“Dear fellow movie clubbers, Happy New Year.  

I noticed something a little weird while I was watching the previews before “The Fighter” this evening (good flick, check it out if you want, but not before you see True Grit).  Anyways, as it turns out Ashton Kutcher is in a new movie.  This is unremarkable in and of itself except for the fact that the movie is called “No Strings Attached” and seems to have a plot which is basically the same as the movie “Friends With Benefits” starring Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis which is also due to be released in 2011.  See for yourself:

No Strings Attached:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubfcfs98MBw

Friends with Benefits:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0ohJyykwL8  (which actually looks substantially funnier and doesn’t have Ludacris in it)

Now, you might think this is a coincidence, however, this is the SECOND time Mr. Kutcher has done this in less than a year.  What am I talking about?  Well maybe you remember two gems from last year called “Killers” and “Knight and Day”.  Both were action rom-coms (I really hate the term Rom-Com…why do we have to fucking abbreviate everything??….hmm, maybe I’ll rant about it) about dashing but dangerous dudes who kill people and their relationship with the unsuspecting blond female counterparts.  Only difference is that one starred Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl and the other starred Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz and got shat on substantially less.

I think the really important question here is whether or not this trend is going to continue.  I mostly hope not because while I really liked “The Butterfly Effect” I’ve pretty much hated everything else Ashton Kutcher has done, and the idea that he might continue to make shitty versions of other movies is a little much for me to handle.

ps:  I recently got around to watching The Last Airbender….beyond pissed. M. Knight Shyalamariduculousmotherfuckingshitheadman made a mockery of the awesomeness that is Avatar. And what’s worse is he had the nerve to sit with the creators in an interview and talk about how much he loved the series, and wanted to make it into a great movie….jackass.”

rant by Luke (showing some major holiday spirit by still wearing his holidaypants in July.  Okay nevermind this is my bad, he wrote this on January 2 and I am just posting it now … I blame work.)