13 GOING ON 30 (fun and flirty edition)

let me start out with reminding that this is one of my fiancees movies the film stars marvels Elektra, the latest incredible Hulk, and Gollum and somehow not Hector Elizondo. Seriously i dont know who he would play but i just feel he should be in this somewhere. its kind of a mix a freaky Friday and big where a young girl (13 as the title suggests) wishes she was 30 (an odd request) and wakes up as herself in the future. the begging of the film has great 80's fashion and lingo, was anybody outside an 80's movie ever called "dorkus". when as a 13 year old her parents bust in on her and i cant help but thinking Ed Bagley Jr should have played the dad. Another plot point that i feel is only a movie thing, and i wasn't a cool kid and did go to the cool kid parties so i could be wrong but do people really play 7 minutes in heaven? it sounds creepy and dangerously close to date rape. i got a kick out of the fact that the most recent issue of the magazine Jennifer Garner works for has jennifer lopez on he cover (jlo had a much publicised break up with ben aflek who later went on to marry garner). The movie has a great 80's pop soundtrack except at one point they play why cant i by liz phair which is a modern song. there is a big party scene where it turns out half the party goers know the thriller dance and can perform it perfectly. Amazon doesn't sell a book titled Magazine publishing for dummies but does have Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Magazine Articles and that's close enough. Jennifer Garner is actually really good in the film however during her big emotional sales pitch her nipples are poking through her shirt and that takes you out of the moment, not a bad moment just to a different one. also there is the scene where she is as a grown up attending a party with a bunch of 13 year olds. what was that front door moment like "hi i am a gown woman and i am here to hang out will all these kids that's not weird at all. there was one holy shit moment when i realized the taxi driver is jim gaffigan! there also an alternate opening and ending where the kids are played by much worse actors.