Yesterday we went to the movies for the first time after a long time. Being extremely turned off by the flood of blockbuster franchises this summer, we even skipped "Pirates", even though there's Keira Knightley in it. But we wanted to make a point to watch one of the few romantic comedies this year and went into the "No Reservations" on its opening weekend.
However, before we actually went to the theatre, we had to endure a barrage of bad critics, as usual with a romantic comedy. TONY gave a single star, because Melissa Anderson just didn't like its star Catherine Zeta-Jones. That's okay by itself, but Transformers got 5 stars. This has to be disheartening for any actor these days: a story, whose heroes are (CGI-generated) robots is considered 5 times better than one that evolves around two real, human characters. And EW considers "Ratatouille" the far better movie on the ground that both mostly play in a kitchen. Maybe, but, personally, I still enjoy seeing Catherine Zeta-Jones more than a computer-generated rat, no matter how cute it is.
It seems that many critics just gave up and try to make their peace with what Hollywood considers the movie of the future. Really, "No Reservations" is not the greatest movie and has many flaws, but it is at least a story about real people in a real environment and it deserves at least for that some credit.
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