Friends With Benefits

I went to see Friends With Benefits today. Although I thought the trailer was cute, I really did not plan on spending money to see the movie. However after my son announced that he wanted to see Smurfs and Winnie the Pooh was unavailable, FWB became the movie for me. It was a very cute movie. There were only two people in the theater...me and a Latino guy....so we did the logical thing and watched the movie together. That made it even better. So I highly suggest going to see it with a member of the opposite sex. It'll give you plenty to chat about.

The concept of the movie is that two friends who each have gone through bad relationships and breakups decide to remain friends but have sex with each other. No emotional attachments. Yeah right. Anyone who is sexually active knows that this is nearly impossible. Not totally impossible....but nearly. Of course the dude catches feelings first....dont they always. Men are possessive. They do not want anyone being with the female that they are with....no matter what type of relationship they have with her. I've spoken to men who have gotten upset because their jumpoff was messing with someone. Their jumpoff!!!! Meaning they have someone else at home yet they are jealous over the mistress? Anyhoo I've digressed. You can spot this storyline from a mile away.......they are friends, they have sex, they catch feelings, they stop talking ..................... they get together and live happily ever after. While the storyline is predictable I still found myself choked up at the end. Yeah I cried and I felt like such a punk for doing so.  I couldnt help it. There were so many things about both of the characters that reminded me of ME.  And plus I'm a sucker for a fairy tale ending. :)

The movie stars Justin Timberlake who has the cutest ass ever. How do I know? Well they showed it about 10 times in the movie. If nudity offends you, well this is just not the movie for you lol. Its a movie about having sex with your friend so ummm yeah there is sex ... a lot of it :) Woody Harrison is also in the movie and he is one of my favorite characters. He stars as the homosexual coworker of Justin Timberlake. He is hilarious! "Dude no one wants to f*ck Obama! He has elephant ears" LOL! They definitely picked the right person to play this part.

I chuckled quite a few times throughout the movie and during the scene where the coffee is served(I dont want to tell the entire thing) I literally laughed out loud. I laughed so hard at that scene. Overall I enjoyed myself. It made me wonder about FWB. Is it a concept that could actually happen? Can you merely have sex with someone and not have any emotions attached? Sure you could, if you were a robot. Sex in itself is an emotional experience whether the male gender or female gender would like to admit it or not. Thats just the way it is but what do I know .... I'm an emotional Scorpio :)

I give Friends With Benefits a solid B-.(Official trailer below)