He was such a patronizing toxic dick.
He was such a patronizing toxic dick.
Cracked had an article recently about the one type of person Hollywood thinks never deserves love—the reliable, trustworthy one.
Miranda is the ultimate leader in her chosen field, has two cute daughters, and lives in an utterly fabulous NYC brownstone. Her life is literally #goals and Andi is A FOOL.
He LITERALLY saves Ryder’s character from homelessness by selling her pilot, after she’s been all butthurt and running up a nine hundred dollar phone bill! I love when he tells greasy Ethan “I think I know what she needs in a way that you never will.” Even the first time I saw it I was all OOOHHHHH.
YES, a million times yes. Andy needs new friends and a new boyfriend. It’s one year in a demanding job that will open a ton of doors for her, and no one in her life is remotely supportive. Arghhh...
Not sure she counts as “lame” but I hate that we are supposed to hate Miranda Priestly and think Andy made the right decision by dramatically quitting in favor of her whiny boyfriend who needs a very special birthday party on his birthday. Miranda Priestly is supposed to be a cautionary tale because she is a divorced…
THANK YOU. One of my friends told me that a friend of hers tweeted that being an adult meant identifying more with Sally Field in “Mrs. Doubtfire” and they were right. I rewatched the movie after that and dammit Miranda Hillard gets a raw deal.
No this is a really good take.
Yes, absolutely. There’s the scene where she’s talking to Mrs. Doubtfire (very private thoughts about her marriage) and she says “I didn’t like the person I had to be when I was around him.” or something like that. In other words, she had to be his mother. She had to be the killjoy. And the whole time he’s getting…
The Fish in The Cat in the Hat should be at the top of this list. I know, in the cartoon it is voiced by a guy but the book does not assign that fish a gender and I would argue it is the ultimate Lame Bitch.
We are set up to hate the fish, when all it does is point out that we don’t know that cat and he should not be…
This article reminds me of a quote I saw somewhere that was something along the lines of “You know you’re finally an adult when you start agreeing with the parents in kid’s movies.” Like Ariel’s dad. “But Daddy, I love him!” Um, no, you’re 16 and literally just met the guy. Sit down, and eat your seaweed (I assume…
Sally Field in Mrs Doubtfire.
Guy in a band here, and I think it’s more on the dude to make sure it’s clear that she doesn’t have to come to every show to qualify as a supportive SO. My wife comes to about 1 out of 4 shows and that’s plenty. She’s heard us play it all before, I’m too busy to hang out with her much, it’s loud and takes forever, it…
Anna Gunn who played her was reviled by fans.
I find it increasingly hard to enjoy a lot of movies I used to enjoy — especially those centered around relationships — because they celebrate really fucked-up power dynamics.
I hated that movie (never read the graphic novel). Scott is an asshole.
And not even getting into prestige tv “lane bitches”
Also? Ben Stiller’s character, Michael, in Reality Bites. He’s supposed to be the lame boyfriend alternative to hot, inconsiderate, wounded musician Ethan Hawke. Stiller gets dumped on because he has a job, wears a suit, tries to be socially adept, and makes a reality TV pilot that focuses on Winona and her friends’…
Scott treats Knives like a lame hanger-on, but all she does is support him and go to his rock shows, which, if you’ve dated a musician, you know is the most boring thing a girlfriend could possibly have to do.
JERRY MAGUIRE IS A GARBAGE MOVIE KILL IT WITH FIRE