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Last Tango in Paris (1972)

Misogynist Movie of the Moment

[7/10 · 12 December 2010]

Made in 1972, Brando plays an expatriate by the name of Paul living in Paris who meets a young model in an empty flat in Paris. She has noticed him on the street looking torn and worn from the recent suicide of his wife. Little does she know that these coincidences are the start of something more romantic. But Paul has one rule. No names. Because names and life history only complicate things. Sounds funky but think about how sweet it is when you first meet somebody and how you feel potential there but as soon as the mystery disappears, your romantic feelings go to. Like when a pretty girl takes a dump in front of you. In the 70′s this art house movie sparked controversy for its NC-17 content but the sex scenes aren't provocative at all (its not like he used Parkay). They are probably as we'd expect any fantasy Parisian romance to be- lustful, passionate, whirly.

Without giving two much of the beautiful drama of it all away, this movie says a lot to me about what it means to suffer for love and how devastating it can be when that love comes to an end. Brando does his best work in these roles, reminiscent of On The Waterfront, where he plays tortured souls struggling for love against some antagonist or another. And what does this movie say to me about love? What does it have to add to the conversation? Two things: 1. Love is dangerous because we expose our entire beings to it. And 2. Since there's no other way to love, prepare to ache, because love hurts. No matter what you ever think about love, remember first and foremost that love hurts.

Paul does his best to create a place where pain free love can exist. It might translate on screen into some kinky sex filled fling, but I get it. The only thing that matters is the freaky love that these two strangers created in their shared apartment. Amazingly, its when there aren't any secrets left that the love begins to suffer. Its so in life as well- its the people who know you the best that hurt you the most. And usually they are the ones that love you the most.

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Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009)

Misogynist Movie of the Moment

[5/10 · 10 December 2010]

Misogynist Film of the Moment: Brief Interviews With Hideous Men 10 Dec

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This movie has a pretty recognizable cast. A lot of NBC actors were involved in the making of this movie. There's like four people from The Office in it. But its not a comedy. Its like an art house, weird, documentary / drama. A few highlights throughout, but not that big of a story plot, because the plot is all about telling stories. In the movie, the main character, Sara Quinn (played by Julianne Nicholson) is a grad student conducting interviews with various men of different backgrounds for a research paper. This also follows a life changing breakup with her boyfriend. She seeks to discover a reason why men doom their relationships with women by doing this case study. The movie is directed by John Krasinski (jury still out on this guy) who takes some pretty good pictures, but didn't edit right, so slow people might get lost early in. Its a crawler of a movie. The dialogue, which consists of a lot of monologue and testimony, is on point and strong. Some of the characters are endearing, but many of the men serve to reinforce stereotypes of misogynist men in the modern era, and nobody portrays that very well (bad casting-shucks NBC!). At times, it seems like feminist propaganda. But the movie is based on a book by David Foster Wallace, and unless that a masculine pen for a femme, it couldn't be feminist. Well it damn sure ain't misogynist.

Quinn unlocks the inner thoughts of the 100 or so men in the clinical interviews where they open up about relationships with women while her personal life turns into a mess (but a polite one. no Hagen-daz or bon bons and hate fests with the girls). In doing so she is hoping to understand why her boyfriend has made her feel so bad. Some like subject #17 blame the women for the failures. Some like subject #30 are happily married and in love (but only because his trophy wife stayed a trophy wife through 50). Some, like #42 and #15, are Freudian cut examples of what a man should be. A student shares a horrific story with her, stretching her notions of manhood, like an outlier on a graph, and she begins to gain insight finally. She thinks she understands it. Men are unique. Men are simple. They say they are unfaithful. They say they are sorry. They are all cowards. She thinks that men only see women as things. But when her boyfriend returns to explain the break-up, she learns the truth about the way men love.

2/4 Stars. Worth watching once. But only with your lover as a conversation piece.

—— Ryan Mega sexdrugsmoney.com

In the Company of Men (1997)

Misogynist Movie of the Moment

[4/10 · 10 December 2010]

Misogynist Film of the Moment: In the Company of Men 3 11 2009

I just watched one of the worst movies ever. I share my opinion only because I want you to watch it as well and see if you relate or if you are repulsed. Some of you might've seen it before. The title sounded familiar and its for that reason that I let the movie take my evening away from me. There was an award given to the filmmaker. It was released in 1997. I usually don't blast movies because they are supposed to leave you in a mood. The director and writer don't do a good job of portraying the comedy to this dark comedy though, and as a result it comes off as a serious film, and leaves a bad taste in the viewers mouth. Do not let your girlfriends watch this movie. It will only add to the man hate already happening. This is fuel to the fire. That said, if you do watch it, try to figure out which of the two guys you are more like, Chad or Howard, and get back at me.

I might have to start a new column where I share these discoveries with you. This is an insult to misogynists everywhere. Not approved.

In The Company Of Men

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500 Days of Summer (2009)

Misogynist Movie of the Moment

[7/10 · 10 December 2010]

Misogynist Film of the Moment: (500) Days of Summer 1 12 2009

(500) Days… is the story of a guy who falls in love with a girl who doesn't. Her name is Summer and their affair lasts for 500 days, during which Summer, tortures the soul of the protagonist Tom Hansen. Tom puts up with the torture because he is in love. Summer never loves Tom, but through his pain and his suffering and sacrifice she learns what true love is. She can now believe in what she never believed true. But she still doesn't love Tom. She takes this newfound need to love the the first guy she meets in a coffee shop and marries him. Tom is sullen. Until…..

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I'm Through with White Girls (2007)

Misogynist Movie of the Moment

[7/10 · 10 December 2010]

Misogynist Film of the Moment: I'm Through with White Girls 13 11 2009

This wasn't the kind of movie i'd normally waste my time watching. I mean, there's "How to Be a Player" and everything else is mostly the same. I thought it was worth a good viewing. You know that means 30 minutes of straight criticism. By the time I get to the scene where the star, Jay, is running from one of his ex white wifeys, crawling across a bar floor, using innocent bystanders as shields to get away, I forget that I am critiquing and start watching the movie. The plot crept up on me. The star of the movie, Anthony Montgomery portrays the white guy in a black guy body lead Jay to a tee, reminding me of buddies I went to school with who suffered from this flaw in their dating habits. They dated white women because they related to white women more. When they tried to date black girls, sisters, whatever, they were usually dissed. Jay attempts to correct his bad fortune with women by going cold turkey on the white girl. As he sees it, he is single because he can't see himself committing seriously to a white woman so he naturally looks for reasons to sabotage even the good ones.

He goes on a round robin of dates with black women but that only justifies the past and he is about ready to fold on his principals to get some ass when he meets Catherine, a writer from Canada, who comes from a biracial family. Catherine is a quirky, smoking, therapist seeing eccentric who fits perfectly to Jay's sensibilities. They begin to date and love grows between the too.

Then it happens. Jay begins to find flaws and creates ways to sabotage what all his friends agree is the best thing that has happened to him. And sure enough he does.

But immediately realizes that it won't get no better than this. But before he can get his girl back, Catherine, played by Lia Johnson has moved on with her quirky little self. He begs to get her back, but it isn't until he busts a move at the wedding reception does she fully understand how he really feels about her.

I am recommending this movie because it made me cry. It has a good story and is well acted for an independent movie. Furthermore it talks about black romance in a sweet and entertaining perspective that I have never seen before. But its a good look at black men approaching commitment as a result of getting older.

Enjoy it.

---- Ryan Mega sexdrugsmoney.com