Going the Distance (2010)

Load of rubbish!!

Just perfect...

Awesome Movie

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

This movie was trash. It can be summed up by the one conversation where one of the friends admits to sucking his own d*ck. That is the beginning of the downhill rubbish included in this movie that's supposedly romantic. Two people meet (over an old style video game in a shop) and that is meant to be the basis for a great romance? People swearing constantly and talking about dry hump8ing? Rubbish movie deserves a negative rating rather than a 1.

I usually like Drew Barrymore, but this one was just way too so-so/average to work. Drew Barrymore and Justin long play romantic leads here, their chemistry is just alright, let's just say that they aren't a couple I'd be compelled to pull for, didn't really matter to me whether they stayed together or not in the end. It's not really that Barrymore or Long are bad actors or that they give poor performances, it's just that the two of them put together in a romantic way doesn't work all that well, couldn't buy it. And also the other big issue with the film is the lack of good comedy, it's just not funny. There are a lot of jokes and lines that are supposed to be funny, but in my opinion they aren't even mildly amusing. The script is pretty average too, the dialogue isn't that creative, very predictable and bland. That actually is the one word I'd use to describe this whole movie. BLAND. Honestly there were just two things i liked about this film, Christina Applegate and Drew Barrymore. I enjoyed seeing both of these actresses because I'm fans of both, but that really is the extent of the positives here. 4/10.

If I could give a movie a solid 5/5 stars simply for one song played in the movie, this would be that film. But, sadly, the song in question, "Half of Something Else" by The Airborne Toxic Event, is so wrongfully buried in the second half of the credits.I remember watching Going the Distance a long while back and I did something I rarely do: stay through to the end of the credits. No, I wasn't looking for that annoying 10-minute wait to see three-extra-seconds in a Marvel movie. I generally do that in movies that I truly love and had an extreme, though positive, emotional time with. Luckily, I did here, since I caught the song that would truly become one of my all-time favorites.Upon this second viewing, now on a BluRay I purchased, I still did have a blast and loved a ton of it. Unfortunately, it didn't hold up a hundred percent well for me, but I still had a great time with the cast, lines and over-all soundtrack – and not just for that Airborne song.With only weeks left before Erin has to leave the state and move back to the other coastline, she begins a pitch-perfect relationship with the supposedly noncommittal Garrett. As that ended at the airport, Garrett does, in fact, become committal and they begin a long-distance relationship. We all know where that's headed…Okay, the script had some minor issues and the originality wasn't prime, but damn, any problems Going the Distance had was severely trumped by the comedy, depth, side-cracking/side-characters, (again) great music and overall: the deadpan delivery of lines and chemistry between the leads.It's not groundbreaking, but of the two times I've seen this, I did burst out laughing more than several times and fell in love again. Definitely worth a watch, especially for Justin Long and Drew Barrymore fans.* * * Final thoughts: I've been meaning to watch this one again for a long time. I've never forgotten about that song, "Half of Something Else," but when it recently played again on my car MP3 player, that was enough for me to revisit this film and…to hit repeat a few times for the song during my drive.

After getting dumped by his girlfriend, Garrett go goes out with his roommate Dan and best friend Box, there talk to him about what just happened. Garrett walks away he goes and ends up interrupts Erin on a game, she gets crossed the two start have a talk and end up playing a pub game, which leads to going back to Garrett's place and have a night of passion. The next morning Erin tries to sneak out of the bedroom but Garrett catches her and she ends up going out for breakfast with him. They both have a heart to heart talk with where it will go now, was it a one night stand or do there have more in common then there think. So start the six week relationship fling, there so happy together but the end of the of the six weeks, Erin flies back to San Francisco there make it a long distance relationship. A few months past and thanksgiving comes around Garrett goes all out to look great for Erin, he meets her with a surprise it goes from good to bad, Erin's sister Corinne (Applegate) is horrified what she seen and from there doesn't seem to care for Garrett. After a talk with a co-worker he gets advice what to do and he tries but it goes downhill. Erin life gets changed not able to get the job back in New York she goes for an interview in San Francisco, In April she hears that a job is opened up in San Francisco but she really wants to be in New York with Garrett, when she goes and meets him back in New York she burst out she may live in San Francisco and asks him to move to San Francisco but he tells her he rang up music companies but nothing. A few months later Garrett travels to San Francisco where Corinne tells him some home truths Garrett tells Erin to live her life where she is now. But either of them what it but there make the call and 6 months of both been single, Garrett sends her tickets to the band there both first saw together getting emotional, she goes and Garrett turns up and Erin is really happy and it looks like there may end up together again