FYI, Guys Really Don't Want to Marry The Kinds of Women I Keep Seeing in Summer Blockbusters

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  Posted by Black Cat Thu Jul 2, 2009 6:03am PDT

  I have to say, I've never seen 'knocked up', but i did see 'hangover'. HILARIOUS! I did notice, now looking back on it, the character stereotypes, regarding Stu's girlfriend (a real piece of work btw) and the bride-to-be. I can't even say anything about Stu's girlfriend - saying she looked like she would wear his manhood around her neck is enough lol. But I didn't really feel like the bride was a doormat. The groom's a grown man, and he can go to Vegas if he wants. Hell, I'd go to Vegas! And she did try to reach him on everyone's cells. She seemed more to me as the bride all men want - the one who knows what you're doing in Vegas, but know she may end up doing the same thing so she backs off some.

  Who knows.....

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  Posted by None Thu Jul 2, 2009 6:08am PDT

  Right....."J.J.M" sometimes I can't stand you, sometimes I totally understand you, if you hadn't attacked me before, I would of thought you were a cool guy.

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  Posted by Jlowe Thu Jul 2, 2009 6:28am PDT

  I agree with the other post....men who abandon their single friends are not captives.....they make a choice. It is just not the one you like

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  Posted by pwsgirl Thu Jul 2, 2009 6:29am PDT

  I haven't seen these movies, but I have to agree with the posters who say they dislike the characters that are nothing like real-life men and women. I don't understand how anyone can truly enjoy a movie when they can't relate at all to the characters, whether they see a bit of themselves in those people or someone that they might know. I am an author of tasteful fictional romance (in other words, no sexually explicit material), and the one thing I made sure of was that my characters are all the types of people my readers can relate to. No far out there, do-these-types-of-people-really-exist types for me. I think the movies should do the same thing, although I have to say, in their defense, that they probably don't in most cases because they feel somehow that the movie goers are just looking for something to watch where they don't actually have to think for that two hours and actually try to analyze in the end. Just my two cents.

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  Posted by Brianna Thu Jul 2, 2009 6:40am PDT

  I definitely agree with sweet and married Jake. They make so many points and to answer Married Jake's question all of my guy friends hated it. They have never wanted bimbos with empty heads. All they're good for (and i quote) are headache below the belt and above

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  Posted by eccc Thu Jul 2, 2009 6:48am PDT

  Why do marriages have to be like this? Just b/c we get married does not mean the fun has to end. And to all the controlling husbands/wives out there: GETTING MARRIED DOES NOT GIVE YOU THE GREEN LIGHT TO BECOME A NAG OR STALKER. A good marriage is based on mutual respect especially when your hubby is out drinkin with the guys. Why don't you have a girl's night the following weekend?

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  Posted by Trish Thu Jul 2, 2009 8:18am PDT

  The portrayal of the women in those movies bothered me too! They aren't real characters; they are the embodiment of some screenwriter's fantasies. I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed.

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  Posted by SometimesHappy Thu Jul 2, 2009 9:12am PDT

  I have a pet peeve about the aweful nagging wife stereotype.

  I just got married a few weeks ago and my husband and I have gotten into a fight or two since then. Everytime we get into an arguement now he mentions something about "nagging" or "trying to change him". I asked him about this, because it seems to me he is being over senseative about some things I say to him. He said it's because of all the horror stories hes heard about being married. Before we were even married he heard awful things like "you can get a divorce with in 90 days for $200" or "shes taking your manhood" or "your lifes over with now".

  It's ingrained in him that no matter how much he loved me before we got married and no matter how fun and accepting I've always been, I WILL turn into that aweful, controling, freak that is considered a wife. And that sucks, because woman are taught that marriage is spiritual and one of the best momments of their life! Men are taught to run for the hills!

  And anouther point, sometimes those woman aren't what they seem. Don't believe everything your buddys tells you. My husbands friends or family will ask him if he wants to do something on Tuesday. Tuesday comes and he deciedes he didn't want to go. Instead of telling his friends he didn't want to go, he says something like "Oh, the wife was too tired" or "the wife just wanted to stay home" or "the wife needed me to do things around the house". So his friends and family start to think I'm the one keeping them from him, but it's not true. You find out later when they start asking if you were feeling any better because your husband didn't go to his nephews baseball game because he saidvyou were sick... when your weren't sick and your husband just didn't feel like going!

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  Posted by hey you Thu Jul 2, 2009 2:10pm PDT

  I loved Knocked up! Way funny! I love Seth and Judd and the women played their characters beautifully. I loved the Hangover too. It was way funny. Of course the characters were way overboard. The only reason anyone gets offended is because they see a little bit of themselves in these characters. Every woman acts like a crazy person at one time or another. And every man has done something so stupid they deserve to be treated like children that is what makes this stuff funny. It's almost true to life.....

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  Posted by sillerious Thu Jul 2, 2009 8:48pm PDT

  i have watched a few of those "comedies" recently and in no way can i relate to the women that are shown. they are either braindead or hysterical. the guys are scumbags and so far away from real men its really disturbing. besides, every "comedy" i have watched degraded women because at some point there will be boobs and butts (heaven knows whats funny about that)

  either way, i couldn't laugh, couldn't smile and was not entertained.

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