So, my rather good friend Miss Posh D chose to write a review/synopsis/journey into her own subconscious of the movie The Proposal yesterday. Oh yeah, spoilers. Now, I’m totally okay with Posh conducting an in-depth discussion of a movie I will almost certainly never watch, focusing on the very aspects that discourage me from watching it. I’m ok with the massive levels of “squee”, and I’m okay with the drooling over leading actor Ryan Reynolds. Normally, though, I’d reserve the right to hate him. That’s just the way it goes.
Men don’t like male actors who get by on their looks. Leonardo DiCaprio? Easy to hate. He’s obnoxious and talentless. Tom Cruise? He’s obnoxious and really, really weird. Ryan Reynolds?
I CAN’T DO IT!!! And there’s only one reason that I can’t. Reynolds is charming and funny onscreen, though I remember his stand-up relying rather heavily on shouting and ripping t-shirts off. So, not that. Reynolds makes pretty cool movie choices in my opinion, though they don’t all work out for him. No, there is a single reason that I can’t bring myself to hate, or even to dislike, Mr. Ryan Reynolds.
The man rocks an awesome beard.
I’m sorry, but he’s unparalleled. Even here, where he’s being sickening in all of his “look at me, I had to work out five hours a day for six weeks for this movie, and I live on almonds” shot that drives the ladies wild, his beard is rocking just hard enough to get him a pass.
Perhaps I can create a compromise here, though. He was good in Wolverine, but Wolverine was awful. This may or may not have been due to Mr. Reynolds’ lack of beard. Therefore, I have a new rule: I will enthusiastically watch all Ryan Reynolds movies in which he sports a beard. I will avoid with every avenue open to me movies in which Ryan Reynolds is bare chinned.
A pale shadow, that's what it is.
It just wouldn’t be a good idea. I’m telling you, you don’t see men allowing women to build entire careers based purely on their looks despite a lack of anything even remotely resembling talent.
She's being INTENSE with her EYES.
She's conveying an important plot point.
She is SOLVING GHOSTS' PROBLEMS. And trying very hard to look like Sarah Michelle Gellar.
See? No double standard going on, at all.
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that last comment about jennifer love hewitt actually made me LOL. and you know i don’t use that phrase lightly.
i, too, am impressed with le beard. but even more with LE GUNS.
Why thank you posh, I am suitably complimented!!!