Sunday, November 4, 2012

Friends With Benefits


Get your minds out of the gutter! This is a movie that Yuta and I watched the other day and I have to say that if you have guy friends... definitely watch this movie with them. It makes for hilarious conversations and maybe even some awkward moments! If you haven't heard of this movie before here is the synopsis:


Jamie (Mila Kunis) is a New York head-hunter trying to sign Los Angeles-based Dylan (Justin Timberlake) for her client. When he takes the job and makes the move, they quickly become friends. Their friendship turns into a friendship with benefits, but with Jamie's emotionally damaged past and Dylan's history of being emotionally unavailable, they have to try to not fall for each other the way Hollywood romantic comedies dictate.Written by napierslogs
Jamie and Dylan, on opposite coasts, break up with their lovers: each separately vows to stay out of emotional entanglements. So when Jamie recruits Dylan to run GQ's art department in NYC - and she's the only person he knows in Manhattan - they decide to be friends with sexual benefits. It works well until Jamie meets a pediatric cardiologist who just might be a match, and Dylan invites her to come home with him to LA for Thanksgiving. He may be jealous of the doc, she may be sending new vibes in Dylan's direction, but can either see the signals? And, is it inevitable that life imitates art?



I thought it was a really fun movie, with some really funny quotes and some real life questions that come up when you have "that" friend and you wonder if it could ever be non-complicated. Of course, that never works, but it doesn't stop people from trying to separate sex from emotions, which is where the interesting conversations with your male friends come in. Yuta seems to think that it's possible for a male and female who are friends to have a sexual relationship with no strings attached(another movie we watched). I don't agree with him. I think that eventually it'll become harder to hide the fact that underneath it all, it is natural for some feelings to start to develop, and that realization can come from the male or the female. I definitely don't think that all women are incapable of separation of sex and emotions, but I do believe that it's harder for some of us.

Here are some quotes I thought were funny from the movie:

Dylan: "Why do women think the only way to get a man to do what they want is to manipulate him?"
Jamie: "History, personal experience, romantic comedies"
-soooooo true-

Jamie: "No emotions, just sex"
Dylan: "I guess we should just start"
Jamie: "Bedroom:"
Dylan: "What's wrong with the couch?"
Jamie: "The bedroom has better light, and since we're just friends I don't have to be insecure about my body."
Dylan: "Come on, you're beautiful, you have nothing to..."
Jamie: "No no no no no! That sounds emotionally supportive...lock that down!"
Dylan: "Your ass is a little bony."
Jamie: "Much better."
-lmao I loved Jamie, she shut the emotions down and went straight to business!-


Lorna: "So my daughter is just your slam piece?"
Dylan: "No, uh."
Lorna: "Just kidding - slam away!"
-haha, Jamie's mom was hilarious, she was dealing with her own men issues, which is part of the reason Jamie is so emotionally damaged-

Dylan (to Jamie): "Is it your special time? They have an app for that. No wait...." (looks at phone) "No. you're good to go"
-I think I died from laughing, because he literally took his iphone and waved it around her, and then Yuta asks "is there really an app for that?" lmao!-



Overall, it was a good movie. It had most of what I look for in rom-com movies: wit, characters I can relate to, topics that I can relate to and fun. I would love to hear another males opinion when it comes to friends with benefits....what do you think?

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