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Throwing in my two cents spoliers

posted 6 years ago by MichaelPacino (179)
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Oh. Dear. God... Why was this made? To all women, I'm sorry this woman is the face of women comedians currently. To all comedians, I'm sorry this is what passes for a stand up comic's movie. To all who thought they'd be getting a body positive message in this movie, I'm sorry. What made this movie so bad? Well here's my unfortunate two cents on "I feel pretty".

The movie starts off with Amy Schumer, playing a beauty executive who wants to be beautiful but is too big by society standards. She decides to go to the gym to get more fit. This is where i knew this film was gonna blow, because Schumer looks at all the beautiful women, and feels bad for herself, and since we're apparently supposed to feel for this character, we have to feel bad about not looking fat, thus hating the naturally beautiful women.

Look, i'm not against anyone being fat, and being a stick, i can't imagine what that's like, but shaming gorgeous women who are either naturally beautiful or worked to be beautiful is not the best route to go in a film called "I feel pretty".

Schumer tries to try out an exercise bike, but it breaks, and she hurts herself in slo-mo, because we haven't seen enough slo-mo humor before. This aggravates Schumer, and after a few moments of forced jokes about being fat to being skinny, we get to what i consider the worst scene of the movie. Schumer finds her friend in a bathroom crying, because she's struggling with self confidence. At first, i was thinking the film was going to show that just because you're beautiful on the inside, doesn't mean you don't struggle with personal issues. This is where the film ripped it to pieces; Schumer, no joke, condemns her friend for acting this way, stating she shouldn't feel this way because she's got everything great on the outside. I'm not even joking. They actually shamed a beautiful woman for feeling any emotions she's feeling on the inside. I'm sorry, in what world does that scene work? That's Shakespeare villain levels of bad. This is our main character, and she just shamed a woman for not feeling confident because she's already beautiful?!?!?!

I probably should've walked out there and then, but against my better judgement, i tried getting through the rest of this movie.

Schumer gets hit in the head and suddenly believes that she is beautiful by society's standards, despite having no physical changes, and we get now just Schumer walking around, and acting like she's beautiful. The movie here just got dull, and i was the only one in the theatre by this point. I'm sure i fell asleep for about 20 minutes, but i couldn't tell, the movie just remained the same for a long time, up until the end where we get cliché number 456: The kid saying the woman is beautiful.

And that was "I Feel Pretty", and... that was tough to sit through. I'll give some credit that Schumer does a decent acting performance, along with Michelle Williams who i wish we could've just focused on her. This is also a directorial debut, and i hope they can get a better script in the future, and show if they can really direct. I mean i could attack these directors easily, but i think it's safe to say that not even Stanley Kubrick could've made this movie work.

I think the important thing here is the comedy is failing hard here, and if i can take one fat comedian to another; As bad as some of Melissa McCarthy stuff gets, she used her weight to her advantage. When she played Sookie in "Gilmore Girls", she was playing a chef, so her being overweight can be attributed to her skill. In "Bridesmaids" she knows she's a big girl, and doesn't really care, she knows the world won't accept her, and uses that to some pretty humorous work in my opinion. On top of that, McCarthy lost weight for future projects, citing that while being fat can work, losing weight is also important, and staying healthy is key. I could name two other overweight actors who are currently doing some brilliant work, but i won't go on.

My point is, Schumer is more shaming society for the way they look at women, and not finding fat people attractive, and on top of that, publically shames women who are fit, gorgeous, and made a lot of effort to make themselves look the way they do. This film is pretty much the worst of Amy Schumer, and i now have no desire to see her work. 'I hope we can get an actual funny stand up comic lady who knows how to not just be funny, but make great comedies with good morals.

Rating: 2/10

Well i have tickets for "Infinity War" tomorrow so i'll see you tomorrow there. Have a wonderful day/night.

[–] HAL 9010 (904) 6 years ago

I love movies, even the bad movies. And I do not think I have ever walked out on one until now. This flick just failed on every turn. Sure the message seem very misplaced, but honestly I can give that a pass. Bombing on social issues, intentional or not, I find entertaining. But the way this film was dielivered was awful... it was like walking through a swamp... several comedic moments wasted or even twisted in ways so any comedy would be left in the dust for sure. I think the premise is fun, I think the story could be fun.... hell, even the trailer (whoever edited it, knows her stuff) was fun. No, it brought me nothing and after the scene with her looking at her self in the mirror while have sexy-time (fun as it could have been), I just had enough. It could be a cool scene... I mean look at how they did it in Big (the scene with the light on, was a clearly copied from it) and yet... well, shortly efter I had enough.

Very disappointed. Not so much the message, but the comedy and its delivery. On a scale from 0 to 10, I give it a NO.

