We're Just Not That Into The Soundtrack

He's Just Not That Into You, the movie based on the internationally best selling book by Sex & The City writers Greg Behrendt and Liz Tucillo, is released in the UK next week (6 Feb).

I've been looking forward to this film for the following reasons:

• I love a rom-com/chick flick, but only if they're well made. I draw the line at something like Coyote Ugly, because it was utter shit.
  
• Greg Behrendt and Liz Tucillo are responsible for writing some of the wittiest and most original dialogue to appear on television (for Sex & The City).
  
• The book was mildly amusing.
• All-star ensemble casts are my favourite - this one includes Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Scarlett Johansson and Jennifer Connolly.

By the looks of it, we're in for a well-acted, well-written treat, which won't be stretching my grey matter or bothering awards voting academies any time soon (that's a good thing by the way - there's only so much earnest cinema one can take, surely)

He's Just Not That Into You trailer:

BUT the soundtrack looks dire. The tracklisting reads like a dreadful compilation aimed at those who buy their music in Asda. Corinne Bailey Rae... Maroon 5... James Morrison... Keane...The worst Cure song ever recorded... Oh, and a bit of The Ting Tings and Lily Allen shoehorned in to give it some 'edge'. As if all that wasn't bad enough, someone told Scarlett Johansson she was allowed to sing again.

He's Just Not That Into You - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
1. Corinne Bailey Rae - I'd Like To
2. My Morning Jacket - I'm Amazed
3. The Human League - Don't You Want Me
4. R.E.M. - Supernatural Superserious
5. Tristan Prettyman - Madly
6. Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
7. The Black Crowes - By Your Side
8. Wilco - I Must Be High
9. James Morrison - You Make It Real
10. Maroon 5 - If I Never See Your Face Again
11. The Replacements - Can't Hardly Wait
12. The Ting Tings - Fruit Machine
13. Lily Allen - Smile
14. Keane - Somewhere Only We Know
15. Erin McCarley - Love, Save The Empty
16. The Cure - Friday I'm In Love
17. Scarlett Johansson - Last Goodbye

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...