Comments on: You know what there aren’t a lot of?

By: Melissa (Meliabella)

Melissa (Meliabella) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:29:19 +0000

AMEN Jill! I read his review this morning and couldn't believe how he ripped that movie apart. I loved it. It was so nice to see the show come to a proper close. :) I know you'll like it too. Melissa (Meliabella)s last blog post..A Child-Free Evening…

By: Marie

Marie — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 06:17:59 +0000

I am also irritated by the assumption that if one is part of the target audience one is de facto a fan of the movie. I am part of the target audience for Sex and the City and have no interest in seeing it (never have watched the show, not my cup of tea). The implication that somehow all women will be interested in seeing a "chick flick" is insulting. Maries last blog post..I'm It

By: Harriet

Harriet — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:08:38 +0000

I had no idea that Alan Rickman was in Die Hard. I'm going to have to check it out! Harriets last blog post..All’s fair

By: Marilee J. Layman

Marilee J. Layman — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:07:03 +0000

I liked the first and third Bring It On s more than the second. I hear there's going to be a fourth. I've never seen Sex and the City and never particularly wanted to, so I probably won't see the movie, either. Marilee J. Laymans last blog post..Worldweavers: The Gift of the Unmage by Alma Alexander

By: Jill

Jill — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:50:26 +0000

Thanks. And I always get a little thrill when guys do appreciate a movie that has a female viewpoint. After my grandmother died, John asked me what I wanted to do. I was emotionally wrung, and all I wanted to do was to laugh (or at least not cry) for a couple of hours. We went to see “Bridget Jones’ Diary,” and I lost myself in laughter. As we were leaving lots of teenagers on dates were going in and out (it was a Friday night at a relatively new megaplex), and one teenager on his way out greeted another who inquired what he had just seen.

“Bridget Jones, dude – it ROCKED.”

I got one more laugh at a time I sorely needed it.

By: Robynn

Robynn — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:11:11 +0000

I love the way you point up the shallow vs light distinction – spot on. There is a difference between them, but in common usage, girly = shallow. And of course it’s very true that there are hardly any female reviewers, which doesn’t help.

I used to do reviews myself. (I was the de facto film editor for City Press – which might be a lot more impressive if it weren’t that CP had absolutely no interest in films At All, so I got the gig by default, and wasn’t paid for it.) I remember the screening for Bring It On – you know, cheerleaders? *Brilliant* movie, such fun. But deeply – oh yes – “shallow”. I remember all the reviewers leaving afterwards, sheepishly looking at each other and saying… “Um… I really liked that! I feel dirty!” I think all the published reviews were positive, but in a very guilty way. It deserved better.