the most poorly devised trailer to have ever been... devised?
Posted by David Ehrlich at June 3, 2008 2:34 PM
comment #5
VedaPierce says ...
Well, you know it's 2008 and not 1939 when one of "The Women" is a spunky black lesbian.
Aside from the presence of the terminally annoying Jada Pinkett Smith and Debra Messing, this looks barely tolerable. Although, after Sex and The City, won't the target audience for this find it rather quaint?
Posted by VedaPierce at June 3, 2008 2:35 PM
comment #6
SFJohn says ...
Straight to video is too good a fate for a movie like this.
You know, I liked "Murphy Brown," which showed English knew how to write comic stories (at least for TV), but this just sticks women in the same tired stereotypes. And I never liked the original much either, cause it traded in the same stereotypes. As far as female ensemble movies go, STAGE DOOR wins out in every way.
oh you cranky hetero males. i think this looks fine. ryan and messing have nice comic chops, the pinkett as lesbian thing actually doesn't bother me, and it should make for a mildly entertaining diversion.
now, if you'll excuse me, i have to find my balls.
Kinda funny. My wife and teenage daughters might like it. The sad thing is when Messing(I think it's her) says she's pregnant and is having the kid because she wants a boy, I wonder how many women/couples actually do that? Keep trying and trying for either a boy or girl. How many kids do they have before they stop? My problem is you have, obviously, the white women, and a black woman, why not a hispanic woman? The writer, English, couldn't she do that?
Let me clarify. I MEANT why not a hispanic woman who isn't the skank/maid/prostitute/office affair? Couldn't she have been one of the friends? Thanks, Dianne English, for moving the stereotype right along. Hollywood loves you.
"My problem is you have, obviously, the white women, and a black woman, why not a hispanic woman?"
Because she didn't want it to look like a Benetton ad? I absolutely hate when a director forces a group of people to be one-of-these-one-of-these-one-of-these multicultural, because few groups in real life are like that.
And I didn't see an Asian woman anywhere, and nary an Arab at that. Where's the indignation about that?
Massey, a Bennetton ad? Have you looked around america lately? Hispanic/Asian/Biracial, why wouldn't she? Of course she's white...too much trouble to add a hispanic, no, of course not. I'm sure she wrote it at home, where the only hispanics she sees are somebody's maid or gardener. What a joke. Take a trip outta the cul-de sac once in a while.
Does anyone remember the 1956 musical remake of The Women --The Opposite Sex with Joan Collins and June Allyson? I saw it on a double feature with The Women at The Strand in San Francisco. Remember that filthy place? Nobody was watching The Opposite Sex. They were too interested in The Same Sex.
comment #1
BurmaShave
says ...
I bet SEX AND THE CITY's not looking so bad now, is it?
Posted by BurmaShave
at June 3, 2008 2:09 PM
comment #2
Mark B
says ...
Watch the original 1939 version. It airs on Turner Classic Movies fairly regularly and it infinitely funnier than this one is ever likely to be.
Posted by Mark B
at June 3, 2008 2:24 PM
comment #3
D.Z.
says ...
http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1962279193/
Posted by D.Z.
at June 3, 2008 2:24 PM
comment #4
David Ehrlich
says ...
the most poorly devised trailer to have ever been... devised?
Posted by David Ehrlich
at June 3, 2008 2:34 PM
comment #5
VedaPierce
says ...
Well, you know it's 2008 and not 1939 when one of "The Women" is a spunky black lesbian.
Aside from the presence of the terminally annoying Jada Pinkett Smith and Debra Messing, this looks barely tolerable. Although, after Sex and The City, won't the target audience for this find it rather quaint?
Posted by VedaPierce
at June 3, 2008 2:35 PM
comment #6
SFJohn
says ...
Straight to video is too good a fate for a movie like this.
Posted by SFJohn
at June 3, 2008 2:44 PM
comment #7
berkguru
says ...
Variety Press Release - Meg Ryan to star as the Joker in 2010 sequel to the Dark Knight. Heath Ledger's family pleased with Christoper Nolan's choice.
Posted by berkguru
at June 3, 2008 2:46 PM
comment #8
thatmovieguy
says ...
Or, as it will soon be known, TOWN AND COUNTRY 2008.
Posted by thatmovieguy
at June 3, 2008 2:51 PM
comment #9
Josh Massey
says ...
