Hey! I Liked It!

The Goodnight-

So, yes I'm a geek and spent my Saturday night watching movies..... alone.  It's ok people.  I'm alright with it.  Don't hate =)

I vaguely remember hearing about this movie a while back. Gwyneth Paltrow's younger brother, Jake, directed and wrote it.  I totally high five him for this film!  I really liked it.  It was odd and quirky (two of my favorite things!!!).  Honestly it was a little (I repeat a LITTLE) David 

Lynch-esque.  

The premise is a follows: Gary, a member of a one hit wonder British band (who now makes commercial jingles), is becoming disenchanted with his maudlin day to day life.  His girlfriend. Dora (Gwyneth Paltrow), is becoming boring and predictable.  One night he has a dream involving the supposed girl of his dreams (and mine), Penelope Cruz (does it really matter what her name is in the film?!?).  Gary becomes infatuated with this woman and remaining with her in the dream state with her.  He seeks out the help of the "lucid dream guru" (intelligently played by Danny DeVito), who lives his life predominantly in a dream state.

As Gary's life in dreams progresses, he begins to lose touch with the outside world.  His girlfriend Dora's (Paltrow), strangely enough,  begins to appear as Penelope Cruz's voice..... in my estimation this shows that he is not completely out of love as he thinks he is.   As his days are good and bad, Penelope's voice bounces between her own Spanish accent and Dora's.   Randomly one day while crossing the street Gary sees his "dream girl" on some bus billboard.  He's baffled because he thinks that he dreamt her up on his own...... he learns she's a model.  He confides in his best friend, who in turn surprises him with a trip to a photo shoot to meet "dream girl", who is anything but.  I personally wanted to hit her every time she said the word "cool" which was a bit excessive.  Anyway,  she and Gary go out for drinks and makes the mistake of trying to morph her into his imaginary girl.  Ultimately, she thinks he's a freak and leaves.  This becomes a reality bitch slap.  He begins to realize he can't live in his bedroom asleep and thus realizes he misses and loves Dora.  In the end having Dora become his "dream girl", but is it too late ?????

It's an unconventional love story.  I like a good oddball tale.  Oh, and Gwyneth looks TERRIBLE, which I though was fantastic!!  And of course Penelope Cruz is HOT (but in the movie seemingly shallow and stupid)... HA HA.

P.S.  A funny little tidbit...... In bed Gary is reading "Middle East Conflict For Dummies" ... love the irony. Well Done!! lol