Still haven't seen Red. Either he's avoiding me or he was making an effort to try to see me before. Either way it doesn't really matter because I haven't changed any of my normal routine in effort to avoid him. I'm back to enjoying being by myself (for the time being anyway). And due to that I don't have anything in particular to whine about. Heh. Give me a few days, I'm sure something will come up. So I'll do some movie reviews, those are always fun. Especially when the movie is a piece of [redacting redacted].
He's Just Not That Into (Boring Stereotypical Drivel)
I have absolutely no excuse for watching He's Just Not That Into You. And just to be clear, my bitterness about the absurdity of this movie was alive and well before I was stood up, so that has nothing to do with it. :) My friend and I figured it was going to be bad, so I guess maybe we watched to see just how bad it would be. We were both disgusted pretty early on, but too lazy to turn it off so we muscled through. I kind of wish we hadn't.
It's no wonder guys have this image of women as being desperate, pathetic emotional wrecks that become parasites when a little attention is paid them. All the main female characters in movies like this are written that way! The only one who was halfway normal was Jennifer Aniston's character, and she only got what she wanted because she was willing to give it up. What? I suppose you could turn it around and say well in the end he actually gave up what he wanted, but at least in terms of this movie he didn't seem to mind it and only decided to do it after losing her. But anyway, the point of it for me is this: This movie was crap. I don't have any female friends even remotely like the main female character. I never have. Even the girls who could never be alone and were always chasing boyfriends never acted like she does. Maybe the group of girls and women I've known is an anomaly but it was pretty aggravating to watch her. Then again, maybe there are women out there like that, and it's really just that I know I would never act that way that I was so irritated by her actions. She was completely devoid of self-respect and only gained it through, of course, a guy. Who she only starting liking (as more than a friend) after realizing he liked her. LAME. The only good thing was that all the women were self-sufficient in every other way. I realize this movie was supposed to be cute and fun and more about the drama that occurs between men and women in all stages of relationships, but it just could have been so much better. Selling this perpetuating stereotype of desperate women on the basis of "it was inspired by a line from sex and the city" makes me hate it even more.
And not for nothing, it didn't really portray any of the men in a great light either. One was a cheater, one was just kind of a dick and the other two were just eh. All in all? Out of 5 stars this gets 1/2 of one. And only because Justin Long is cute.
Strictly (Hardly Anything) Sexual
Ok, I fully disclose my reason for watching Strictly Sexual: I thought there was going to be some soft porn. I'd never heard of it and by the title and description: "Two successful women, sick and tired of dating and relationships, decide to keep two young men in their pool house for strictly sexual purposes" I thought I was in for a little look-see.
I was wrong.
[Just like the time I bought a movie called Mezmerized at the grocery store for $1.00. The description was: An orphaned New Zealand girl marries an older, wealthy businessman and learns to deal with his strange sexual desires.
Turns out he was a peeping tom.
SERIOUSLY? That was a definite waste of 94 minutes. It was insane of me to expect more for a period drama set in the Victorian era and made in the 80s that I paid $1 for but still. There is a dark, twisted underworld to those Victorians. I'm sure of it. But I digress.]
This movie was just ok. Aside from the fact that only one of the women was successful, the other one was just born rich, it ended up being just another relationship drama but with a different kind of start. (Though the way it ends isn't that bad...) The girls thought they were picking up male prostitutes, the guys thought two hot girls were hitting on them. Hilarity ensues. Except it didn't. The only thing that really stuck out was the one chick was bad in bed and knew it, and ended up having the guy try to teach her how to enjoy it. One of their sex scenes, which was shot from the neck up, was so awkward it started to make me anxious (because of course I put myself in her position). But I'm pretty sure I'm going to do more than just lie there, so I guess there's that. I've never been in a passionate relationship (obviously) but I think the other couple's portrayal of chemistry that just doesn't work was pretty good.
Out of 5 stars this gets 2. Really 5-3 because the title and description are total misleads.
Can someone please write a movie about a somewhat normal 30something female virgin who is looking but not desperate? Or is that too anti-stereotypical to bring in the bucks? Hello? Indie world?
6 comments:
i too was not impressed with he's just not that into you. i didn't the other movie. well they did a movie bout a 40 year old male virgin, so maybe they just might do a movie bout a 30 something year old female virgin...
LOL...how weird is it that we both wrote about "He's Just Not That Into You"? Looks like we had the same impression.
You know what? An indie flick about a cool, independent virgin who unexpectedly finds love WOULD make a very cool movie...maybe it's a matter of writing it?
Or perhaps the female virgin meets a guy she likes, goes through a doomed relationship where she loses her virginity, breaks up with the guy and the movie ends on some kind of optimistic note where she goes about her life a little happier.
Oh, could have fun with this!
"He's Just Not That Into You" was a better book than it was a movie. I even watched a few episodes of the short-lived Greg Behrendt Show. I truly enjoyed reading the book a few years ago, but the movie was God awful. I think that's what happens when you have too many big stars in one picture.
Like you Queen Vee, I've known many desperate girls (mainly in college), but nothing like the main character. Nobody in that movie is based on anything real, but then again that's a big reason why many of us see the big movies - to lose ourselves in a fantasy. Our stories would definitely make for good Indie fodder. Sundance? Cannes? Toronto?
I often do walk around the bookstore or attend the movies wondering if a story like mine will ever be told to the mainstream audience. What would they think?
I can identify myself with the desperate protagonist in 'he's not that into you'... I did obsess that much over some guy at some point in my past...I stocked him and called him and dropped it until he completely ignored me. I cried too. Really unhealthy. Happened only once. Thankfully I am not as creepy anymore. As hollywood as that movie was, it did give me some sort of inspiration for some hopeful thinking... at least it was comforting too see that that level of psychosis exists in other people's stories. She ends up finding someone at the end, that is the only thing that didn't match with my story hehe... sadly. I agree, I also think someone ought to write something about a 30 something, never had a boyfriend, virgin woman that is not necessarily degrading or pictured as pathetic. Maybe It could help other people see that we're not weird people. We're women too.
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He's Just Not That Into You - Couldn't agree with you more. What really pisses me off is that the book is good. The problem lies in the fact that the book tells you that you are not the exception to the rule whereas in the movie, everyone is an exception. Everyone gets what they want. It keeps women disillusioned.
As for the call for good normal female virgin movies, let me know when you find one.
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