Hitch-ed

"Never lie. But if you have to, lie in the arms of the one you love"

This line is now officially the most corniest ever line that I have heard in a movie. It actually beats, "Mere pass maa, tantex underwear aur baniyan hai!" by a mile and a half in terms of its sheer cheesiness. But when Will smith says it, you don't actually puke on the one in the seat before you (which is ideally the reaction it deserves). You smile to yourself and wait for his next antic. Because, like Shahrukh, that's something about him, his presence, that fills the screen and exudes a charm that holds your attention. Without him, I am sure the movie, "Hitch" would have fallen flat on the ground.

Hitch is a perfect date movie - the reasons being the following:

• Firstly, it's a romantic movie - No, not like the ones where the hero saves america and also falls in love or not even like the ones where they do something else (like being a sports agent for example) and fall in love for a past time. This guy is a date doctor and gives you valuable advice every minute of the movie - true value for money. All they talk about in the movie is love.
  
• Has few of those mildly embarrasing moments - No, not the ones when the guy can't stop laughing and the girl can't stop glaring at him. But the cute ones where both of them laugh, but the guy laughs a trifle louder than the girl as if he sees more in the joke than her.
• Has quite a few of those moments that you know, she knows stuck a chord close to your personal lives. But you don't acknowledge it openly by a nod or a giggle but stare at the screen and smile to yourself and catch the other person doing the same thing through the corner of your eye.
• Is leisurely paced and has a lot of forgettable moments strategically placed where you can share a coke, private joke, a giggle or a slap.
• Leaves enough frivolous nothings for you two to discuss and disagree on as you walk with her till her door on that one road with a huge tree and an old street light and definitely has something for that one moment when you catch her eye as you shake her hand before your turn around, do your jive when you know she's in.
  

The only thing that's missing is that one moment in the end - the one "You complete me" (Jerry Maguire), "The crinkle on your forehead" (When harry met sally), "I so wished it was you" (You have got mail) or at least, the Eww... "you jump, I jump!" (you know what!) - that one moment when there's a lump in your throat, and her hand in yours which would have taken this movie definitely a couple of notches higher.

And yeah, barring Hitch's sistine chapel, Timmerson (??) - the rest of the supporting cast is a total let down, a bunch of zombies sleep walking on a million dollar canvas. The heroine is among the last benchers in the acting department. But frankly, I don't mind that at all :)

Before I end, FYI, I went for this movie with my manager. Amazing person, lovely company. But HE is a gender and a million miles away from a 'date'!