Recycling Hollywood

Almost everybody in the house is sick. First, it was Yaya T who got downed with fever. Then K got a bad case of cough, which would not go away. Next came E, who complained of coughs and colds, quickly followed by Baby S who is now coughing. And now it is I who's feeling bad all over.

But guess what? I've missed blogging. When I started this a few months ago, I thought how could I ever write something every single day? But now, seven days without blogging, and I've missed it like crazy! And there's been one thought that's been nagging me like crazy. Is it me or are Hollywood movies going green, recycling story ideas over and over again?

NOW
In The Ugly Truth, Katherine Heigl is a TV producer who thought she was in love with this clean-cut doctor guy but eventually fell for the hunky, no-bullshitter guy she works with, Gerard Butler.






A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO
In Someone Like You, Ashley Judd is a TV talent booker who thought she was in love with this clean-cut TV producer but eventually fell for the hunky, no-bullshitter guy she works with, Hugh Jackman.





WINNER: The Ugly Truth
Let's just be honest, Katherine and Gerard as a couple is just way hotter than Ashley and Hugh. Hugh is hot but Ashley looked like a walking stick in that movie.





NOW
In The Proposal, Sandra Bullock is an orphaned high-strung executive who proposes to Ryan Reynolds to avoid being deported to Canada. At the big wedding scene in the end, she confesses everything and tells everybody how she misses belonging to a real family.





A LOT OF YEARS AGO
In While You Were Sleeping, Sandra Bullock is an orphaned timid MRT employee who gets proposed to by a temporarily amnesiac guy, whom she's had a crush on for years but who has a brother whom she eventually falls for. At the big wedding scene in the end, she confesses everything and tells everybody how she misses belonging to a real family.





WINNER: While You Were Sleeping
Sandra and Ryan have absolutely no chemistry. And while Ryan was just as bland as Bill Pullman (the guy who she eventually falls for in Sleeping), the family ensemble at Sleeping was great: cute and competent.




Now, excuse me while I take a nap :)