters in the movie find themselves liking her even though they really don't want to, and as an audience member, you can't help but like her, too. She's got charisma, I guess is what I'm saying.
The story also came through for me. I was afraid for awhile it would take a disappointing turn in the vein of some movies that I wanted to really like but then just couldn't (I'm talking specifically about View from the Top and The Devil Wears Prada, which had a lot going from them but wound up sending some troubling messages about women who prioritize their careers). Anyway, the basic plot of Morning Glory is this: A career girl in her late twenties who has never quite found time for a relationship suffers a career setback that causes some (including her own mother) to tell her she should just give up. She doesn't, and is given another chance; she tries her heart out, but at first, people don't get what she's doing. At one point, it looks like she's actually made things worse, for herself and for a lot of other people, and even more people tell her she should just give up. She still doesn't, and in fact throws herself even more wholeheartedly (some might even say desperately) in pursuit of her goals. In the end, she succeeds, wins over everyone who ever doubted her and, as a bonus, finds a guy who accepts her for who she is and doesn't expect her to change (he does, occasionally, want her to put her phone away and pay attention to him, but that's not really asking too much, at least in my opinion). That, in and of itself, is a pretty great movie plot.
It is made even better because it is all *so* hard won. In the previous paragraph, I boiled this movie down to its basic elements, as if this could be about any career girl in any profession, and I guess it could be. But this story is very specifically about Becky Fuller working as a producer for a morning news and talk show, and in the context of this movie, this means everything. First off, as touched on earlier, Becky is a very specific, well-drawn character: ambitious, driven, hard-working, always busy, often a bit frazzled. And when she really *gets things done*, it is fairly impressive to watch.
The fact that much of this is taking place on the set of a second-rate version of the Today show, though, adds a whole other level to it. Shows like this, as the movie highlights, are sometimes silly to watch and degrading for the people involved: the hosts have to literally kiss frogs, ride rollercoasters, and cook onscreen, among other things. Often, the more ridiculous the hosts look, the more the viewers like it. The interesting thing is that it is not Becky's job to make this into a more "serious" news show or to teach the crew that there is something wrong with all of this; instead, a big part of her battle is convincing one host, grizzled news veteran Mike Pomeroy (played by Harrison Ford), that this is not beneath him, and that by insisting that it is beneath him, he is jeopardizing the entire show and the futures of a whole lot of people. When he finally makes a frittata onscreen, this is depicted not as him "selling out," but as him finally being a team player and doing something for Becky, who is working so darn hard with so little help and encouragement.
That's the thing, and I cannot stress this enough: she is trying so hard. She is working such long hours, with such difficult people, and sometimes she must do (and convince others to do) ridiculous things to make it all work, and absolutely no one wants or expects her to succeed. When she finally does succeed, it feels like she has earned it in a way that you don't often see in movies. You are genuinely happy for and impressed with her.
The fact that she also has a romance with a journalist named Adam Bennett (played by Patrick Wilson) in the midst of all this has been called unnecessary by some critics. I'm pretty sure I disagree with that, even though there is an awful lot going on in this movie even without that (I haven't even mentioned Diane Keaton's character and have only made passing reference to Harrison Ford's, even though both actors are very good and both characters are important to the movie. I've realized just while writing this just how much Rachel McAdams's movie this really is). The fact that Becky doesn't even really understand what is happening when Adam asks her out really illustrates just how much her work has consumed her, and the fact that at one point she actually breaks up with him because she just plain doesn't have time for him and doesn't want to feel guilty for focusing on her work, is important. Mike Pomeroy warns her at one point that she's going to wind up with "nothing" if she keeps devoting herself so singlemindedly to her career, and she eventually realizes that she does really want Adam in her life; however, her revelation is that she needs to learn to balance work and career, not that she needs to completely give one or the other up or lower her ambitions. This sounds like just good sense, but is something we see in painfully few movies. In a lot of movies, the "happy ending" would have been Becky realizing that the job just isn't all that important, after all, and after how hard we see her work, that would have been really disappointing. It's just a nice bonus that she manages to find someone who likes her for who she is along the way.
