Forgetting Sarah Marshall & Knocked Up

Did I ever tell you about my soft spot for Paul Rudd? He just looks so cute and pathetic, like a sad little puppy. It must have been something about his memorable performance in Clueless. Anyway, today, I have two movies to review that feature the now more mature Mr. Rudd:

Movie #1:

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Movie #2:

Knocked Up

Considering how I found Superbad to be, well... super bad, I was surprised by the level of entertainment I extracted from these two films. Honestly, I'm not sure there's much to be said about these two movies. Both are these coming of age stories about adult men who act like children, and at first, both main characters are horribly, horribly annoying. But slowly, they become more human and really start to grow on you. And of course, the sappy sweet endings that make these non-traditional romantic comedies great.

However, I would like to ask again, why in Hollywood, is it acceptable for super hot women to be dating unkempt, non-self-sufficient, semi-loser guys? I don't want to turn uber-feminist here, but really? Aside from obvious examples of hideous rock stars with beautiful women, do these things happen? And that's not even a good example since rock stars are supposedly successful in some way, where as these guys are really not. Or maybe this is the male equivalent of the Bridget Jones dream: to be a complete mess of a person, and yet some attractive, successful member of your preferred gender will still fall in love with you, just the way you are. I guess we all need some of that delusion/hope.