I literally think the men who wrote this movie think a woman can't travel internationally without a man taking her. So Mel's entire life story would blow their minds, lol
This movie also leans into a VERY toxic movie trope: 'you know you love someone because they drive you nuts'. NOPE. Real love is the opposite of annoyance.
And also as it starts from when we're little. Others telling us that the boys are pulling our hair or whatever coz they supposedly like us. Nevermind if it hurts; be it physically or emotionally. We're supposed to feel flattered that they're giving us attention
@ true. And I hate when I see on dating profiles “funny that girls didn’t like how boys pulled their hair and now they love it funny how things have changed” What a huge bullshit we never liked it and will like it. But they want us we pretend we like it.
This entire plot also shows how LITTLE men care about consent, for anyone. It doesn't matter that the man in the coma never consented, it doesn't matter that Lucy was coerced into spending time with the brother, it doesn't matter if she doesn't consent to the coworkers pushing boundaries, consent could not be farther away from the point in every single scene.
YEP, so often faux chivalry in the form of 'I must protect you' is used to control and manipulate women and enter their physical space, and then paint HER as the unreasonable one if she declines.
The looking to a man to figure out what to do (what do I do now??) is such BS I'm glad Reese Witherspoon called it out so publicly. If there's a crisis, I'm going with my gut or looking to other women. That is absolutely the projection of male writers and it's crazy how much it persists! Ps: your commentary during the slipping on ice scene literally had me laughing out loud. That was true cinema. Great job Mel!
I recently rewatched Untamed Heart and realized bc I watched these movies in the 90s, it contributed to why my perception of relationships was so skewed.
I would never watch this movie of my own decision making; however, Mel's retelling of it was *so good*; I was waiting for the part II release. This is 10x better than the original. Minimum.
Thank you for your content. It’s always about power dynamics. Belittle the woman so she feels „smaller“ and to be so lucky to find a man who wants her besides because without performing for a man to win him over to feel wholesome. I always shaking my head when I saw women fighting over men’s attention I am like no thank you not doing that. The fact that the movie it’s all about that she waits for a man and before her life is miserable and she is a miserable person and all her purpose in life is preparing her so a man chooses her. Ok alright no thank you. It’s laughable really. I just have flashbacks when I was 18 and women around me started desperately chasing after men and seeking for their attention and were stressed all the time in keeping a men because they are scared running out of time… meanwhile me had the most adventures life and traveling Europe and chasing after dreams…
I love these breakdowns!!!! I recently realized office space, while funny, is a scathing inditement on white male privilege & failing forward . I don’t know if that was the intention but that’s how I see it.
Ron Livingston played the disaffected worker in "Office Space". He was also Berger in SATC; the one who broke up with Carrie on a post it note. A breakdown of their relationship would be interesting. Most people focus on Big and Aidan. I'd like to see Berger get a breakdown too.
I do think the indictment of white male privilege and failing forward was intentional, but Office Space is one of my favorite movies of all time, so I'm biased
I think I gave up watching TV and movies just before the lock downs in 2020. It just felt like social programming, and this weird disassociating between reality and how human behavior "should be". Now, when someone uses pop culture entertainment as an anecdote to their argument, I know they are delusional and haven't "touched grass" enough to have actual evidence to support their claims. Social media and entertainment, has truly wrecked community and real life connections. Like, people can't even behave civil at the grocery store, or in public transit. Movies were supposed to be entertainment; an escape...now it's used an example for human conditioning... freaky.
To be fair. The brother is probably suspicious of Lucy because he knows that she's not her brothers type. And Lucy is actually lying, so he has cause to be a little sus of her. But i agree, he is a jerk.
Ive been self isolating after having my teeth removed and waiting for new ones before i can go out , this happened when i had to relocate after leaving an abusive partner. Been SO bored over xmas with all this AI crap and word salad podcasts. This channel has so much to help keep me amused over the next few weeks, thank you so much! (48, UK yorkshire x)
Loved love these!!! You have helped me so much see this in movies myself. When I start saying a woman would not do that. I have started to turn them off and look for movies and shows written by woman. Helping me unlearn the brainwashing that movies and shows have done to me is priceless!!!!
