Movie Monday: What Love Is

14 07 2009

Woohoo! Welcome back, loyal readers, my geeks and nerds and all the rest. It’s good to be here on GlithcyGoblin.com, away from wordpress and ready to indulge in my own, unhindered blog.

That being said, sorry for the long wait, I was sick, my girl was sick, she was sick AGAIN, it goes on and on.

Anyhow, this week, I’m reviewing a movie most people hated and fewer people actually watched, a little diddy called What Love Is.

Pictured: a mediocre movie with a lot of truth and snappy dialogue. Also, it has TERRIBLE 80s movie posters. This is the NICEST one.

Pictured: a mediocre movie with a lot of truth and snappy dialogue. Also, it has TERRIBLE 80's movie posters. This is the NICEST one.

Now, my friend Jamal shows me a lot of good movies and shows. This one is no exception.

What Love Is is a movie starring Cuba Gooding Jr. (no, I don’t mean that I flutter my eyes and my heart races when I watch Pearl Harbor) that was only in ten theaters and made less money than a McDonalds in India.

That being said, the movie is very impressive, and does many things well that most movies wouldn’t DARE try. Spoilers in green, readers.

First off, the movie takes place in two rooms, a bar for less than five wordless minutes, and a front porch for less than five minutes.

Nextly, the movie takes place in three segments, one all guy segment talking about how women work, one all women segment talking about men, and a co-ed section that compiles the plot, shows you how it all works, and resolves the entire ordeal.

The dialogue has realism and truth to it, ringing true in the minds of all relationship-having viewers. It also references its own dialogue nicely, holding the movie together with it. It also uses smart segues from scene to scene, and has a wonderful message.

That being said, at movie’s end, you feel a little let down, being left hanging as to how it all resolves. But it doesn’t matter, because how it ends up isn’t the point. Is it the best movie ever? No way. Is it full of sexual jokes and cursing? Yup. Is it worth the watch? Absolutely.

It’s gotten tons of terrible reviews. Now, go watch it.

Glitchy Goblin gives ‘What Love Is’ a 6/10.


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