Happy Valentine's Day! Or happy Thursday in case you don't give a damn about the commercialisation of love or you just single (pringle). Either way, it's
Thursday Movie Picks time, the weekly series hosted by
Wandering Through the Shelves —you should know how this works at this point, but if you don't, you can find
here all the info you need. This week's theme is romantic comedies, probably my least favourite genre as they all are tremendously clichéd and predictable and never work for me. Unless when they do because, you know, I occasionally enjoy them. Even if they are clichéd.
It follows Rachel Chu (Constance Wu) as she travels to Singapore with her boyfriend, Nick Young (Henry Golding), to attend a wedding only to learn that Nick comes from on Asia's most wealthy families. Once there, she becomes the target of jealous socialities and Nick's mother (Michelle Yeoh). Pretty shallow and predictable but overall enjoyable thanks to the performances.
It follows two cynical, unpleasant people, Lindsay (Winona Ryder) and Frank (Keanu Reeves), who meet at the airport while on their way to a destination wedding. They get off to a bad start, and then they realise they are going to the same wedding. Eventually, they are forced to spend time together and they become to bond. It's clichéd and predictable, but Ryder and Reeves are so charming I was rooting for them. Also, the dialogue is brilliant.
It follows Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy), a news reporter who becomes the host of a powerful, symbiotic alien, Venom, that gives him superhuman abilities. As most aliens, Venom does not come in peace. Okay, this isn't really a romantic comedy, but it kinda is though since Eddie tries to win back his girlfriend (Michelle Williams). Also, Eddie's bromance with Venom sure is something. And Hardy's performance is fun as fuck.
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