Was This Man's Trip to the Land of Women Really Necessary?
Remember the good old days when you watched a movie and you actually sympathized with the main character? Apparently, the guy who wrote In the Land of Women did not.
I found the lead male character in this movie to be infuriating. No matter what other problems the women in his life had--terminal illness, senility, boyfriend problems, etc. -- it always ended up being all about him and not about the women around him.
Even the parts of his life that weren’t so flattering were written in a way that makes him seem egotistical. It was not enough, for example, for the guy to just lose his girlfriend to another guy. He had to lose her to a major movie star. It was not enough for him to inadvertently kiss the teenage girl who lived across the street. She had to kiss him first.
And it was not enough for him to simply lose his girlfriend and then learn to move on. He had to receive a call from his ex-girlfriend at a crucial part of the movie. A call in which his ex-girlfriend naturally confessed to missing him. And, of course when he was interrupted and forced to call her back at a later date, the writer made certain that the girlfriend was not longer all that sympathetic. Never mind that she called him and that he waited several days to call her back. She was still depicted as a bad ex-girlfriend.
Then there was the allegedly heartwarming scene where the protagonist decided to make a gift for his dying grandmother -- and then found a way to once more make it all about him. And by the time his self-serving gift was finished and it came time for him to present it to his grandmother -- well, anyone who had ever seen a movie can guess the next part.
The saddest part about In The Land of Women was not that it was a bad movie. It was because it was a disappointing movie.
Not only did the protagonist come across as a self-centered jerk, he was ultimately a boring self-centered jerk. I would like to think there was a valid lesson about human nature to be learned from his example, but I honestly could not blame anyone for nodding off long before such a lesson came along.
Remember the good old days when you watched a movie and you actually sympathized with the main character? Apparently, the guy who wrote In the Land of Women did not.
I found the lead male character in this movie to be infuriating. No matter what other problems the women in his life had--terminal illness, senility, boyfriend problems, etc. -- it always ended up being all about him and not about the women around him.
Even the parts of his life that weren’t so flattering were written in a way that makes him seem egotistical. It was not enough, for example, for the guy to just lose his girlfriend to another guy. He had to lose her to a major movie star. It was not enough for him to inadvertently kiss the teenage girl who lived across the street. She had to kiss him first.
And it was not enough for him to simply lose his girlfriend and then learn to move on. He had to receive a call from his ex-girlfriend at a crucial part of the movie. A call in which his ex-girlfriend naturally confessed to missing him. And, of course when he was interrupted and forced to call her back at a later date, the writer made certain that the girlfriend was not longer all that sympathetic. Never mind that she called him and that he waited several days to call her back. She was still depicted as a bad ex-girlfriend.
Then there was the allegedly heartwarming scene where the protagonist decided to make a gift for his dying grandmother -- and then found a way to once more make it all about him. And by the time his self-serving gift was finished and it came time for him to present it to his grandmother -- well, anyone who had ever seen a movie can guess the next part.
The saddest part about In The Land of Women was not that it was a bad movie. It was because it was a disappointing movie.
Not only did the protagonist come across as a self-centered jerk, he was ultimately a boring self-centered jerk. I would like to think there was a valid lesson about human nature to be learned from his example, but I honestly could not blame anyone for nodding off long before such a lesson came along.
Labels: Entre Mujeres, Kristen Stewart, Meg Ryan, Películas Nuevas II
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