I know they're a lot of work, but your movie reviews are always SO good! I remember seeing this movie when I was little and hearing about it beforehand as a favorite movie--I feel like it did really well back then..? But when I saw it myself, I was like, THAT was it? THAT was the great While You Were Sleeping?? Even back then before I was aware, the writing, the unnecessary plot devices, the overly used "misunderstanding" tropes...omg. I didn't like it then and I don't like it now. BUT I LOVED your play by play. It was hilarious and validating. Also glad to know this was originally written for a male main character. Makes so much more sense.
It's like sleeping beauty but it's the prince asleep and the industry tried to make it just socially acceptable enough for modern women to like the movie.....😬🧐 To pressure modern women to still be socially "men/relationship/family centric and desperate for Mr Right"...How many rom coms use the comedy part to appear funny and acceptable in order to make sense of the romance and s3x scenes/script??
Hollywood negging the divinely beautiful, brilliant, talented Sandra Bullock fills me with a rage that could power my entire home for decades if I could channel it and plug it into my walls.
Omg I'm not even done watching yet but I have laughed out loud so many times. This is amazing. I would pay to watch your vids in a theater. 😂 so many good takes.
This movie is beyond bad. Bad writing, bad situations, bad message, bad all over. Is this supposed to give us hope about love and relationships? Hell, no! Worst part is that it was a blockbuster! Thx Mel for the review, it was hilarious. 😀
@@MelanieHamlett I did not go see this movie when it was in the movie theaters. But I watched it translated in French on a local TV station a few years back. I remember thinking that this movie was silly and sexist. The American dialogue translated in French is pure comedy gold, it makes the movie even sillier than it is already! 😂😂😂 Sandra Bullock is a good actress but her talent was wasted quite a few times by movies like this one.
This movie is pure dystopic horror. Like I was going to say fantasy or science fiction. But I actually enjoy and don't feel terrible after watching fantasy and science fiction. Why are people questioning women who don't want to be in relationships? I can't think of anybody who would want to have to go through this level of nonsense just for the privilege of putting a ring on it.
What’s funny is the proposal and this have the same wedding scene and technically lucy and Margaret both characters Sandra play are the same their both women who are lonely air quote and both fall in love with loser men and their family
I agree often relationships to us is never about us… it’s about their ego or crushing some good spirits and souls with hope …. I prefer being a realist. It keeps me sane and more logical. I was angry today when I saw an article popping up „how to put the rose colour glasses on to keep a relationship alive“ They should have better written as a headliner „how do I fool myself into staying in a poor relationship which drains me instead of uplifting me“ Their pro. Paganda is really aggressive. I recieve so many advertisements from dating sites on UA-cam where women talk about how amazing and how much they found a real relationship and true love. Notice the wording? „Real“ and „true“…. And with happy smiling faces ok…
I never watched this movie, because roscoms weren't really my thing. I think the only one I remember liking was You've Got Mail. I checked the writing and directing credits after you mentioned how most of the crap movies were made by men and You've Got Mail was written a d directed by women, so no wonder I enjoyed it and the characters didn't make me want to throw something. 😂 It was fun to hear you rip this awful movie apart. I'm glad I never bothered with it.
The only thing I can think of with this movie is how big that medical bill is gonna be when he gets it in the mail.I'm thinking close to a million.What do you guys think? 😂
This is one of my favorite rom-coms. I usually watch it during the holidays. It makes my laugh at how misogynistic it is. Its one of my favorite things. I laughed so hard at your review. So good.
I ma going to bet the men wiritng this movie were like "Bah, a rom com movie for women, easy money and we don't have to make effort!" while they laugh their way to the box office because they take advantage of the greatest tool in the patriarchy arsenal: Lowering expectations. By ensuring every rom com is terrible and mysoginistic, you ensure taht it creates that standard for teh genre, and so, you don't need to do effort and you can get away with a bad movie with a bad gimmick and bad writing as long as you get pretty and young women to reinforce the patriarchal methods int eh grand screen. Just like men's movies are always about power fantasies, women's movies written by men are about glorifying sacrifice and martyr fantasies instead.
