So tonight I went out to see a movie with two of my friends, but between them they had seen most of the new releases. So we watched Bride Wars. Please, please, will someone burn all evidence that such a vicious misogynistic piece of crap was ever produced? Really, was it authored by Rush Limbaugh?
For those who don't know what the movie is about, here is the impossible premise:
Two succesfull and well-adjusted woman, one a schoolteacher and one a successful corporate lawyer, have been best friends since childhood. A completely incongrous facet of their personalities is that each is obsessed with having a glizty wedding at the Plaza Hotel. They each get engaged at the same time, and accidentally get their weddings booked for the same day at the hotel. There are no other bookings available, so an all out war ensues. The movie messages?
1) Woman have to marry to feel fulfilled, or their lives will be empty and meaningless and they will have to sit at home alone eating ice cream and getting fat.
The men the girls get engaged to aren't even nice. Their relationships lack passion. They don't seem to have anything in common. But all that matters is We're getting married OMG squeal!!!" Their single girlfriends are portrayed as shallow, bitchy, and mentally unstable (but not in an interesting way).
2) It is impossible for a well-adjusted woman to have a successful career. She only appears to be confident, intelligent and driven. Really, she's just an unstable control freak who will eventually break down and have to be replaced by a man.
This one doesn't have to be explained, because that's exactly how it happens in the move shudder
3) Being fat is the worst thing that could ever happen to a woman, they can never be succesful in society and no one will ever love them.
There are no fat woman in this movie. Oh wait, there is, she was the one who made the mistake in the wedding reservations that started the whole "catastrophe" snicker. A major plot point of the movie actually involves Kate Hudson gaining 5 invisible pounds on her size 0 frame and being unable to fit into her dress oh no, whatever shall we do?? Also, Candace Bergen is never shown below the waist on camera, because heaven forbid we ever be exposed to her fat size 12 ass.
OK, now I have to go spend a few hours on http://www.feministing.com/ to purge my soul
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HOMG I knew there was a reason I was boycotting this movie.(Besides my hatred of weddings ect) One can see the message of the movie just by seeing the horrible adverts. Im sorry you had to sit through that.
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