So, again, this movie pleasantly surprised me, though I've realized while writing it that it was better than just "better than I thought it was going to be." It was a genuinely good movie.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Easy A (spoilers)
So, may I just say how pleasantly surprised I was by Easy A? Like, I'd heard good things, but seriously. I don't think I've liked a teen movie this much since 10 Things I Hate About You (and I generally like teen movies quite a bit). I was grinning from ear to ear within the first like ten minutes, and I laughed out loud multiple times. Specifically, I liked (in no particular order)...
...the main character, Olive, singing and dancing around (for supposedly a whole weekend straight) to "Pocket Full of Sunshine," which she discovers via a singing greeting card from her grandma. This is what had me grinning within the first ten minutes; it got the movie off to a fun start.
...Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson as Olive's parents. They had so many great lines and great moments (I started to list them here but realized they didn't make much sense out of context). Come to think of it, all of the adult characters/actors in this movie are pretty great, which is becoming increasingly more common in teen movies but certainly hasn't always been the case.
...Amanda Bynes. I like her, generally; I used to watch her show, What I Like About You, and I thought she was good in Hairspray. Here, as the born again Christian character who spreads the initial rumor about Olive's supposed sluttiness, she's very funny. Like Tucci and Clarkson, lots of good moments/lines.
...Penn Badgley. As is a secret to no one, I do not care for his character on Gossip Girl. I liked him a lot here. He plays Olive's love interest, Todd; his character is also the school mascot, which used to be a Blue Devil but got changed to a Woodchuck, and gets a lot of funny "mascot moments" that he totally throws himself into. His character is also super impressive; he never believes the rumors about Olive, but you get the impression that he would still like her even if they were true. He's great, all the way around.
...the self-conscious referencing of so many '80s movies that I also love: Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Breakfast Club, Can't Buy Me Love, etc. I think at this point you pretty much can't use certain teen movie conventions without pointing them out, and I thought the movie did so in a smart way.
...the English teacher, Thomas Haden Church, complaining that most of his students don't even try to pretend that they actually read The Scarlet Letter instead of just seeing the Demi Moore movie, and that if he reads one more paper that talks about her British accent or wondering if she's still married to Ashton Kutcher, he's going to lose it. I know I mostly found that funny because I'm an English teacher, too, but still: hilarious.
Now, I'm not saying this was a perfect movie. For one thing, though I thought Emma Stone did a good job as Olive, I had a hard time believing that she was invisible at her school. No way. Also, I thought it ended a little abruptly. I know they were going for the whole "classic '80s movie" ending and all, but it felt a little unfinished. For instance: we are led to believe, via the text message Olive sends her friend Rhiannon, that the two of them will probably make up and be friends again. I do not approve of this, based on the fact that Rhiannon totally turns on her friend for absolutely no reason AND! kissed Woodchuck Todd (Penn Badgley) when she knew that Olive liked him. I was waiting for a big confrontation/conversation between the two girls, and kind of needed one before I could accept them being friends again, and it never came.
But when all is said and done-- and this is going to sound cheesy-- it's just been awhile since I've seen such a nice movie-- one in which I was impressed by what genuinely great people so many of the characters seemed to be. I think that's what was so pleasantly surprising about this movie. So-- yeah. I'd recommend this one.
...the main character, Olive, singing and dancing around (for supposedly a whole weekend straight) to "Pocket Full of Sunshine," which she discovers via a singing greeting card from her grandma. This is what had me grinning within the first ten minutes; it got the movie off to a fun start.
...Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson as Olive's parents. They had so many great lines and great moments (I started to list them here but realized they didn't make much sense out of context). Come to think of it, all of the adult characters/actors in this movie are pretty great, which is becoming increasingly more common in teen movies but certainly hasn't always been the case.
...Amanda Bynes. I like her, generally; I used to watch her show, What I Like About You, and I thought she was good in Hairspray. Here, as the born again Christian character who spreads the initial rumor about Olive's supposed sluttiness, she's very funny. Like Tucci and Clarkson, lots of good moments/lines.
