jpahmad Posted September 8, 2014 Posted September 8, 2014 Has anyone seen this movie? I randomly decided to watch it last night with my wife and I was horrified by it. Is this director serious? Why do I feel absolutely disgusted by it? Here's the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUQTNY5yaVk
MMX2010 Posted September 8, 2014 Posted September 8, 2014 I haven't seen the movie, but I did watch the trailer. I'm cynically amused by the whole premise, because it aligns so perfectly with what I know about men and women based on Rollo Tomassi's "Best of Year One" and "Best of Year Two" collections. I don't want to write a million words here, but the movie is so catered towards women's "replace a beta with an alpha who possesses a side of beta" fantasies. And there's nothing you can do to prevent women from thinking that way. -------------------- Does this article help clarify your horror at the movie? Or does it miss the mark entirely? http://www.returnofkings.com/41715/how-a-computer-simulation-showed-me-the-cost-of-female-sexual-freedom
jpahmad Posted September 8, 2014 Author Posted September 8, 2014 In my eyes, the only character that was moderately likeable was Seth Rogan's character. I was appalled by the selfish and hedonistic behavior of the other two characters in the movie. However, the director didn't seem to attempt to make them the obvious "villains." I really think the director wanted us to like those people as well, which infuriates me to no end. Thanks for the article referral
Cheev Posted December 30, 2014 Posted December 30, 2014 I, too, hated this movie. Until the ending. The "heroine" is shown alone, miserable, and pathetically attempting to relive the joy she felt when in thrall to her alpha crush. I came away thinking it was a pretty brave statement, especially for a female director.
jpahmad Posted December 31, 2014 Author Posted December 31, 2014 I, too, hated this movie. Until the ending. The "heroine" is shown alone, miserable, and pathetically attempting to relive the joy she felt when in thrall to her alpha crush. I came away thinking it was a pretty brave statement, especially for a female director. Yeah, the ending makes-up for everything. I was initially so annoyed about the movie that I didn't stop to think about the ending. Although, I think it was a little to subtle at the end. Subtle enough to where many people could miss the point. Now that I think abut it, why is the title "Take This Waltz"? Shouldn't it be, "Don't Take This Waltz"?
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