Trainwreck

31st August 2015 at 10:45, Bolton

I had been told by a couple of good friends how funny Trainwreck was, so I could not help but be a little apprehensive before entering the cinema.  Would it pass the 6 laugh test? Why was it so funny? 

With an unlikeable main character and dull and uninteresting love interest, Trainwreck didn't have much going for it for me.  

Amy and her sister are given a motto at an early age by their cheating father, "Monogomy isn't realistic".  One sister (Amy) takes this motto on and lives by it well into her 30's, whilst the younger sister decides to ignore this and marries a happy go-lucky, slightly weird chap with an intelligent kid.  The film pokes fun at this family with respect of Amy's views. (The film is seen from Amy's perspective, with her relationship hating persona.  

Now, don't get me wrong, both Clare enjoyed the film, but for me it barely scraped towards the 6 laugh threshold sneaking in a good belly laugh near the conclusion involving a trampoline and a basketball net, but the raucous laughfest I was expecting never arrived. 

When we left the cinema our usual talk about the film we had just seen didn't happen, we had forgotten it by the lobby.  I am sure in the right crowd with a few tipples, Trainwreck could be a good giggle on DVD, but for me it was a little bit of a self titular film.

Am I getting old?

Oh, I loved the Matthew Broderick cameo and think the Lebron James was great, see, there were some good bits in it

....and one more thing, if you are going to make a chick flick and make us guys take our good ladies to see these films, they need a little eye candy...Amy Schumer.....far from Rachel Lee Cook!