...Penn Badgley. As is a secret to no one, I do not care for his character on Gossip Girl. I liked him a lot here. He plays Olive's love interest, Todd; his character is also the school mascot, which used to be a Blue Devil but got changed to a Woodchuck, and gets a lot of funny "mascot moments" that he totally throws himself into. His character is also super impressive; he never believes the rumors about Olive, but you get the impression that he would still like her even if they were true. He's great, all the way around.
...the self-conscious referencing of so many '80s movies that I also love: Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Breakfast Club, Can't Buy Me Love, etc. I think at this point you pretty much can't use certain teen movie conventions without pointing them out, and I thought the movie did so in a smart way.
...the English teacher, Thomas Haden Church, complaining that most of his students don't even try to pretend that they actually read The Scarlet Letter instead of just seeing the Demi Moore movie, and that if he reads one more paper that talks about her British accent or wondering if she's still married to Ashton Kutcher, he's going to lose it. I know I mostly found that funny because I'm an English teacher, too, but still: hilarious.
Now, I'm not saying this was a perfect movie. For one thing, though I thought Emma Stone did a good job as Olive, I had a hard time believing that she was invisible at her school. No way. Also, I thought it ended a little abruptly. I know they were going for the whole "classic '80s movie" ending and all, but it felt a little unfinished. For instance: we are led to believe, via the text message Olive sends her friend Rhiannon, that the two of them will probably make up and be friends again. I do not approve of this, based on the fact that Rhiannon totally turns on her friend for absolutely no reason AND! kissed Woodchuck Todd (Penn Badgley) when she knew that Olive liked him. I was waiting for a big confrontation/conversation between the two girls, and kind of needed one before I could accept them being friends again, and it never came.
But when all is said and done-- and this is going to sound cheesy-- it's just been awhile since I've seen such a nice movie-- one in which I was impressed by what genuinely great people so many of the characters seemed to be. I think that's what was so pleasantly surprising about this movie. So-- yeah. I'd recommend this one.
Friday, June 4, 2010
thoughts on Sex and the City 2 (spoilers)
So. I saw Sex and the City 2. I had fairly mixed feelings about it. Like, I went in pretty skeptical. I was really excited for the first Sex and the City movie; I thought the TV show left some loose ends to tie up, so the movie almost seemed necessary. And while I never felt the urge to watch that movie a second time, I was fairly happy with it at the time I saw it; Carrie and Big finally got married, Charlotte and Miranda ended the whole thing happy with their marriages, and Samantha decided she was happy being single and was going to stay that way forever. I was satisfied with where all the characters ended up and would have been happy had they just left it at that, though I heard almost right away that they were thinking about a sequel. I am (was?) a big enough fan of the series that of course I was going to see it, but I wasn't overly excited about going to it.
And...hmm. I will admit that I was smiling by the end, and that once again, I was fairly happy with how/where they left things. However...like, when did Carrie become so infuriating? I remember back in the day, when the show was actually on, thinking that Carrie was the only realistic character, and that Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha were all pretty broad types (though I liked all of them). That's not true anymore. Like, at this point, Miranda and Charlotte are the only ones who act anything remotely like real adult women. My favorite scene in the whole movie is one where the two of them just sit having drinks and talking about motherhood. I've always kind of related to how Charlotte feels the need to put on a smile at all times and act like everything is fine, and I liked Miranda coaxing her to just talk freely about her frustrations.
Miranda is pretty great throughout the movie, by the way. She's the only one who reads up on Middle Eastern culture before their trip to Abu Dhabi, and thus is the only one who knows any of the customs or could speak any of the language. I found myself wishing that the other women were...smarter, or something, though I don't recall ever feeling that way when I used to watch the actual show. And here's where I'll get to the parts of the movie that I found frustrating, namely CARRIE.
