Slowly Learning...

There wasn't too much new out there, and I enjoy both Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston, so I thought. "Hey, why not go see the Break-Up?" I mean it did have Jason Bateman as well. Well...I can't say it was a bad idea, but it didn't live up to my hopes.

There was plenty to laugh at here, most of the time, but it just didn't seem like Vaughn was quite his normal funny self. It also didn't seem like the movie could really make up its mind either. Was it a wacky comedy? Was it a down to earth romantic comedy? Well, it ended up inbetween. Maybe if it was down to earth it could have been appreciated on that level (still probably wouldn't have liked it that much, but it would have made a fine chick flick style romantic comedy), or maybe if they had just tried to stay with the wackiness that would have worked. I honestly thought that the few wacky parts were by far the best and most humorous parts to the movie. I especially loved Jon Favreau's character and his conversation about "dealing with" Aniston's other men. He ended up stealing the show the way that Vaughn usually does. But with the uneven mix of the two it just didn't sit right. And while I enjoyed the non-traditional ending (I won't give it away completely), it just seemed to add to the identity crisis that the movie suffered from.

RATING: Maybe Worth a Cheap Ticket for a Time Killer, Put It on Netflix if You've Got Nothing Else Up There.

P.S. - After watching this film I also realized something very odd about Jeniifer Aniston, at least in my head. I just can't ever see her as a sexy woman. There is just something about her that I can't put my finger on. Don't get me wrong, I think she's a very attractive woman with a fine body, and I enjoy almost all of her work (if we can cut out Friends), but there's just something that makes her sexually unappealing to me. So if you happen to read this Miss Aniston, I'm sorry, but I could never date you.