Nice video! Not sure if you have done a UA-cam video like this but do you have any suggestions for movies that are actually good and told from a realistic perspective?
Please do more reviews like that 😺 Btw, I don't even need a reminder now, I just turn such movies off after few minutes of watching 😅 they are so annoying and boring 🤢 I already went to point of no return 😊
The synopsis speech at the end reminds me of my childhood 😂 my mom loved this movie! President on Independence Day and Miss Congeniality are so charming it brainwashed me
Thank you for all the time it took to put this together! I love your movie review videos, I love the long length of them, just listening to you is great. I was dying laughing through both parts, esp your Joe Jr voice! 😆😆 I never watched this movie before, it really is awful. As you stated, all romcoms are terrible. Her never traveling bc she’s “waiting for a man to take her” is sadly something that was instilled in me as well. In my late 30s and never solo travelled or been to places I’ve wanted to bc of this. But over the past several years, I have been deconstructing all these harmful messages, which you and others I found on the clock app play a part in helping. And why did she have to end up with one of these brothers?? Alllll the men in Chicago but nope, either the guy she stalked or his brother LOL
To be fair, when she asks Jack if he has a reason why she shouldn't marry his brother, she's really asking him to confess that he is interested in her not what she should do. That she continues on with the scheme to marry into the family anyway is the problem. Totally suspect that nowadays Peter's fiancee (Ashley) would bear a strong resemblance to Sam from Sex in the City and we'd love her character the most.
I love how you weave your humour through deconstruction. Though, it's chilling to realise how much misogyny is in the media watched and loved when we were growing up.
Lol, Joe Fusco is the landlords son. They put in her coworker's, that's who's party she attends with Jack. Ashley Peter's fiancé is already married, which is why she leaves because she isn't nit sure what to do whether to stay with her husband or get a divorce.
Yeah I know he’s the landlords son. His whole purpose is the make fun of her , insult her, harass her and make all the other losers she wants to be with seek amazing by comparison 😅
@@MelanieHamlettthe squirrels, basically Peter had an article written about him because he "saved" three squirrels. Jack and Peter know the truth. Peter knocked the squirrels out of their nest with rocks and then he saved them.
I truly want to find someone I can be happy with. Can you please explain how we can find decent man at 45 years old after getting screwed over by everyone? You said don’t do the dating apps but you found your husband there. How am I supposed to meet anyone? I agree the dating apps are awful. Please help me. I’m on nice girl. I don’t deserve to be cheated on. Or the last guy wouldn’t get a job and expected me to fund him playing video games.
I’d like for you to comment on The Last dual. It’s about a medieval woman who was violently raped while being bound and gagged but the fact that she was tied up and beaten does not make it into the movie.
One of my favorite movies EVER. It's gone, now, of course. I can't find it anywhere. It really showed the entitlement of men so clearly. I always thought she was lucky she had a son from that or she would have lost everything. Such courage! Bearding the church itself!!! 💕
Melanie, i haven't seen 'While You Were Sleeping' but what i gather from the synopsis revealed here in your video, it strikes me as a bad rip-off of the french gem of a french film: Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain. But Hollywoodized and in a bad way. I have some issues with Amelie Poulain as well, but it's nuanced enough that it provides a much richer take on Men/Women dynamics. But Amelie also has a thing with travel and maps, and daddy-issues, and avoidant behaviour, but she's more complicated of a character, as is Nino, her love-interest in the film ,that this weird American version of this story-type is astounding in its terribleness
I saw "as good as it gets" when i was relatively young, and was baffled that helen hunt's character ends up with jack nicholson's. He was such a jerk and it made zero sense. I'm sure it would make even less sense now! These movies are all SO bad!
Reading the plot synopsis, it all comes back. She decides to settle for him because her mom tells her to, hence the title! She makes him "want to be a better man" but he does absolutely nothing to improve her life which doesn't also make his life easier. He's also a mean jerk throughout. But she can change him! Ew ew ew, absolutely not doing that anymore.
