This Means War

The plot of this film is fairly simple. There is girl who has moved across the country to surprise the man of her dreams and move in with him. When she arrives she finds him in bed with another woman. Wow, what a shocker! Much the audience's dismay she is single. She lives surprisingly enough, and in a short amount of time. (i.e. the next scene) She meets two great guys who are all too willing to fight over her. These two duds er dudes have surprisingly short tempers and itchy trigger fingers. There are two things about this film that caught my attention. The cast was the first grabber. This film stars Chris Pine and Tom Hardy with Reese Witherspoon juxtaposed between the two. I mean really, I can hardly imagine any red blooded American male who would not pine over Reeese Witherspoon. The other thing that grabbed my attention was the fast paced teaser style trailer that previewed the film. It reminded of the Spy Vs. Spy from Mad Magazine I read as a teen. This screenplay made me angry since it lacked that kind of creativity. It was also short of a plot. There was no recognizable action until the last forty minutes. What came then was bland and boring. The secondary characters were meritless too. Among them was Trish (Chelsea Handler) She was the best friend type. You know the one, she is charter is overly hormonal, speaks with an attitude and gives really bad advice. (What a creative casting there choice slick!) The only emotion I felt when I exited the theater were rage and envy. Keep in mind this was before the closing credits even started to role. The script of this film was a thin as the subscription card that falls out of the Mad Magazine I thought of when watching the trailer. Grade F