My Super Ex-Girlfriend

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We saw My Super Ex-Girlfriend last night, and while it’s instantly forgettable, the lightweight comedy does have its moments, and isn’t as bad as some people have been making it out to be.

I suppose you’ll get more enjoyment out of the film the more familiar you are with superhero conventions. My favourite scene in the whole film involves a jealous Jenny/G-Girl (Uma Thurman) on a date refusing to stop the demise of New York because she wants the night off.

Speaking of Uma Thurman, she’s great in the film, giving her all to portraying a nutty, all-too-powerful heroine. Luke Wilson, on the other hand, has a weird smirk on his face for most of the film, and is less convincing as the film’s hero. Worst of all in terms of casting is the total waste of comedian Eddie Izzard as the film’s ‘villain’.

So, yeah… you can do worse than My Super Ex-Girlfriend, although I wouldn’t pay full price for it.



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Anyway, before the film we saw quite a few trailers for films that look entertaining to goofy to great, and we’ll most likely be seeing in the near future:

The Devil Wears Prada, with Meryl Streep already garnering Oscar buzz for her Bitch Boss From Hell role.

Teen comedy She’s the Man starring Amanda Bynes as a female soccer star whose only chance to play is by infiltrating a preppy boys’ school disguised as a teenage boy. It actually looked fun

And 2 films starring Sacha Baron Cohen A.K.A. Ali G: The Will Ferrell NASCAR themed comedy, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby and… Borat, centred on Cohen’s second most famous character, the clueless Khazakstan interviewer. The trailer is frickin’ hilarious. Expect it to be posted up here next Trailer Tuesday.

And check out the deliberately awful Borat website! Brilliant!

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