I promised myself that when I started this blog that I would stay positive - breezy even...
So here are the positive things about The Hangover (this week's Movies for Mommies screening - and in fairness to them, they don't pick the movies, the theatre does...):
1. There is a cute baby in this movie.
That's about all I can come up with.
I loathe movies like this because if you are a woman and you criticize a movie like this - one that has received critical acclaim, has been called the "sleeper" hit of the summer - then you are seen as taking things too seriously, that you have no sense of humour or irony or you are just outright prudish.
Well, too bad. You can call me all of those because I'm pretty sure this is the most misogynistic movie to come out in a long time and it reminds all of us downtown mamas why it's important to keep feminism alive and kicking.
So, let's see, the lessons that women should take away from this movie are as follows:
1. Women should just stay at home and look pretty and dream about weddings (I mean, that's what we all do, right?) while their men go to party with strippers and hookers in Las Vegas.
2. Women should never question why their men might be interested in a bachelor party in Las Vegas or said men will leave you for a hooker who is a stripper as was the case in this movie.
3. Strippers and hookers (or in the case of the Heather Graham character - both) are actually interested in men and will of course marry the first loser to pay any attention to them.
Are you getting the picture yet?
Oh, and lest you think this is just insulting to women, please be sure to include in the list of groups insulted, gays, animals, all people who aren't white and oh yeah, babies, which was evidenced in a seen that I find beyond disgusting in which the "boys" make the baby mimic masturbation. I should have walked out right there. I don't know why I didn't. Isn't this some form of child abuse?
By the end of the movie all is well - main guy gets married (of course) and Bradley Cooper guy (I don't care how good looking you are Bradley Cooper... you suck for making this movie) is seen with his 8 year old son in his arms reminiscing about the boys' "crazy" weekend. Something about the image of him holding his son - suggesting maybe that the tradition of the bachelor party would live on in the next generation - made me want to burn my nursing bra on the spot (ok, not really, I really need my nursing bra). But you know what I mean...
Can someone explain to me how this movie got good reviews and why it did so well at the box office?
If you haven't seen it, please keep in mind that I have already told you the only redeeming quality of the film - the cute baby. And further keep in mind, I have included a picture above of said cute baby. This means, if you are keeping up, that you no longer have to see the movie.
So there.
I promise to be happier in the next posting.
The only guy I know who didn't like this movie is not North American. He wrote me after seeing it, something about how if 30-something men acting like immature idiots passes for humour here... yadda yadda. Said man is also only 31. Hmmmmm...
ReplyDeletex
Well at least you chose to pay to see this and so did many others. How about all our hard earned tax dollars that, whether we like it or not, are funding films that are basically pornos trussed up as "docs"...but they are so crappy even the porn guys don't want them (!). Oh and the aspiring "director"? He never becomes Norman or Atom...I assure you. He/She laughs about all the free cash he/she got to watch people do insane things for a few months and then applies again and again because he/she clearly knows how to say the right things on his/her application. He/She has that part down.
ReplyDeleteMoney well spent?
Bill C-10, anyone?
Note: No, I am not implying the fimmaker is a tranny...I am just aware that the abuse is not exclusive to the male gender.
Sorry, I thought it was funny :)
ReplyDeleteIn fairness, Anonymous, I would have seen a remake of Benji The Hunted had this been offered for this week's screening so it's not entirely fair to assume this was totally of free will on my part.
ReplyDeleteI would have *much preferred some of that Canadian porn you speak of (which movie is that btw?)...
And I don't really see a lot of Canadian directors laughing these days about all of that free cash they're getting from the taxpayers but maybe you're more well connected than I am.
In any event, thanks for your comment. Keep reading Mr. Harper!
:)