Okay, so here's the thing. Like I said, Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha have always been somewhat broad types, though this time around, Miranda and Charlotte at least have lives that are somewhat relatable, albeit far more glamorous than that of the average woman (at one point, they openly acknowledge this, expressing gratitude that at least they can afford hiring nannies to help with their kids, and that they are impressed by women who have to tackle motherhood on their own). And Sam-- sure, she's over the top in this movie, but she always has been, and she knows it, and is proud of it. Sometimes I rolled my eyes at her, but she at least seems like fun; you can understand why women like Miranda and Charlotte would want to hang out with her, though it seemed fairly clear that the two of them are kind of growing apart from the others. (Charlotte isn't overly excited to leave her husband and kids to go on vacation with her girlfriends; the others act like this is ridiculous. While part of her reluctance comes from being afraid her husband will cheat with their braless nanny, which is ridiculous, I also think her hesitation is more normal than the movie wants us to think.) But Carrie...
Okay. I've read stuff in the past about how part of the genius of Sarah Jessica Parker is that she's able to make Carrie likable even while she does unlikable things. During the series, I would agree with that; I understood, for example, why she would cheat on Aiden with Big, and I totally got her commitment issues and bad spending habits. However, throughout much of this movie she is just ridiculous. Like, yes, Big has done his fair share of crappy things over the years, but in this movie she's constantly on his case because...he buys a flat screen TV for the bedroom? Because he doesn't want to go out every night? Like, there is one moment near the beginning of the movie where she asks where they should make reservations for dinner, and he asks if they have anything they can eat at home. She says no, and he suggests that, since they have been out of town all weekend at a wedding, maybe they could just get takeout and stay in. And she says-- get ready for this-- "But we had takeout twice last week." Are you KIDDING me, Carrie? You can afford to eat food from restaurants every single night, and you're bent out of shape because your husband wants to eat it at home a couple of times a week? That's, like, borderline offensive. SERIOUSLY. Also, later she is very mean to Charlotte, all because Charlotte suggests that Carrie is "playing with fire" when she decides to go out to dinner with Aiden, who she randomly runs into in Abu Dhabi. Actually, she is very snotty to Charlotte any time Charlotte questions anything about Carrie's marriage to Big; I think we are supposed to be on Carrie's side and think that Charlotte's too rigid in her beliefs about marriage, but there is no reason for Carrie to be as nasty as she is to one of her supposed best friends.
And of course, Carrie does kiss Aiden, which at least has the effect of making her realize that she's been kind of ridiculous about her expectations for her marriage and that she's ruining everything. She immediately calls Big to confess and when she gets home, he has a little talk with her that basically amounts to, "If you'll grow up and start acting like you're married and stop freaking out every time you and I start to seem too boring or traditional, then I guess we don't have to have a TV in the bedroom." Early in the conversation, she tells him that she'd thought he'd left (because he wasn't home when she got back from Abu Dhabi), and he says something along the lines of, "No. I'm an adult. I took vows." And I was like, "THANK YOU!"
There is also some dumb crap that I won't go into much detail about that involves Samantha causing a public disturbance by wearing a tank top and shorts in the middle of Abu Dhabi, which women aren't supposed to do, then accidentally dumping her purse full of condoms all over the street and basically going ape on the men who are offended by this. This causes the four women to have to disguise themselves in burkas and whatnot to get away because if they're late to the airport they will have to-- gasp!-- fly coach. Also, at one point during the commotion they can't find Charlotte and think something horrible has happened to her, only to find that she has just stopped to look at souvenir t-shirts for her kids. It is pretty much the dumbest thing of all time.
So, anyway. The overall message of the movie seems to be that marriage-- and life--can be whatever you want it to be, and you don't have to follow tradition/convention. I'm okay with that and, like I said, left the theater smiling. There was far too much stupid/frustrating stuff going on for me to really recommend this movie, though.
And...hmm. I will admit that I was smiling by the end, and that once again, I was fairly happy with how/where they left things. However...like, when did Carrie become so infuriating? I remember back in the day, when the show was actually on, thinking that Carrie was the only realistic character, and that Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha were all pretty broad types (though I liked all of them). That's not true anymore. Like, at this point, Miranda and Charlotte are the only ones who act anything remotely like real adult women. My favorite scene in the whole movie is one where the two of them just sit having drinks and talking about motherhood. I've always kind of related to how Charlotte feels the need to put on a smile at all times and act like everything is fine, and I liked Miranda coaxing her to just talk freely about her frustrations.