It feels like they made the MARK the lead in the boys game...like her boss allowed her in and she can't take the heat of the manipulation or something, lmfaoo. Guys also force info out of other guys by making jokes about their relationships (you have to have sex to get pregnant)- I am so relieved to know this was, ahem, 'flipped' for a female lead.
The irony is that the women likely to sub to you have already avoided rom coms and have no idea whats in these movies lol…. Sad to think the majority of women are brainwashed like this
“ Whoever is oppressing, someone uses the same tactics of a narcissist.” 🤯 wow, wow, wow, no wonder the jobs that I’ve had, fascist & racist Americans, dictators, and my jerk ex-boyfriends always remind me of the same personalities 😮🫨🤯
I agree often relationships to us is never about us… it’s about their ego or crushing some good spirits and souls with hope …. I prefer being a realist. It keeps me sane and more logical. I was angry today when I saw an article popping up „how to put the rose colour glasses on to keep a relationship alive“ They should have better written as a headliner „how do I fool myself into staying in a poor relationship which drains me instead of uplifting me“ Their pro. Paganda is really aggressive. I recieve so many advertisements from dating sites on UA-cam where women talk about how amazing and how much they found a real relationship and true love. Notice the wording? „Real“ and „true“…. And with happy smiling faces ok…
Part one is here but you can also just jump in here! ua-cam.com/video/wrx_SJG1nNM/v-deo.htmlsi=iLvYBv2W0NdbKfst
I literally think the men who wrote this movie think a woman can't travel internationally without a man taking her. So Mel's entire life story would blow their minds, lol
This movie also leans into a VERY toxic movie trope: 'you know you love someone because they drive you nuts'. NOPE. Real love is the opposite of annoyance.
Exactly, butterflies is your nervous system telling you to run… in the other direction.
And "opposites attract". I learned that one the hard way.
And also as it starts from when we're little. Others telling us that the boys are pulling our hair or whatever coz they supposedly like us. Nevermind if it hurts; be it physically or emotionally. We're supposed to feel flattered that they're giving us attention
@ true. And I hate when I see on dating profiles “funny that girls didn’t like how boys pulled their hair and now they love it funny how things have changed”
What a huge bullshit we never liked it and will like it. But they want us we pretend we like it.
This entire plot also shows how LITTLE men care about consent, for anyone. It doesn't matter that the man in the coma never consented, it doesn't matter that Lucy was coerced into spending time with the brother, it doesn't matter if she doesn't consent to the coworkers pushing boundaries, consent could not be farther away from the point in every single scene.
Exactly! They really tell on themselves!!!!
The fact that the writers flipped the genders make so much sense!
Right?! I’m so glad someone told me that before I did part two bc it’s sooooo obvious now!
@MelanieHamlett yes! I've never understood the movie before, but now it makes sense. Sandra Bullocks character is a man.
YEP, so often faux chivalry in the form of 'I must protect you' is used to control and manipulate women and enter their physical space, and then paint HER as the unreasonable one if she declines.
Exactly!! 🎯🎯🎯
Also, like...Sir, protect me from WHAT? Other people like you????
The looking to a man to figure out what to do (what do I do now??) is such BS I'm glad Reese Witherspoon called it out so publicly. If there's a crisis, I'm going with my gut or looking to other women. That is absolutely the projection of male writers and it's crazy how much it persists! Ps: your commentary during the slipping on ice scene literally had me laughing out loud. That was true cinema. Great job Mel!
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Lmaooo thanks for watching this film so we don't have to. Love your videos!
I recently rewatched Untamed Heart and realized bc I watched these movies in the 90s, it contributed to why my perception of relationships was so skewed.
Yeah, I think this happened to me too.
37:40 Yeah, that plot point of pressuring their son's fiancee into kissing someone else is SUCH bad writing. LOL
Right?! Like whaaaaaaaaat?! Why?! So dumb!
I love these romcom reviews!
Sending Moz all the good vibes ❤
Thank you!!!! 🥰💕💕💕💕
I remember being dragged to see this movie when I was in middle school and was appalled by this woman and this story, even then!
