Comments on: DVD Review: “The Proposal”

By: DwDunphy

DwDunphy — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:15:06 +0000

Aniston has, in a way, shot herself in the foot. People see her as a TV actress in that limited way, and she has done very little but oblige them as most of her big-screen roles are pale reiterations of Rachel from Friends. Had she stayed on the riskier side, as she did with her part in The Good Girl, it might have been different.

As for Bullock, I don't know why the audience gravitates to her. She's competent, but equally as familiar in every role. All I can say is that she has varied herself from comedy to drama, so that sense of self typecasting isn't as evident with her.

By: Malchus

Malchus — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:26:52 +0000

I think some of the gravitas you refer to shows up in Definitely Maybe, Jon, especially the scenes Reynolds shares with Abigail Breslin.

As for my Hepburn/Tracey comparison, I felt that the give and take between Bullock and Reynolds was so natural, that they're so “in the zone,” that it did remind me of the those two Hollywood legends.

By: DwDunphy

DwDunphy — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:15:06 +0000

By: DwDunphy

DwDunphy — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:15:06 +0000

By: Malchus

Malchus — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:26:52 +0000

I think some of the gravitas you refer to shows up in Definitely Maybe, Jon, especially the scenes Reynolds shares with Abigail Breslin.

By: JonCummings

JonCummings — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:14:02 +0000

Nice review. Way TOO nice for this movie, if you ask me, but still.

I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the film–right up until Betty White's stunt, which was just inappropriate no matter how you slice it. Tread carefully, though, before you compare anybody to Hepburn and Tracy–I wouldn't even say Reynolds & Bullock approached Hanks and Meg Ryan. And I don't think I'm with you on Reynolds' star quality, either–at least not yet. I liked him fine in this, as well as in Definitely Maybe, but to me he seems to be a leading man only insofar as he can play a straight man reacting to all the craziness around him. He's still a bit of a cipher–it's difficult to imagine him carrying a film, or even giving gravitas to a rom-com character the way Hanks did in Sleepless in Seattle (or, more to the point, the way Steve Carell did in Dan in Real Life, which was also a romance-plus-family-hijinks film).

The Proposal is definitely worth seeing, though, and certainly exceeded expectations.

By: MatthewF

MatthewF — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:13:13 +0000

i see no sarcasm here.

i was recently on a flight from Auckland to London, via LA, and I swear that at least half the passengers watched this on their tiny tv screens. in fact i feel like i've seen it.

the audience just loves sandra bullock. why they feel differently about jennifer anniston i have no idea.