Miranda is pretty great throughout the movie, by the way. She's the only one who reads up on Middle Eastern culture before their trip to Abu Dhabi, and thus is the only one who knows any of the customs or could speak any of the language. I found myself wishing that the other women were...smarter, or something, though I don't recall ever feeling that way when I used to watch the actual show. And here's where I'll get to the parts of the movie that I found frustrating, namely CARRIE.
Okay, so here's the thing. Like I said, Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha have always been somewhat broad types, though this time around, Miranda and Charlotte at least have lives that are somewhat relatable, albeit far more glamorous than that of the average woman (at one point, they openly acknowledge this, expressing gratitude that at least they can afford hiring nannies to help with their kids, and that they are impressed by women who have to tackle motherhood on their own). And Sam-- sure, she's over the top in this movie, but she always has been, and she knows it, and is proud of it. Sometimes I rolled my eyes at her, but she at least seems like fun; you can understand why women like Miranda and Charlotte would want to hang out with her, though it seemed fairly clear that the two of them are kind of growing apart from the others. (Charlotte isn't overly excited to leave her husband and kids to go on vacation with her girlfriends; the others act like this is ridiculous. While part of her reluctance comes from being afraid her husband will cheat with their braless nanny, which is ridiculous, I also think her hesitation is more normal than the movie wants us to think.) But Carrie...
Okay. I've read stuff in the past about how part of the genius of Sarah Jessica Parker is that she's able to make Carrie likable even while she does unlikable things. During the series, I would agree with that; I understood, for example, why she would cheat on Aiden with Big, and I totally got her commitment issues and bad spending habits. However, throughout much of this movie she is just ridiculous. Like, yes, Big has done his fair share of crappy things over the years, but in this movie she's constantly on his case because...he buys a flat screen TV for the bedroom? Because he doesn't want to go out every night? Like, there is one moment near the beginning of the movie where she asks where they should make reservations for dinner, and he asks if they have anything they can eat at home. She says no, and he suggests that, since they have been out of town all weekend at a wedding, maybe they could just get takeout and stay in. And she says-- get ready for this-- "But we had takeout twice last week." Are you KIDDING me, Carrie? You can afford to eat food from restaurants every single night, and you're bent out of shape because your husband wants to eat it at home a couple of times a week? That's, like, borderline offensive. SERIOUSLY. Also, later she is very mean to Charlotte, all because Charlotte suggests that Carrie is "playing with fire" when she decides to go out to dinner with Aiden, who she randomly runs into in Abu Dhabi. Actually, she is very snotty to Charlotte any time Charlotte questions anything about Carrie's marriage to Big; I think we are supposed to be on Carrie's side and think that Charlotte's too rigid in her beliefs about marriage, but there is no reason for Carrie to be as nasty as she is to one of her supposed best friends.
And of course, Carrie does kiss Aiden, which at least has the effect of making her realize that she's been kind of ridiculous about her expectations for her marriage and that she's ruining everything. She immediately calls Big to confess and when she gets home, he has a little talk with her that basically amounts to, "If you'll grow up and start acting like you're married and stop freaking out every time you and I start to seem too boring or traditional, then I guess we don't have to have a TV in the bedroom." Early in the conversation, she tells him that she'd thought he'd left (because he wasn't home when she got back from Abu Dhabi), and he says something along the lines of, "No. I'm an adult. I took vows." And I was like, "THANK YOU!"
There is also some dumb crap that I won't go into much detail about that involves Samantha causing a public disturbance by wearing a tank top and shorts in the middle of Abu Dhabi, which women aren't supposed to do, then accidentally dumping her purse full of condoms all over the street and basically going ape on the men who are offended by this. This causes the four women to have to disguise themselves in burkas and whatnot to get away because if they're late to the airport they will have to-- gasp!-- fly coach. Also, at one point during the commotion they can't find Charlotte and think something horrible has happened to her, only to find that she has just stopped to look at souvenir t-shirts for her kids. It is pretty much the dumbest thing of all time.