I’m so sorry you had to sit thru this at a movie theater!!
I would never watch this movie of my own decision making; however, Mel's retelling of it was *so good*; I was waiting for the part II release.
This is 10x better than the original. Minimum.
Thank you! I watch it so y’all don’t have to! 😅😅😅
I never liked romance films or rom coms and rarely ever watched them since they were so fake and only gave women false hope.
I wish these movie reviews did better bc it’s really fun to act them out and their terrible dialogue lol.
Me neither, especially Christmas romance movies like Christmas would be all about romance and not about family and friends and peace …
@@MelanieHamlett I wish they did better too.
Ahaha “I don’t wanna be alone but you NEED me 😏” is spot onnn 🤣
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Thank you for your content.
It’s always about power dynamics. Belittle the woman so she feels „smaller“ and to be so lucky to find a man who wants her besides because without performing for a man to win him over to feel wholesome.
I always shaking my head when I saw women fighting over men’s attention I am like no thank you not doing that.
The fact that the movie it’s all about that she waits for a man and before her life is miserable and she is a miserable person and all her purpose in life is preparing her so a man chooses her. Ok alright no thank you. It’s laughable really.
I just have flashbacks when I was 18 and women around me started desperately chasing after men and seeking for their attention and were stressed all the time in keeping a men because they are scared running out of time… meanwhile me had the most adventures life and traveling Europe and chasing after dreams…
looool when kids in films ask questions that adult screenplay writers want them to ask
This.
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I love these breakdowns!!!! I recently realized office space, while funny, is a scathing inditement on white male privilege & failing forward . I don’t know if that was the intention but that’s how I see it.
Oh dang I gotta rewatch that one!!
Ron Livingston played the disaffected worker in "Office Space".
He was also Berger in SATC; the one who broke up with Carrie on a post it note. A breakdown of their relationship would be interesting. Most people focus on Big and Aidan. I'd like to see Berger get a breakdown too.
I do think the indictment of white male privilege and failing forward was intentional, but Office Space is one of my favorite movies of all time, so I'm biased
I think I gave up watching TV and movies just before the lock downs in 2020. It just felt like social programming, and this weird disassociating between reality and how human behavior "should be". Now, when someone uses pop culture entertainment as an anecdote to their argument, I know they are delusional and haven't "touched grass" enough to have actual evidence to support their claims. Social media and entertainment, has truly wrecked community and real life connections. Like, people can't even behave civil at the grocery store, or in public transit. Movies were supposed to be entertainment; an escape...now it's used an example for human conditioning... freaky.
To be fair. The brother is probably suspicious of Lucy because he knows that she's not her brothers type. And Lucy is actually lying, so he has cause to be a little sus of her. But i agree, he is a jerk.
Ive been self isolating after having my teeth removed and waiting for new ones before i can go out , this happened when i had to relocate after leaving an abusive partner. Been SO bored over xmas with all this AI crap and word salad podcasts. This channel has so much to help keep me amused over the next few weeks, thank you so much! (48, UK yorkshire x)
I watched _The Proposal_ as a kid and that was the first romcom where I thought "I don't like the existence of this woman like this."
Melanie, what’s your feeling about Mad Men. Would you do an overview of it? I always hated it but idk why.
Well I have mixed feelings. There were some things I think they did great and the wiring is amazing. But it’s been awhile so I’m sure I have notes! 😅😅
Loved love these!!! You have helped me so much see this in movies myself. When I start saying a woman would not do that. I have started to turn them off and look for movies and shows written by woman. Helping me unlearn the brainwashing that movies and shows have done to me is priceless!!!!
I always accepted this movie as truth and many more. Thank you again for all the work you do to teach.
Support comment, watching later. Thanks for opening our eyes, I can't unsee it now 😂
Thanks so so much!!! 💕💕💕🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
55:57 literally in tears... I can watch Melanie's reviews all day 😂.
