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Maybe it’s a sign that I’m watching the wrong shows, but it seems like every time I turn on the TV there’s an ad for this movie Nights In Rodanthe starring Richard Gere and Diane Lane (re-paired after playing troubled spouses in Unfaithful, which reminds me, Richard Gere’s final scene in that movie was hilarious.) Anyway, the movie looks like one of those fake trailers from Tropic Thunder but for a mid-life romance movie. Diane Lane? Check. A second chance at love that lasts forever? Check. A wisecracking African American best friend? Check. After seeing the TV spots at least 40 times in the past week, it seemed like the entire movie might consist of Diane Lane and Richard Gere running around frolicking on the beach with horses and talking about how their love changed their lives, for two hours. But no, here’s the extended trailer, which reveals the entire plot of the movie and the fact that it co-stars James Franco (What?):
“I made that. It’s to keep special things safe.” “Who keeps you safe?” GAG. Here’s a Nights In Rodanthe drinking game: Drink every time someone says “make love.”
Now that all that is out of the way, guess what else looked lame and ended up being a cathartic heartbreaking sobfest instant classic and was by the same author who wrote Nights In Rodanthe? The fucking Notebook. So all bets are off. I will be seeing Nights In Rodanthe on opening weekend. But if anyone asks, it’s because I’m a James Franco completist.
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Being a James Franco completist made me watch THE APE
Determined to write the next great American novel, family man Harry Walker (James Franco, also directing his feature film debut) leaves his job as a corporate scrub, moves out of his house and rents an apartment to help him focus. But when he unexpectedly discovers he has a roommate — a trash-talking gorilla with an affinity for Hawaiian shirts — Harry’s plans go down the drain.
CORRECTION: Being a James Franco completist made me Netflix THE APE, fall asleep 15 minutes in and return it the next morning. Sorry, Franco.
i’d watch anything with james franco! except maybe that ape movie….
i’m really offended by richard gere’s aging…. he’s perpetually richard-gere-in-pretty-woman in my eyes.
I will watch the shit out of that on Starz.
I don’t understand why you EVER questioned whether this was worth paying 12 bucks for to see opening night. There are wild horses on a beach with Diane Lane. Wild horses on the beach! That was enough for me.
Mayonegg? Is that her??
Christopher Meloni! Lindsay, you’re missing the most important stuff in these things.
I will never NOT want to bang Diane Lane. Ever.
Oh God I watched The Ape too. Then I got all jealous when he bangs his boss in it. Then I turned it off.