Raise your hand if you've seen the commercial of Drew Barrymore saying, "He MySpaced me." We thought you might have... for weeks, televisions have been plastered with ads about the release of He's Just Not That Into You. A self-help book turned into a movie is definitely an interesting concept... but we're wondering if this is the kind of flick that could encourage bad behavior rather than curb it, and if the reactions people have to the story will be like those that occurred after the viewing of another film...
The Break-Up was a movie that had men leaving theatres saying, "He was so right! She is such a drama queen!" and women saying, "She tried so hard! He never listened to what she really needed."
These films are all, at their heart, Mars vs. Venus. But are viewers supposed to learn any lessons from entertainment like this? Maybe we're reading too much into it, maybe we know just how important it is to respect the differences between men and women rather than perpetuate the stereotypes or make fun of the sexes. Laughing is healthy, but it's not funny when your love life isn't getting anywhere.
We know that movies get stuck in peoples' psyches and hold on tight - and not always in a good way. So we want to know if the idea of this movie is making you cringe, or if the commercials are making you feel like you can already relate to the characters.
→ Are you going to see the movie this weekend? If so, come back and give us your review!


1 comments:
Honestly, making a movie out of an advice book seems to completely marginalize whatever clout this book may have had (other than the fact that it's an over-used pop culture phrase that, if I'm not mistaken, started on Sex & the City) but making a movie of it essentially fictionalizes anything that may have been of merit in that book (full disclosure: I have not read it). I just hope people aren't going to see the movie, expecting to walk out with all the solutions to their relationship woes.
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