What if it's awful?  Or even worse, what if it's just Meh?

I want it to be hilarious.  I want it to be unexpected.  I want it to be a grown-up version of "Mean Girls", which I, unapologetically, saw four times in the theater.  That's right.  Four times. 

I loathe the Meh Romantic Comedies.  They're always such a disappointment.  And everything else about them is so pretty - the settings, the stars, the clothes, the characters' occupations.  I want to be able to enjoy more than just the preview. 

Pretty please? 

I cannot bear another totally cliche chase scene, probably near the end of the film, when our heroine decides to flee from it all - possibly on an airplane - and the leading man races to stop her, to explain the misunderstanding and profess his love, while some cheesy, timeworn Motown song plays in the background.

I have no idea if this happens in "27 Dresses", but it pretty much has in every other romantic comedy.

I read a blurb about the film that hinted at a bad karaoke scene, where the entire bar ends up singing along.

Egads - not the sing-a-long!  I have to run for the medicine cabinet every time "My Best Friend's Wedding" comes on TBS, and they show the sing-a-long scene.  The entire cast, singing along to a cheesy, timeworn Motown song.

Maybe I should see it, back-to-back, with "No Country For Old Men", just for some balance.  Then I can create a combination film later, in my head, like "No Country For Old Men Wearing 27 Dresses", which would be something along the lines of "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert", and carnage would be unleashed upon all who dared to participate in the sing-a-long.

I would put Javier Bardem in this:

You've all probably heard by now, Heath Ledger died yesterday.  As Golightly Girls are abysmal with the whole wallowing in sadness thing, we will go the preferred route, and remember Heath's better times, via his body of work.

He was on a Johnny Depp-like trajectory, starting his career with boppy, froofy teen stuff, and ending with a role that required Kabuki makeup (Heath plays The Joker in the upcoming Batman installation; similar look to Depp in Edward Scissorhands).  Had he kept going, we may have had the good fortune to see him in exciting pirate regalia, or singing the lead in a dark musical.  But as the world turns, we can at least remember these Faces of Heath:   

1)  10 Things I Hate About You - All scruffy and teen-angsty, with the hot Australian accent in full bloom.  Julia Stiles was powerless to resist him.

2)  The Patriot - I have to be honest, I didn't see this.  The Mel Gibson Sweeping Epic Thing had played itself out with Braveheart.  But I saw some trailers for The Patriot, and Heath looked like he held his own with his fellow Australian.  And after the whole drunk-driving arrest, we chose to forget that Heath was ever associated with that disaster.

3)  A Knight's Tale - I only watched snippets of this.  I was too annoyed with the Queen's wacky hairstyle, cheesy dialogue, and distracting rock 'n roll soundtrack.  Not even Heath in chainmail could convince me to watch the entire thing, but he looked fantastic, and absolutely believable as a Knight.

4)  Monster's Ball - He gave a phenomenal performance as the emotionally and physically abused son of Billy Bob Thornton.  And that was some good acting, because frankly, I'm pretty sure I could kick Billy Bob's ass.

5)  Brokeback Mountain - This is one of my absolute favorite movies.  Heath was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Oscar, and a whole mess of other awards, for his performance as Ennis.   And my viewing of the masterpiece was only slightly soured when *someone's* boyfriend yelled out "Those aren't pillows!" in the middle of the love scene.

6)  Casanova - The script was not good.  Heath was.

 This quote made me laugh:

"I never studied acting in Australia. I never had an empty stage and black pajamas to run around and express myself."

Since black is the color of mourning, and I do enjoy a good pair of pajamas, I will wear black pajamas in Heath's honor.

Daniel Craig is currently filming his second "Bond" movie.  If you still haven't seen "Casino Royale", run, don't walk to the video store.  Or add it to the #1 slot in your Netflix queue.  I am wary of gratuitous action films, but this one is fast-paced and exciting with a whole mess of plot twists and general intrigue.  We love intrigue.

 We also love gratuitous swimsuit scenes. 

HAPPY FRIDAY FROM THE GOLIGHTLY GIRLS! 

Ryan Reynolds is starring in the new release "Definitely, Maybe", this weekend. 

We loved him in "Two Guys, A Girl, and A Pizza Place", and watched as he Lampooned out in "Van Wilder", then completely buffed up into a ridiculously hunky dad in "Amityville Horror", which we didn't watch, as the story was disturbing and frightening. 

There is, thankfully, nothing disturbing or frightening here.

 HAPPY FRIDAY, FROM THE GOLIGHTLY GIRLS!