It's not about you, specifically, dude. If you can watch a movie about a manipulative, petty, jealous woman—if you can watch hundreds of movies like that, and you could, because hundreds exist—without it impacting your view of women, good for you. Lots of dudes can't.

There are some goofy kaiju funtimes involved. And it's a very funny movie overall. But it also gets really serious and emotionally intense at times, so I'd go in expecting that as well.

I mean, if Gloria was a dude, and Oscar was also still a dude, it'd still be a male being entitled. If Oscar was a woman, then it becomes a movie about how women are petty, vindictive, controlling bitches—already the topic of everything from bro-friendly comedies to psychological horror films.

…oh, yeah, that's. That's pretty bad.

She just kinda reaches out, lunges, and manages to grab him. She knows somehow where exactly on that infinite field of cement he is.

Part of the point of the movie is that, before you realize a dude is an abuser, he'll often seem like he's somewhere between a decent guy and a little irriating. Even without his blowup in the hotel:
- Gives her no advance warning before kicking her out, and does so while actively insulting her
- Tries to keep control…

He is…the Most Irriating Man in the World.

Well sure, but by that same logic, you could claim women abusing male strangers is also a thing that happens (especially when the woman in question is white and the dude isn't). I thought we were having a bit of fun with the idea that women should be able to stand up for themselves, not writing airtight legislation.

He's a little brought down because, when you knocked, he thought you were the—*is bricked*

Why limit it to folks they don't know? Especially since anything more severe than catcalling is likely to be inflicted by folks who're actually in their lives.

Could she have known exactly where in her fist he was? It's a minor miracle she worked out exactly where to pick him up. For all she knew trying to bite his head off would've resulted in her just awkwardly curling her lips around her fist for a bit.

I was ready for her to kill him the second she picked him up. She held him for what felt like an eternity, and I was genuinely nervous she wasn't gonna kill him. I genuinely don't remember if the "bitch" was the moment I realized he was a goner, I was so caught up in the suspense of it—but I might've.

Something more ambitious like…a meditation on alcoholism? Couldn't you have just picked up any given novel written by a tenured literature professor?

Oh, man, I remember being the "why does it have to be about the message it ruins the plot" guy. I feel like this is the review I would've given this movie when I was in high school and I'm really embarrassed.

I mean, here's the thing. We're used to last-minute villain redemptions. The audience might be thinking "well, now that Gloria has leverage, Oscar'll back down and maybe learn something." So it's important that we realize that his blubbering and begging aren't remorseful or the sign of an epiphany—they're just more of…

Yeah, I fucking loved seeing Oscar get killed, so I don't disagree with the final choice, but the logic behind it not being capital punishment doesn't quite register as logic.

Eeeeeeh. He had the opertunity to stop coping with it. He had his out. Instead he kept passive-aggressively "checking up", then faked a work thing so he could come check up in person, and then threw a hissy fit when he found out the house and the job she got weren't what he thought she should have. In his own way he…

Honestly what I really liked is that I don't think she did. The impression I got watching the film was that, brilliantly, Gloria's thought process on killing Oscar isn't influenced by anyone—not Oscar, not Tim, not that dude she slept with once. Oscar rants and raves diagetically because that's what he does and…

I was being facetious when I suggested it be banned.

13 Reasons Why, if it's anything like the novel it's based on, posits that suicide isn't the result of mental illness or an inability to deal with life's pressures, but aggressive misanthropy and a desire to make other people feel guilt.