The Women — viral marketing video is better! (part 2)
So I went to the theater this weekend to watch this movie. Interestingly enough, there was no poster outside the theater for it. As I think about it, I realized I had not seen a commercial for it either. Just the viral marketin
g video. Hmmm… After paying $10.25 at 3:10 p.m. (isn’t that still matinee time?) I walked into a small theater of 16 people - all women of course.
As I sit through the plot, I’m almost bored to tears because I have seen this movie at least 16 times before. Wife loves husband, husband cheats on wife, wife is the last to know, wife hits rock bottom because she put everything into her husband, wife finds her own voice along with new hairstyle and wardrobe, wife becomes successful on her own terms, wife forgives husband, everyone lives happily ever after. Boooooooooo!
Why is it that only AFTER the man cheats on her, does the woman only then realize how out of control everything was and how out of touch she was with reality? Why is there never a movie where the woman has a mid-life intervention of her own and decides she wants to do better for herself, not because some man/job/(fill in the blank) has let her down? Come on! Women should be smarter than this by now. Or at least you think they would be after seeing this type of movie over and over again.
And with such a stunning cast (Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith, Bette Midler, Candice Bergan and a host of others) you think this would have been a very smart film. Apparently, some writers don’t think we are ready for a smart chick flick. Personally I can’t wait any longer, but I don’t have the time to write my own screenplay. It’s 2009 planning season, for goodness sake! So until a smart and intelligent chick flick comes along, I’m sticking to comedies and dramatic thrillers. This way I know I will be on the edge of my seat in anticipation or about to fall out of it from laughter. I think that’s enough said!
September 24th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
I saw that movie when it was called the First Wives Club, which was actually quite hilarious. Look on the bright side, though: The viral marketing campaign worked! It got to you see a sub par movie. Viral marketing: 1, Movie goers of America: 0
October 1st, 2008 at 11:17 am
“Smart chick flick”…. Right. You’ll see one of those when I’m riding a unicorn to a job I love. You should just demand your money back.
May 29th, 2009 at 11:25 am
but i enjoyed mary haines eating butter with chocolate and sugar scene XD