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Spread (2009)
Those with morals and want to avoid wasting your brain space: AVOID.
I lost a whole lot of respect for Ashton, and this movie and everyone in it and who likes it, within the first 10 minutes the movie started rolling. I'm a big Ashton fan, and this movie was the finale to an Ashton movie marathon, and boy was it a huge letdown. Not only was his acting pretty terrible (there may have been some salvation of his acting if it weren't for the lifetime- drug-addict voice he had throughout the movie), but there's zero point to this movie. The first 40 minutes are basically porn. I don't know about everyone else, but a pseudo-love story about two prostitutes falling in love is pretty pathetic, not to mention pretty morally gross. It was also entirely offensive to women, as well as men who have some sort of moral depth. The last half is the only decent half (hence the rating of 2), as it's not all raunchy sex, cocky men, and Ashton in his dumb suspenders.
Leap Year (2010)
Delightfully innocent and sweet
I absolutely adored this movie. So much so that I watched it 6 times within one week. Not because it's anything amazing or Oscar-worthy. Don't expect anything completely awe- inspiring, complex, or brilliant. It's just a simple love story. And what I really appreciate about this movie is how innocent and lighthearted it is. Kind of a breath of fresh, romantic air. Adams and Goode have amazing chemistry and perform their personalities to a T. It was really fun to watch the steady but stubborn transformation of their relationship throughout the movie. If you're a little bored by the acting in the very beginning, don't give up on it... It gets better! And it's even better the second time around.