Telescopes

The target of this weeks Revuesday? New Year's Eve. Not the day (I'm not all that keen on that) but the film directed by Garry Marshall. In what seemed to be a direct concept sequel to Valentine's Day the film dealt with multiple star studded storylines however based the celebrations of New Year's Eve rather than Valentine's Day,  rather evident from their titles. 

I'm going to go with the film was okay. I didn't head into it with high expectations as from the outset it was clear that this was only ever meant to be a light hearted and potentially touching holiday film. If it was meant to be present me with a deeper look at life or some sort of meaning it was completely lost on me as I saw it as essentially a tourist promotional video for spending New Year's Eve in Times Square.

I couldn't decide in the film whether it was due to the narrative suffering due to weak stories or if it just felt like there were too many threads which seemed to be tediously linked together.I felt that the Katherine Heigl and Jon Bon Jovi story was such an example of stories that could have been lost, although had they we would have lost Modern Family's Sofia Vergara who although seemed to be playing up to a stereotype provided much of the comic relief in the film. On a side note though maybe they could just make a film about Zefron and Michelle Pfeiffer going on adventures crossing off New Year's resolutions because I quite liked that part. 

The film felt like they had drafted in four million household names to star in the film and then panicked because they weren't sure what to do with them. As a result it would seem that even those with proven brilliant acting track records struggled to make this film believable and moving which was obviously it's intention. 

I would recommend it if you are looking for something to sit and watch at the cinema in a post Christmas haze which requires very little thought (or if you fancy ogling Zefron for a while) but if you are looking for anything more involving or deeper steer clear of this one. 

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