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Thanks Mel for these breakdowns and creating a supportive community to unpack this toxic 💩! Appreciate you. 💗🌈
Thanks so much for being here 🥰💕💕💕
I know they're a lot of work, but your movie reviews are always SO good! I remember seeing this movie when I was little and hearing about it beforehand as a favorite movie--I feel like it did really well back then..? But when I saw it myself, I was like, THAT was it? THAT was the great While You Were Sleeping?? Even back then before I was aware, the writing, the unnecessary plot devices, the overly used "misunderstanding" tropes...omg. I didn't like it then and I don't like it now. BUT I LOVED your play by play. It was hilarious and validating. Also glad to know this was originally written for a male main character. Makes so much more sense.
I love your movie reviews!! We need more, there’s so many horrible misogynistic films out there
It's like sleeping beauty but it's the prince asleep and the industry tried to make it just socially acceptable enough for modern women to like the movie.....😬🧐 To pressure modern women to still be socially "men/relationship/family centric and desperate for Mr Right"...How many rom coms use the comedy part to appear funny and acceptable in order to make sense of the romance and s3x scenes/script??
Hollywood negging the divinely beautiful, brilliant, talented Sandra Bullock fills me with a rage that could power my entire home for decades if I could channel it and plug it into my walls.
The Blind Side, Miss Confidentiality, Two Weeks Notice, The Proposal.....
Omg I'm not even done watching yet but I have laughed out loud so many times. This is amazing. I would pay to watch your vids in a theater. 😂 so many good takes.
This movie is beyond bad. Bad writing, bad situations, bad message, bad all over. Is this supposed to give us hope about love and relationships? Hell, no! Worst part is that it was a blockbuster! Thx Mel for the review, it was hilarious. 😀
😅💕💕💕 yeah it’s like famous still!!!
@@MelanieHamlett I did not go see this movie when it was in the movie theaters. But I watched it translated in French on a local TV station a few years back. I remember thinking that this movie was silly and sexist. The American dialogue translated in French is pure comedy gold, it makes the movie even sillier than it is already! 😂😂😂 Sandra Bullock is a good actress but her talent was wasted quite a few times by movies like this one.
This movie is pure dystopic horror. Like I was going to say fantasy or science fiction. But I actually enjoy and don't feel terrible after watching fantasy and science fiction. Why are people questioning women who don't want to be in relationships? I can't think of anybody who would want to have to go through this level of nonsense just for the privilege of putting a ring on it.
What’s funny is the proposal and this have the same wedding scene and technically lucy and Margaret both characters Sandra play are the same their both women who are lonely air quote and both fall in love with loser men and their family
Are there any rom coms and chick flicks that are much better? I don’t wanna fall to despair
I agree often relationships to us is never about us… it’s about their ego or crushing some good spirits and souls with hope ….
I prefer being a realist. It keeps me sane and more logical.
I was angry today when I saw an article popping up „how to put the rose colour glasses on to keep a relationship alive“
They should have better written as a headliner „how do I fool myself into staying in a poor relationship which drains me instead of uplifting me“
Their pro. Paganda is really aggressive. I recieve so many advertisements from dating sites on UA-cam where women talk about how amazing and how much they found a real relationship and true love. Notice the wording? „Real“ and „true“…. And with happy smiling faces ok…
And then, when you realize our political men watch these too.....
I never watched this movie, because roscoms weren't really my thing. I think the only one I remember liking was You've Got Mail. I checked the writing and directing credits after you mentioned how most of the crap movies were made by men and You've Got Mail was written a d directed by women, so no wonder I enjoyed it and the characters didn't make me want to throw something. 😂 It was fun to hear you rip this awful movie apart. I'm glad I never bothered with it.
The only thing I can think of with this movie is how big that medical bill is gonna be when he gets it in the mail.I'm thinking close to a million.What do you guys think? 😂
My mom fell off a horse when she was pregnant with me, people need to let pregnant women be.
This is one of my favorite rom-coms. I usually watch it during the holidays. It makes my laugh at how misogynistic it is. Its one of my favorite things. I laughed so hard at your review. So good.
I have to congratulate you on watching Man Men, backwards, I couldn't even contemplate not watching something in order.
It was such a confusing MESS 😅😅😅😅
I thought I saw this already. This is longer and AWESOME😊. Hope all three of you are fine. May Moze be 👍 okay.
