The Reel Thing

Can a couple be the anti-Reel Thing? We realize that for many people Edward and Bella are the couple of a generation. For us, they are just one slip of the fangs away from disaster.

We’re embarrassed to admit it, but we actually enjoyed this movie. Maybe it’s because we went in with such low expectations that there was nowhere to go but up.

Who were our picks for Best and Worst Couples of 2011? Read on to find out!

Honestly, the title of the movie pretty much sums up the couple’s chances of making it. But in the interest of entertaining our loyal readers, we will delve into all the ways that a match between a woman who keeps leaving fiances at the altar and the hard-nosed journalist who’s trying to expose her probably isn’t The Reel Thing.

How many millions of dollars does it take before you can overlook a major drinking problem?

Is there a better basis for a long-lasting relationship than a false sense of nostalgia fueled by a case of bourbon? Not according to Mavis Gary.

True, Cher and Josh are not related, or even step-related any longer. But they still feel more like brother and sister than boyfriend and girlfriend, which makes them becoming boyfriend and girlfriend a bit icky.

Ferris has declared his love for Sloane and his desire to marry her. Is he for real or is this just another tricky situation that Ferris will have to wriggle out of later?

Considered one of the all-time romance classics, yet it ironically features a couple that doesn’t make it. So we are hardly breaking new ground here by saying that there is no way these two should end up together. What we can’t understand is how they ever started.

With the holidays upon us, we thought we’d take this opportunity to list a few of our favorite and not so favorite holiday films.