Lars and the Real Girl

Last night I settled down to watch Lars and the Real Girl (LRG) after having watched a lousy movie (Dragon Wars aka D-War) followed by an awesome action movie (Alien vs. Predator: Requiem - Only good for the unrated version). By the time I reached LRG, I was somewhat tired of continuous action, and was intrigued by the little info I knew about LRG. All I knew was that Ryan Gosling was in it, and he turns everything to gold, as well as that the plot revolves around him buying a sex doll as a girlfriend. And that is all I will say about the plot. Beyond that the way the movie develops caught me so off guard, much like Gone Baby Gone and No Country for Old Men did, that I could not believe that this movie slipped under my radar and I only watched it based off of someone else getting it on Netflix.

So go and watch this movie.

I would also like to add how this movie added to my growing dislike for the movie Juno. Juno was a film that when I first saw, I actually liked. however, in this liking I felt the movie was very flawed, and personally felt the script was very forced in terms of much of the dialogue. After thinking about the movie later, I began compiling a list of why I actually did not like the movie. This dislike grew when it was nominated for multiple oscars, especially the Best Picture category, which I felt should have been filled by either Gone Baby Gone, Into the Wild, or several other great films. However, now having seen Lars and the Real Girl, I can safely say that I hate Juno, as it stole the limelight from LRG, which is a great film.