[–] atarofker (306) 6 years ago

Look at me Im so better to watch movies with leading female roles. Nobody put a gun to your head. Stop ruining other's experience using your hate. I think it was correct contemporary depiction of the society where people like you live

[–] MichaelPacino (179) 6 years ago

I apologize, I didn’t mean to get on your bad side, I was more reviewing the movie and what I felt it stood for wasn’t a good message. I’m sorry if I offended you in any way, that was not my intention.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Not sure how the above poster took your review and made the leap to you claiming to be better than others because you watch movies with female leads?! I haven't seen the movie but I thought your review was pretty insightful and don't think you should apologize for sharing your views of a movie on a movie message board.

[–] Drusilla (536) 6 years ago

You would understand if you watched the movie. It proves everything displayed on this board. To sum it up: Women are not funny. Especially ugly fat women. Ugly fat women don't deserve a place in society because, well, they are fat and ugly. Nobody cares what an ugly fat person thinks. Etc.

Her character actually proved that she was wrong about beautiful skinny girls being shallow and awful. By actually meeting and getting to know one. Whom she eventually loved. Yes, in the beginning she was just as judgmental as the fat haters but she got over herself and learned a lesson.

[–] Otter (24464) 6 years ago

You know what the REALLY stupid thing about movies like this is? They promote the message the feeling pretty is the only way to have self-worth or self-confidence!

Which is an incredibly destructive, shallow, and untrue message.

Save someone's life, feed the hungry, heal the sick, rescue a dog, look proudly at the home or the family you've made, just do *something* worthwhile, and you'll find that you're able yo say "I am proud of myself whether I feel pretty or not".

[–] Drusilla (536) 5 years ago

Otter. She was already doing all of that. Which is the point of the movie. You could cure cancer but if you are fat/average looking nobody cares what you do. Just read all the threads on this board and you will see. Men hate fat/plain women. Regardless of how talented, smart, giving, caring, etc, that they are. And many women are each other's worst enemies. They treat each other like crap. It starts at school age and just keeps going from there.

[–] Otter (24464) 5 years ago

So the point of the movie really IS that women are socially worthless unless they're pretty?

Th hen I'm SO glad I didn't give the filmmakers any of my money! Was it funded by the Plastic Surgeon's Council of America or something?

[–] Drusilla (536) 5 years ago

So the point of the movie really IS that women are socially worthless unless they're pretty?

No, it is not funded by them but good thinking! You should call them up and suggest them promoting it. Maybe they will let you in on their take.

However, I think you misunderstood my point :D
No, they are NOT socially worthless unless they are pretty. BUT most of society thinks they ARE.

Hence my comment about the people on this board insulting Amy Shumer and her supporters by using words like fatty. Pretending to care about their health **Someone who really does care about your health is most likely a kind person not some prick on the internet calling you a fatty.** They just throw in the health angle to not look bad about their insults. And guess what? People agree with them. They join right in with the fat jokes all under the guise of being concerned for their health. As if that makes it OK.

TL;DR The reason she made the movie: Not because it should matter but because to most of society it does matter. What is wrong with addressing that?

If you care to go on:

Hollywood and Fashion Magazines display this thinking. Are there no average looking people who wear clothes? Why do fashion magazines have only beautiful people wearing make up and donning designer wear? There are maybe a handful of hideous looking people in movies. And by hideous I mean slightly unattractive. Unless the role calls for it of course. But on a whole Hollywood is beautiful. Why? Because society want to see pretty people on the big screen. They can be forgiving if the actor is very talented of course but it is rare.

They don't even know (or are not willing to admit) they are doing it. But Amy knows. Less than perfect people teased by mean girls and boys in High School know. Overweight or too thin people know. Are there any less than perfect Porn Stars? Do average women not have sex?

She made the movie to show that you can feel good about yourself in spite of the the shallow world. Which to those who have experienced it are glad she did. Lastly, just because girls in HS call people ugly does not mean they are. But it is hard not to believe them. If enough people tell you that your're worthless it is hard to see past that. But this movie validates the truth that you can be whomever you want and enjoy life to the fullest if you don't give a rats ass about Society's opinions nor their fake concerns.

[–] Otter (24464) 5 years ago

"No, they are NOT socially worthless unless they are pretty. BUT most of society thinks they ARE. "

Only in a very limited way, and if a movie are made promoting the idea that physical beauty is more important than it is in the real world, then that movie is harmful. If your kids come home enthused about learning, do you care if their teacher is good-looking? If you go to the ER, do you care if the doctor who helps you is good-looking? Do you like your friends or favorite relatives because of their looks? Of course you don't!

The fact is, for most people looks only really matter in the sexual field, and then they don't matter as much as some people think they do, because most people who aren't conventionally attractive find love anyway. And they matter like hell in the fields of fashion and entertainment, but that doesn't mean people like Amy Schumer should be assuming that looks matter as much for ordinary people they way they do on her job.