"Valentine's Day" - Show love, not VD

I'm strictly opposed to people calling Valentine's Day "V-Day," because that's simply too close to "VD" and yesterday someone's Facebook status said, "Enjoy your 'VD' and pass it on." Ergo, I'll now spell out this holiday until I can no longer spell.

In other news, despite the fact that it seemed most film critics would rather have actually contracted their own cases of VD than sit through the movie "Valentine's Day," I have to say that I really enjoyed it.

Sure, it's totally cheesy and definitely unrealistic, but who cares? It's exactly what I wanted it to be, and Jennifer Garner epitomizes the perfect woman (for me...I don't know about you...set your own standards), and sure we've all seen way too much of both Taylor's - Swift and Lautner - but honestly they do a great job of portraying what it's like to be teenagers in love for the first time. Granted the Jessica's in the movie - Alba and Biel - are both pretty bad, mostly because they're not that talented, but they're nice to look at. And Julia Roberts is endearing as herself. And Patrick Dempsey is loathsome as himself. Sorry to you folks who love you some Dr. McDreamy but, for reasons I can't totally explain, whenever I see Dempsey I want to Dr. McPunchhisface. Oddly enough, however, for the first time since "Dude, Where's My Car?" I actually didn't want to man-slap Ashton Kutcher. He's not bad in this.

Just like "Love Actually," this romantic comedy tries very hard to be as much as it can be, and it doesn't really succeed on any deep level, which is why if you don't expect too much from it you'll have a great time. And, honestly, that's sort of like the actually holiday of Valentine's Day. If you look at it as a litmus test for completeness you'll always be disappointed.

I refuse to be one of those people who's cynical about Valentine's Day because there's no reason to not take a day and celebrate love in some form. Sure Valentine's Day is better with a partner but so is every other day, right? Even if you're single, it can be an excuse to have fun in some form or fashion instead of sulking around and feeling sorry for yourself because that's just selfish, which love isn't.

So, to sum up this post, go see "Valentine's Day," don't be cynical, and don't get VD.

You're welcome.