john krasinski can tackle me anytime

i could make a lot of inappropriate comments about the picture to your right but i'm going to keep it clean.

i thought george was satisfactory and did an overall good job at directing and acting. (i always think thats a little presumptuous though. you can be an actor and director but not at the same time. you are really just monopolizing the movie and its creativity at that point. whatever. make as much money as you can i guess.) i always like seeing mr. clooney on the big screen. he's so handsome and talented. he has that old hollywood randy gentleman thing going on. dodges' cockiness and charm were traits that would have been wholly unbelievable had someone else been in the role. there were times when i thought george was just a touch too old for the role and a little bit too old to be going for a girl lexies age.

did not like renee in this role! i thought it was a huge miscast and would have liked to see someone with a little more natural sex appeal instead. lexie was a well written character but i did not enjoy renees interpretation of her. i think that renees delivery was wooden and the only way she fit lexie was in physical looks.

now on to john. oh jkras! imdb should never have told me you grew up where my brother now goes to college. i will stalk you like a corn field, lover! ahem. love love love carter! loved his character, his looks, and his personality. you go through the whole movie thinking he's a great guy. perfect and charming and all golden boyish only to discover that he has faults. just like everyone else. which makes him even more endearing.

at first i thought all three of the main characters were over exaggerated, sometimes comically. but i grew into it quickly and enjoyed their (oft unrealistically) quick banter and innuendos. i think the characters were supposed to appear that way to show the fanatical nature of the time period. alcohol makes some people misbehave... lets ban everyone from drinking! credit cards allow me to pay later... let charge everything! see what i mean? man i love the 20's.

its rare that i like a sports movie, but this one was more about the people and circumstances surrounding the game. a good date movie. football and manliness for the boys and eye candy and romance for the ladies. comedic joy for both!

leatherheads - B