I ma going to bet the men wiritng this movie were like "Bah, a rom com movie for women, easy money and we don't have to make effort!" while they laugh their way to the box office because they take advantage of the greatest tool in the patriarchy arsenal: Lowering expectations.
By ensuring every rom com is terrible and mysoginistic, you ensure taht it creates that standard for teh genre, and so, you don't need to do effort and you can get away with a bad movie with a bad gimmick and bad writing as long as you get pretty and young women to reinforce the patriarchal methods int eh grand screen. Just like men's movies are always about power fantasies, women's movies written by men are about glorifying sacrifice and martyr fantasies instead.
I had forgotten how bad this movie was
Nice video! Not sure if you have done a UA-cam video like this but do you have any suggestions for movies that are actually good and told from a realistic perspective?
Please review My Best Friends Wedding! 💒🎉❤
WHAT a righteous marathon/laff riot of contemptuous disdain - therapeutic and invigorating - thanks!
Have you reviewed love potion #9
Please do a deep dive on Letters to Juliet (2010) That one is the worst. Would love to hear your take
I made it to the comment song. LOLOL I always giggle at the comment song.
Oh good! They’re fun to do! 💕💕💕
The synopsis speech at the end reminds me of my childhood 😂 my mom loved this movie!
Please do more reviews like that 😺 Btw, I don't even need a reminder now, I just turn such movies off after few minutes of watching 😅 they are so annoying and boring 🤢 I already went to point of no return 😊
The synopsis speech at the end reminds me of my childhood 😂 my mom loved this movie! President on Independence Day and Miss Congeniality are so charming it brainwashed me
I never understood why this movie was considered a good romcom. They wrote her to be so creepy and that's bad enough.
Thank you for all the time it took to put this together! I love your movie review videos, I love the long length of them, just listening to you is great. I was dying laughing through both parts, esp your Joe Jr voice! 😆😆 I never watched this movie before, it really is awful. As you stated, all romcoms are terrible. Her never traveling bc she’s “waiting for a man to take her” is sadly something that was instilled in me as well. In my late 30s and never solo travelled or been to places I’ve wanted to bc of this. But over the past several years, I have been deconstructing all these harmful messages, which you and others I found on the clock app play a part in helping. And why did she have to end up with one of these brothers?? Alllll the men in Chicago but nope, either the guy she stalked or his brother LOL
Love these breakdowns 🫰🏼🫰🏼🫰🏼
Thank you so much !!!💕💕💕
To be fair, when she asks Jack if he has a reason why she shouldn't marry his brother, she's really asking him to confess that he is interested in her not what she should do. That she continues on with the scheme to marry into the family anyway is the problem. Totally suspect that nowadays Peter's fiancee (Ashley) would bear a strong resemblance to Sam from Sex in the City and we'd love her character the most.
I love how you weave your humour through deconstruction. Though, it's chilling to realise how much misogyny is in the media watched and loved when we were growing up.
Lol, Joe Fusco is the landlords son. They put in her coworker's, that's who's party she attends with Jack. Ashley Peter's fiancé is already married, which is why she leaves because she isn't nit sure what to do whether to stay with her husband or get a divorce.
Yeah I know he’s the landlords son. His whole purpose is the make fun of her , insult her, harass her and make all the other losers she wants to be with seek amazing by comparison 😅
@@MelanieHamlettthe squirrels, basically Peter had an article written about him because he "saved" three squirrels. Jack and Peter know the truth. Peter knocked the squirrels out of their nest with rocks and then he saved them.
A 1.5hr Hollywood drag- yes please 🎉
😅😅😅 thanks for saying that! I wasn’t sure if people would want a rant this long!
@MelanieHamlett id love to hear your take on Moonlight and Valentino
I truly want to find someone I can be happy with. Can you please explain how we can find decent man at 45 years old after getting screwed over by everyone? You said don’t do the dating apps but you found your husband there. How am I supposed to meet anyone? I agree the dating apps are awful. Please help me. I’m on nice girl. I don’t deserve to be cheated on. Or the last guy wouldn’t get a job and expected me to fund him playing video games.