So, anyway. The overall message of the movie seems to be that marriage-- and life--can be whatever you want it to be, and you don't have to follow tradition/convention. I'm okay with that and, like I said, left the theater smiling. There was far too much stupid/frustrating stuff going on for me to really recommend this movie, though.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Gossip Girl Finale
Well. I‘ll admit that I have‘t loved Gossip Girl this season. Don't get me wrong-- I've liked *aspects* of it, such as watching Blair, Dan, and Vanessa at NYU. As a whole, though, individual episodes haven't made me that excited. Also, as a result of this season, I HATE Jenny Humphrey (which I guess was as the writers intended) and don't really care about any of the major couples anymore. *However*, I got more excited about the finale than I have about an episode in a long time (to the extent where I got up too fast at the end and splashed my coffee everywhere. Oops). My thoughts, in no particular order:
--Chuck Bass can't be DEAD, can he? Would they do that? No. I don't see how. Nevertheless-- wow! I pretty much thought the episode was over at that point and thought they would go out with the "Georgina is pregnant" shocker, and then-- WOW!
--Speaking of the "Georgina is pregnant" thing, I laughed out loud-- really hard, actually-- twice this episode: when Dan just walked up to Chuck and punched him in the face, and at the look on Dan's face when Georgina whipped off her coat and announced she was pregnant with his baby. Oh, yeah, and I laughed a little when Rufus just wandered up during the big Dan/Jenny/Blair/Chuck confrontation all, "Hey, who's hungry?" But seriously-- I love how Georgina just shows up at the end of every season to raise hell, and I seriously doubt that the pregnancy will result in more than a lot of humor and fun drama. Like, *if* she's actually pregnant-- and we all know she's totally the type to fake a pregnancy-- I seriously doubt that it's even Dan's. So, yeah-- humor and drama.
--I guess the only other thing worth talking about is Jenny losing her virginity to Chuck. Like, it kind of made me sick, yet it was kind of inevitable-- like, who *hasn't* Chuck slept with on this show? I also find it pretty weird that they've made such a huge deal this season over Jenny losing her virginity when many other main characters (Dan, Vanessa, Blair, etc.) have lost their virginity since the show began, and they all just kind of did it when the time was right and moved on with it. So...yeah. Not too many thoughts on that.
--Glad Jenny is leaving, and hope she stays gone for awhile.
Aaaand...that's it!
--Chuck Bass can't be DEAD, can he? Would they do that? No. I don't see how. Nevertheless-- wow! I pretty much thought the episode was over at that point and thought they would go out with the "Georgina is pregnant" shocker, and then-- WOW!
--Speaking of the "Georgina is pregnant" thing, I laughed out loud-- really hard, actually-- twice this episode: when Dan just walked up to Chuck and punched him in the face, and at the look on Dan's face when Georgina whipped off her coat and announced she was pregnant with his baby. Oh, yeah, and I laughed a little when Rufus just wandered up during the big Dan/Jenny/Blair/Chuck confrontation all, "Hey, who's hungry?" But seriously-- I love how Georgina just shows up at the end of every season to raise hell, and I seriously doubt that the pregnancy will result in more than a lot of humor and fun drama. Like, *if* she's actually pregnant-- and we all know she's totally the type to fake a pregnancy-- I seriously doubt that it's even Dan's. So, yeah-- humor and drama.
--I guess the only other thing worth talking about is Jenny losing her virginity to Chuck. Like, it kind of made me sick, yet it was kind of inevitable-- like, who *hasn't* Chuck slept with on this show? I also find it pretty weird that they've made such a huge deal this season over Jenny losing her virginity when many other main characters (Dan, Vanessa, Blair, etc.) have lost their virginity since the show began, and they all just kind of did it when the time was right and moved on with it. So...yeah. Not too many thoughts on that.
--Glad Jenny is leaving, and hope she stays gone for awhile.
Aaaand...that's it!
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