Unofficially Yours

No strings attached, no 3rd party, no parental objection, no peer pressure.
So how do you make a conflict out of a seemingly perfect love story?
The story tells about two people who had their hearts broken before.
One, came from an 8-year long relationship but is ready to face the challenges again of a new love.
The other, left by the man she loved for 5 years, has closed her doors and let her fear of loving again grow within her.

My friend and I, watched this movie a few days ago. He could deeply relate with the story and he was almost close to tears when he remembered his loved one. (how I envy him. haha)
 It's a feel good movie. Although I can't fully relate to it, I remembered a lot of my friends in this same scenario. (Not being unofficially someone else's but making sacrifices or letting go of opportunities just to be with their loved one.) And since I can't really relate to it, I can only give you some reasons why you should/should not watch it because I don't want to spoil it all for you.  Here it goes:

Why You Should Watch It
1. You (for men) can find the girl of your dreams in this movie: Beautiful and Hot Angel Locsin. (maybe one of her daring movies?)
2. It tells you not to give up on your dreams and to grab every opportunity. Don't hold back because your loved one says so. Remember: If he/she loves you, they will let you "grow".
3. As what of my friends would say. "Love conquers all, even fear."

Why You Shouldn't Watch It
1. The characters are too good to be true. (I don't mean the looks.) They have no flaws in this movie, especially the male character.
Mackie Galvez is played by John Lloyd Cruz, portrayed as your typical guy-next -door: VERY nice, VERY charming (seems perfect to me).
Angel Locsin is Ces (short for Princess. i don't know what her last name is). She is the PERFECT girlfriend material: beautiful, sexy, independent and career-driven. You can actually wrap her in a box and give to your mommy.

Some would actually compare this movie with Friends With Benefits. Well, they're somewhat alike with the "let's-have-sex-but-we-are-not-committed" part but I think it's more similar with the movie No Strings Attached (gawd. maybe I should make a review about this too. this was released last year). The same concept of believing that two people can have a non-committal-only-sex relationship in the beginning but found themselves falling in love with each other in the end. (When I think about it, they are ALMOST the same)

P.S. I must say the movie poster is the best I've seen in Filipino romantic comedy movies.

*Official movie poster from Star Cinema

Friends with Benefits

“So gather up your jackets, and move it to the exits - I hope you have found a friend. Closing time - every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.” – Closing Time by Semisonic

I can’t stop myself from singing this song over and over again. I think it’s what they call ‘last song syndrome’. It just keeps playing on my head after I watched the romantic comedy movie Friends with Benefits.

The story was set in New York and Los Angeles. Jamie (Mila Kunis) is a head hunter (recruiter) in New York City and Dylan, played by Justin Timberlake, is an art director of an internet company in Los Angeles. It’s a 6-hour flight from New York to Los Angeles or vice versa. So how did they meet? This is your typical story of boy meets girl however, not as lovers but as friends. Jamie’s task was to recruit Dylan as the new art director for GQ magazine in New York. Dylan got the job offer but LA was so much different from NY that Jamie had to convince him to accept it so she could have her commission for recruiting him.

Together, they went to explore New York City and Jamie showed him all the reasons to stay. She was the only person Dylan knew in the whole city so they spent a lot of time doing things together. They became good friends and eventually had ‘casual sex’ (as they call it) which marked the beginning of a seemingly complicated love story.

For one thing, friends don’t make out with each other (unless they’re too drunk to realize it). Both of the lead characters got tangled in their we-can-have-sex-with-no-commitments friendship. And in almost half of the movie, you can see Justin’s butt. I mean it. Anyone can have sex whenever and with whoever they want, but with friends? It can’t be avoided that emotions would get involved. Dylan’s co-worker, Tommy (Woody Harrelson), helped him realize that. One would definitely fall for the other and the risk is that the feeling may not be mutual. It can also be that both would fall for each other but the relationship may not work out as expected and their friendship would go down the drain. Well relationships are complicated, don’t you think?

Am I being negative? (haha) Well, a lot of people (including me) would think negatively about friends being lovers. But this movie would actually make you try it for yourself. It pointed out the positive things in friends-turned-lovers relationships.

1) You feel comfortable with your partner. (You would be able to talk a lot of things without feeling awkward or shy.)

2) You won’t feel insecure about your body when having sex. (I think that’s the same as no. 1)

Let’s just pretend that there are a whole lot of reasons. (hahaha) You can tell me after you’ve watched the movie. =D

Why you should watch it?

The chemistry between Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis would make you think that they would really look good together in real life.

It’s a “feel good” movie. It’ll help you unwind from all the pressures at school, home or work.

The movie isn’t all about sex, although there’s a lot of kissing, groping etc. Looking beyond the foreground story or the central theme, you’ll learn some of life’s lessons that gave the movie a sweet touch.

Anyhow, I won’t spoil the movie for you. I’ll leave to you the rest and try to figure out if good friends can be lovers (for real)? One thing’s for sure; I know who I want to take me home. =D