I have to admit when I saw the previews for this movie I didn’t expect much, even though I adore both Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher. But watching it, I was pleasantly surprised that there was a real storyline behind it, and it wasn’t just about hooking up. The premise is Emma (Natalie) and Adam (Ashton) keep meeting each other randomly. First when they are kids at boot camp, then when they are in college, and then as adults. This last meet cute is just about the most awkward meet up ever. He wakes up naked on her couch after a night of crazy drunken debauchery. They end up having a quickie that completely lacks emotion. She later tells him she isn’t good at relationships. Meanwhile you can tell Adam is a heart on his sleeve kind of guy so you can already tell he’s going to get his heart broken.

When Adam makes Emma a period mixed cd I about died from the cuteness. All the songs were related to bleeding, lol. “To soothe your womb.” He’s just about the sweetest thing.

Emma’s character is of course frustrating to watch because she tries to be the strong, independent type. It’s scary because I’ve been told in the past that I was “brutally independent”. I saw so much of my former self in Emma. I’m just so glad I got my crap together and let love come in. Of course in the end that is what Emma does too. It was a really cute movie and I’m glad it wasn’t raunchy or vulgar like I thought it would be.

There are a lot of movies about Vegas vacations out there, and most are mediocre at best. What Happens in Vegas was right there with them. I was disappointed too, because I love Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher. The two together didn’t have chemistry as a couple on screen at all.
For those who haven’t seen this movie, the plot is essentially that an uptight woman named Joy who goes out in Vegas after being dumped by her fiance and lets loose for once. Predictably, she meets Ashton’s character, Jack, the goof off polar opposite of herself. They get trashed, and end up married of course, because it’s Vegas, and this movie is predictable beyond belief.
The one twist in this story is that after realizing they’re married, and mutually agreeing to get the marriage annulled, one of them wins 3 million dollars with the other’s coin. At this point, since they’re married, each feels entitled to the money. The judge sentences them to 6 months of marriage and counseling. They learn that if one of them asks to get out of the marriage, the other gets to keep all the money. Insert antics and cheesy pranks aimed at pissing each other off enough that they’d want out, despite the money.

Of course this movie has the sappy parts where they realize they’re actually falling in love with each other, in spite of all their differences, and the fact that they barely know each other. I think I would have enjoyed this movie more if there had been some chemistry. Unfortunately it was way too much like Pierce Bronsan and Julieanne Moore’s bomb, Laws of Attraction. They get accidentally married in a drunken haze, they stay together under false pretenses, and surprise, they love each other. These couples also had about as much chemistry as two potatoes, therefore making me glad Netflix charges monthly and not per movie. In either case, I should have chose not interested on the Netflix suggestion box.