State of Play

Just got back from the theaters, and I saw two movies. Here's some lovable bullet notes about I Love You, Man and State of play:

I Love You, Man

• Sort of depressing
• Not very funny, all the good jokes were in the trailer. Which I feel like coining as "Wanted-Syndrome"
• Could've done more

• Pretty good overall
• The last two minutes is like "Wtf?" but I can forgive those two minutes of unexplainable confusion
• Rachel McAdams continues to be a cutie, and I liked how she wasn't a typical female role (Doesn't get nailed, no sexual tension or anything)
• Ben Affleck seems type-casted for shady political figure (lol?)
• Very tense moments throughout, near the end especially, I thought a certain someone would be shot for like five minutes and had trouble sitting still
• Despite these complements and minor complaints, you don't really have to see this movie. It's like American Gangster, it's alright, but no one is going to talk about it
• Although I will say I enjoyed the journalism aspect of the film. There's a struggle between "truth vs. timeliness" which is very real in the medium. If you have any interest in places like Kotaku or news websites like that, I suggest checking the film out for pure curiosity's sake.