Thank you for all your work!
Thank you for being here and commenting!💕💕💕
Please do more movie breakdowns 😊
Sleepless in Seattle is not much better. A lot of movies from that era have bad scripts.
You make these blah films so freaking hilarious & educational 🤣
I do not think I saw a rom-com that wasn't cringy 😅.
Me neither. I hate them. I choose sci fi.
I’d like for you to comment on The Last dual. It’s about a medieval woman who was violently raped while being bound and gagged but the fact that she was tied up and beaten does not make it into the movie.
One of my favorite movies EVER. It's gone, now, of course. I can't find it anywhere. It really showed the entitlement of men so clearly. I always thought she was lucky she had a son from that or she would have lost everything. Such courage! Bearding the church itself!!! 💕
I always enjoy your content. :)
Whatever happened with moz’s eye? I hope he’s ok
1:25 ha ha ha
interesting enough i watched the first part yesterday
Ha! Well then perfect timing! 😁💕💕💕
this seems to have been better than watching the actual movie.
Yay comment song!🎉
I’ve seen this movie, but after the review I will never
Melanie, i haven't seen 'While You Were Sleeping' but what i gather from the synopsis revealed here in your video, it strikes me as a bad rip-off of the french gem of a french film: Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain. But Hollywoodized and in a bad way. I have some issues with Amelie Poulain as well, but it's nuanced enough that it provides a much richer take on Men/Women dynamics. But Amelie also has a thing with travel and maps, and daddy-issues, and avoidant behaviour, but she's more complicated of a character, as is Nino, her love-interest in the film ,that this weird American version of this story-type is astounding in its terribleness
I saw "as good as it gets" when i was relatively young, and was baffled that helen hunt's character ends up with jack nicholson's. He was such a jerk and it made zero sense. I'm sure it would make even less sense now! These movies are all SO bad!
Reading the plot synopsis, it all comes back. She decides to settle for him because her mom tells her to, hence the title! She makes him "want to be a better man" but he does absolutely nothing to improve her life which doesn't also make his life easier. He's also a mean jerk throughout. But she can change him! Ew ew ew, absolutely not doing that anymore.
It feels like they made the MARK the lead in the boys game...like her boss allowed her in and she can't take the heat of the manipulation or something, lmfaoo.
Guys also force info out of other guys by making jokes about their relationships (you have to have sex to get pregnant)- I am so relieved to know this was, ahem, 'flipped' for a female lead.
The reviews are my favorite. I re-watched Curly Sue recently. It is awful.
Can someone explain how she knew he only had one ball???
She ran into one of his work colleagues at the hospital and he sort of told her.
You are so funny 😂
Thank you so much! 💕💕💕
The irony is that the women likely to sub to you have already avoided rom coms and have no idea whats in these movies lol…. Sad to think the majority of women are brainwashed like this
Dang it Mel! Why do ypu have to make such great points and ruin movies i used to like ? 😂
Still love ya though.
OMG, this is like a bad, gender-swapped Forrest Gump. (And that wasn't such a hot movie for me, either.)
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Ugh. These movies are the worst 😂
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“ Whoever is oppressing, someone uses the same tactics of a narcissist.”
🤯 wow, wow, wow, no wonder the jobs that I’ve had, fascist & racist Americans, dictators, and my jerk ex-boyfriends always remind me of the same personalities 😮🫨🤯
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never heard of this, and nevee gonna watch it, it sounds horrible :-D
I agree often relationships to us is never about us… it’s about their ego or crushing some good spirits and souls with hope ….
I prefer being a realist. It keeps me sane and more logical.
I was angry today when I saw an article popping up „how to put the rose colour glasses on to keep a relationship alive“
They should have better written as a headliner „how do I fool myself into staying in a poor relationship which drains me instead of uplifting me“
Their pro. Paganda is really aggressive. I recieve so many advertisements from dating sites on UA-cam where women talk about how amazing and how much they found a real relationship and true love. Notice the wording? „Real“ and „true“…. And with happy smiling faces ok…