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