Yuck.

[apocalypsos]

[Poll #1334154]

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[spyderqueen.livejournal.com]

I actually do not mind the "He's Just Not That Into You" one because god knows I know chicks who could SERIOUSLY use that lesson. The other two, ARGH.

[dhaunea.livejournal.com]

This.

[timba.livejournal.com]

I remember when the book came out and there was this huge collective "ReaLLY?"

and I find myself wondering yet again how women have made it this far in their lives without this occurring to them.

[madripoor-rose.livejournal.com]

I've voting for Confessions of s Shopaholic. I still haven't seen the trailer, but I wanted to slap every single character in the book.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

[madripoor-rose.livejournal.com]

Yup. Every bit as selfish and rewarded idiocy as I remember from the book. Definitely skip this one.

[palmetto.livejournal.com]

Sterile, or impotent?

[angry-geologist.livejournal.com]

I'm going with "syphilitic penis disintegration" myself.

[palmetto.livejournal.com]

Ooooh. Yes, please!

[medie]

Can their penises shrivel up and rot off while we're at it? Cause, YEAH.

[esorlehcar.livejournal.com]

You forgot The Ugly Truth (http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/theuglytruth/). I will never understand how expecting men to act like grown-ups is considered misandrist, but shit like this is just telling it like it is.

[hannahrorlove.livejournal.com]

Jeez, I couldn't even get through the whole thing there. None of the others managed that.

[shadowpoet89.livejournal.com]

I just threw up in my mouth a little. I think the worst part is the fact that he obviously doesn't respect her, even though she's his boss, for pete's sake.

I wish I could unsee that and pretend it didn't exist. The "ugly truth" my ass. Damn, for such a short trailer it pissed me off a helluva lot.

[esorlehcar.livejournal.com]

I got this in the theatre, before Milk. Because, you know, movies about fighting against prejudice and trying to make a better world should always be proceeded by as much offensive, stereotypical shit as possible.

[darcydodo]

I hate Hollywood and hope every male studio executive goes sterile.

Actually, I think the trailer for that one would be pretty good.

[darcydodo]

Also, I think I've only seen the trailer for Bride Wars, but it was so dreadful that I don't think the others could seriously be worse.

[hannahrorlove.livejournal.com]

Is The 40-Year-Old Virgin the only movie to come out of Hollywood in the last twenty years where the main male character was rewarded for being an adult and the rest were punished for acting like kids?

If so, why aren't people focusing on the message that's treating men, instead of yelling about Firefly and capital letters?

[azurelunatic]

On the up side, my friends complaining about movie trailers has led to a novel slapping me upside the head. I think it's Book 3 in the Cracked Phoenix trilogy, even.

[teenygozer.livejournal.com]

I was gonna go with Bride Wars but saw choice #4 and jumped for it.

Confessions doesn't bother me the way Bride Wars does--somehow I feel there's a sense of humor about the proceedings in a way there isn't in Bride Wars--and He's Just Not seems to have a theme that some a couple of friends of mine could learn from.

[emella.livejournal.com]

There's no all of the above? :(

[honorh.livejournal.com]

Bride Wars sounds appalling. I haven't seen the rest of the trailers, but just on general principles, He's Just Not etc. sounds like it might be needed by some. Honestly, the number of girls who complain about guys using them as booty calls who then go on to sleep with the guy next time he calls is appalling. I read a column--think it was "Savage Love"--in which a woman said she went on a date with a guy, he came back to her apartment, and she gave him a blowjob. Then he buckled up and left. So she went on another date with him and gave him yet another blowjob. Again, he buckled up and left. She said she didn't understand his behavior, and should she keep seeing him? Well, duh! You've just taught him that he can get head out of you with the price of a date. Until you demand more, he'll keep treating you that way.

Okay, ranting, but still. Actually, the way some women treat themselves is more appalling than the way any male treats them. Who, for example, is seeing these movies? Men only see them on a date with a woman who insist on the latest in the Shallow, Materialistic Women Give Their Gender a Bad Name series. These movies will keep being made as long as they make profits, and that's only the fault of the women who keep paying to see them.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

My big problem with the He's Just Not That Into You is that when all of these female characters are all being silly and stupid and in need of a smack upside the head, it's a guy who teaches them that they're being idiots about it. Which, yes, they are, but having a man be the one to tell all these women how not to be buffoons about guys and act like intelligent adults for a change grates on my nerves during a three-minute trailer, so I can't imagine how irritated the movie would make me feel. It reminds me of a brainier version of the Ugly Truth trailer, another "boys know better, honey" kind of movie. It might be a good movie, but that angle hits a nerve with me.

And ... yeah, I really wish there wasn't an audience for movies like this. I cringe every time I see the posters for them at my local theater.

[honorh.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on that. I wish women would pay attention to other women when they say, "Honey, that guy you keep hooking up with? Loser!"

[scary-being-me.livejournal.com]

To be fair; when I want advice on dealing with a woman; I ask a woman.

I haven't seen the trailers (no TV).

[slashfairy.livejournal.com]

oh.dear.god.

*shakes head*

[scary-being-me.livejournal.com]

Why are you hating on just the guys?

The women in Hollywood are equally at fault.

[misachan.livejournal.com]

The first time I saw the Bride Wars trailer I pretended it was actually a movie about the grooms, who realize half-way through that they're only marrying these materialistic, shallow crazy people because marrying "best friends" give them an excuse to be around each other. The movie ends with the two of them deciding they can't go through with this farce and marry each other.

It helped dull the pain.

[aramuin.livejournal.com]

I did something similar, except I (and my friend who was in the seat next to me) wound up with the fandom cliche idea that the two brides are actually in love with each other, don't realise it and are blowing the whole thing out of proportion to a) prove they're not actually wishing they could run away with each other and b) their (het) wedding is sooo much more important than their friendship.

We concluded that they'd fail, run away on whichever honeymoon trip happened first and live happily ever after.

...then decided it was more Hollywood that they'd have a shared wedding.

[ficangel.livejournal.com]

Yes, please, and can we add New In Town to that list?