I found this article posted on Rolling Stone discussing He's Just Not That Into You. Looking back at Tina's earlier post, I found the contrasting points made in the two articles to be interesting and pretty funny. While the article in the Hollywood Reporter describes He's Just Not That Into You as having a "stronger undercurrent of realism", Rolling Stone finds the film to be completely unbelievable. Both of these sources make extreme points and I can't seem to side with either. According to Rolling Stone, this film portrays women as pathetic, desperate individuals who will do anything to get attention from their male counter parts. So, is it real or is it completely exaggerated?
I saw the movie this weekend and my opinion lies somewhere in between those of the Hollywood Reporter and Rolling Stone. Although I'm a sucker for a good "chick-flick", this story does portray women as being desperate in the modern dating world, but to be honest, that is sometimes the case. Although not all women are planning their lives around when their love-interest will call, some women definitely fall on the extreme end of the spectrum and do partake in the behavior shown in the film. I don't think the movie serves to completely bash women altogether, however it definitely accentuates the sensitivity of some women in pretty typical dating situations and does so in a negative light.
The Valentine's Day weekend release date was perfect and gave women a light-hearted film to allow them to laugh at the ridiculousness that plays out in many romantic situations. As we learned earlier in the semester, the act of going to the movies is so great because it allows the viewer to step out of their own shoes for a little while and into those of the characters without feeling ashamed or embarrassed about relating to the situations played out in the plot. So is this new romantic-comedy with a focus on stress, rejection, and compulsive behavior? Or was this new spin on the traditional chick-flick a complete bust?
2 comments:
I think this review in the Rolling Stones is hilarious because I totally disagree with Peter Travers. The points that he makes to prove how unrealistic the movie is only make it sound more depressingly real to me. Women are desperate and love to live in denial when it comes to men and dating. Sorry to be harsh on my own kind but we can be magnificently delusional sometimes. My older sister has plenty of friends that have been strung along in relationships in the vague hope of marriage for years now. Outright denial is so much more comforting than the dating world for a 28-year old woman.
I love the comment on the review where the girl says she left the movie feeling even more depressed about her relationship issues.
I do agree with Travers about one thing though-"License to Wed". Horrible. Just really, really horrible.
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