Airplane Reviews

We flew British Airways last weekend on our way back to the US. I had a work conference in Dallas and then will be in the States for two more weeks. It took us three tries of asking agents to help us, but we finally were able to get seats next to each other, literally right before we boarded. We got lucky because no one showed up for the seat next to us, so we had three seats to ourselves.

Lunch was a very forgettable chicken paella. I've said it before and I'll say it again. Airlines should stick with pizza and pasta. We had stocked up on cookies and snacks from the very nice, new BA lounge in Terminal 3 at Heathrow, so we weren't too bad off. I'm reading Tom Friedman's "Hot, Flat, and Crowded" now which is good so far, but didn't get too much reading done on the flight. We only slept for two or three hours the previous night, so it was hard to stay awake. We did regrettably watch two movies. Keep in mind, the selection available was not all that exciting.

JUST GO WITH IT: I'll put it very simply, and you can quote me on this, "it was about a thousand times shittier than I thought it would be". I turned it off after 15 minutes. Jenn watched the whole thing, however, and told me it didn't get any better. There are better and easier ways to see Brooklyn Decker in a bikini than sitting through this movie. Come on, Adam Sandler. You've gotten awfully lazy with your movie making.

NO STRINGS ATTACHED: My one line review for this one is, "it wasn't nearly as shitty as I thought it would be." I think they should put that one on the DVD cover. It's a familiar formula, Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman are friends, who begin a relationship that is not technically a relationship because Portman, the medical resident, fears commitment. They inevitably fall in love and are obviously going to get together in the end, but along the way, there actually are a few funny/entertaining moments. I've unfortunately seen several Ashton Kutcher movies and I find it interesting that he almost always plays a character with zero flaws. Is this ego or type-casting, I have no way of knowing. It's very hard not to like Natalie Portman. She's watchable in almost anything. I want to be clear that this is not a good movie by any stretch of the imagination, but as with all my reviews, you have to put them in the context of whether or not you would be entertained while watching on an airplane.