I remember writing about this movie in my college newspaper. I graduated in 1998.
Posted by Josh Massey
at June 3, 2008 3:52 PM
comment #10
lipranzer
says ...
You know, I liked "Murphy Brown," which showed English knew how to write comic stories (at least for TV), but this just sticks women in the same tired stereotypes. And I never liked the original much either, cause it traded in the same stereotypes. As far as female ensemble movies go, STAGE DOOR wins out in every way.
Posted by lipranzer
at June 3, 2008 5:59 PM
comment #11
insidah
says ...
oh you cranky hetero males. i think this looks fine. ryan and messing have nice comic chops, the pinkett as lesbian thing actually doesn't bother me, and it should make for a mildly entertaining diversion.
now, if you'll excuse me, i have to find my balls.
Posted by insidah
at June 3, 2008 8:12 PM
comment #12
Edward
says ...
I hope my wife doesn't see this trailer. She just told me she wants to see Sex And The City. Someone poke my eyes out now!
Posted by Edward
at June 3, 2008 8:47 PM
comment #13
nola
says ...
I'm not sure why they felt the need to remake it but I am a fan of some of the actress like Bening who we don't see enough off.
The best line in the trailer is Candice Bergen's. ha
Posted by nola
at June 4, 2008 12:48 AM
comment #14
Movie Watcher
says ...
Kinda funny. My wife and teenage daughters might like it. The sad thing is when Messing(I think it's her) says she's pregnant and is having the kid because she wants a boy, I wonder how many women/couples actually do that? Keep trying and trying for either a boy or girl. How many kids do they have before they stop? My problem is you have, obviously, the white women, and a black woman, why not a hispanic woman? The writer, English, couldn't she do that?
Posted by Movie Watcher
at June 4, 2008 2:43 AM
comment #15
Movie Watcher
says ...
Let me clarify. I MEANT why not a hispanic woman who isn't the skank/maid/prostitute/office affair? Couldn't she have been one of the friends? Thanks, Dianne English, for moving the stereotype right along. Hollywood loves you.
Posted by Movie Watcher
at June 4, 2008 3:14 AM
comment #16
Josh Massey
says ...
"My problem is you have, obviously, the white women, and a black woman, why not a hispanic woman?"
Because she didn't want it to look like a Benetton ad? I absolutely hate when a director forces a group of people to be one-of-these-one-of-these-one-of-these multicultural, because few groups in real life are like that.
And I didn't see an Asian woman anywhere, and nary an Arab at that. Where's the indignation about that?
Posted by Josh Massey
at June 4, 2008 5:01 AM
comment #17
Movie Watcher
says ...
Massey, a Bennetton ad? Have you looked around america lately? Hispanic/Asian/Biracial, why wouldn't she? Of course she's white...too much trouble to add a hispanic, no, of course not. I'm sure she wrote it at home, where the only hispanics she sees are somebody's maid or gardener. What a joke. Take a trip outta the cul-de sac once in a while.
Posted by Movie Watcher
at June 4, 2008 6:51 AM
comment #18
Walter Sobchak
says ...
I just barfed all over my keyboard.
Posted by Walter Sobchak
at June 4, 2008 8:08 AM
comment #19
JChasse
says ...
I'd see this before "Sex and the City". I enjoyed "Murphy Brown" back in the day, and am a fan of the original movie.
But that's just me.
Posted by JChasse
at June 4, 2008 8:58 AM
comment #20
Rod32303
says ...
Jeff is WRONG for posting this.
But fuckit, I'm there.
Directed the '39 version at my high school four years ago. Hilarious and full of hatin' bitches, like all of ya'll on here.
It'll make a ton. Watch.
Posted by Rod32303
at June 4, 2008 9:18 AM
comment #21
adorian
says ...
Doesn't Eva Mendes count as hispanic?
Does anyone remember the 1956 musical remake of The Women --The Opposite Sex with Joan Collins and June Allyson? I saw it on a double feature with The Women at The Strand in San Francisco. Remember that filthy place? Nobody was watching The Opposite Sex. They were too interested in The Same Sex.
Posted by adorian
at June 4, 2008 10:39 AM
comment #22
T. S. Idiot
says ...
And it's produced by Sir Mick Jagger. Wonder if he wanted to play the Cloris Leachman part.
Posted by T. S. Idiot
at June 4, 2008 11:18 AM