Absolutely! I used to love romantic comedies and now I kind of cringe by how much agency is removed from the woman by the end in so many. I get that they're fantasy, but it's like "that's an adult who chose someone else. You're going to have to let it go, not jump in a river as a grand gesture."
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I was just stating truisms that would help a teenager move on. I think in terms of loss, having someone reject you can be healed with time and self-reflection. I think that if there are soul mates we absolutely have more than one (because if we had one and they lived in Alaska and we didn't we might never meet them)…
And to those people I say: My mom went out with my dad because she wanted to meet my dad's roommate. He badgered her into dating him. He had to badger her into marrying him.
They fucking hate each other. It sounds romantic from the outside, but it is not. cute. up. close.
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First of all, you just cited Thought Catalog, which might be the first sign that you're in trouble.
oh WUT i went from a 4 to a 10 last year and everybody says i look fine. if 6 is fat then wtf is this life?
No people think that Thought Catalog is awful and perhaps people should look into the truth.
Uh, in that telling, she makes it really clear that he was doing all the sexual advancing on her.
Case in point: Jason Segel.
I have such a hard time wrapping my mind around this, but then I remember that actresses are supposed to be able to fit into designer sample sizes. Tina Fey's bit about this in Bossy Pants (where she talks about doing a fashion rag photo shoot) is fucking hilarious.
It's hard to be funny and starving to death at the same time.
fat with a ph...i heart that woman, and find her attractive as hell
"Last night i was having some wine, and uh, weed, and then ambien. Or, as I call it, tucking myself in."
Amy knows my life like nobody else.
You have to look at it as Paul Verhoeven's adaptation of Heinlein's story. It's not a carbon copy of the book, and it shouldn't be.
You have to look at it as Paul Verhoeven's adaptation of Heinlein's story. It's not a carbon copy of the book, and it shouldn't be.
The original book is full of militaristic propaganda, and if you know anything about Verhoeven's body of work, he really hates that. He actively ridicules, criticizes, & satirizes modern…
Starship Troopers is like Fight Club: anybody who takes it's stated message at face value clearly wasn't paying attention.
Um, no. Starship Troopers is a masterpiece.
No, the movie is brilliant all on its own. Even though it came out in 1997, it's the greatest satire of post-9/11 America ever made. Because Verhoeven is just that good.