He's Just NOT that Into You. Pretty good flick, I must say. Call it a chick flick if you'd like, but there is enough comedy and stuff for guys that it is a movie I didn't mind seeing. The cast is quite impressive (though I feel bad that Jen Aniston and Ben Afflick's careers have hit the crapper that they were arguably the 4th storyline in this film) and the comedy is actually funny. I could actually see this stuff happening, opposed to some RoCos that could never happen.
But the biggest story was Ginnifer Goodwin pulling a 2007 Illinois in regards to Scarlett Johansson. I have never figured out why all the hype surrounds Johansson. She is always #1 or 2 on Maxim or FHM's "sexiest women alive" lists. I guess she is sort of attractive, but dropdead hot? Ummm, no. Sorry. Can't say that. Much like Ohio State, especially in 2007, just one season after getting SCHMACKED by Florida in the National Championship game, they were STILL #1 the following year!
Meanwhile Goodwin is everything that is right with Maggie Gyllenhaal with none of the wacky baggage. Goodwin has a great smile, nice style (clothes, hair and purple nail-polish) and a really cute face (Sorry I'm shallow). I think and hope she has a bright future because I've enjoyed her stuff (Walk the Line, several episodes of Big Love, Mona Lisa Smile). And I think that she is under-the-radar hot. Check out her pics on IMDB for further proof. I think she outdid Scarlett in this movie. She was the in the A storyline and she deserved it, playing the quirky lovesick puppy that ends up with the guy and is never annoying like Johansson is halfway through the movie.
Goodwin was like the 2007 Illinois football team that walked into Columbus and handed #1 Ohio State its first loss of the season. Scarlett Johansson in this case was Ohio State, someone that doesn't deserve the hype but gets in anyways based on PAST success (Lost in Translation or the 2002-03 BCS Title). Anyways, people always gave Scarlett/Ohio State the benefit of the doubt but a little upstart like Ginnifer showed Scarlett for what she was:overrated and not able to compete against a team with substance.
Now would Ginnifer be able to compete looks-wise with a Jessica Alba? No. Just like Illinois lost in the Rose Bowl to USC, Goodwin would lose to Alba in a similar situation. But Goodwin showed she deserved to be the lead in HJNTIY and is good at what she does: leads in RoCos with a future Academy Award for an Erin Brockavich-type role. Goodwin could easily be this generation's Julia Roberts. That's not a stretch to see that.
We are on the Ginnifer Goodwin bandwagon here at Sportsbyfletch and encourage you to jump on the bandwagon too! Go Ginnifer, you keep making the movies and we'll keep watching!
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