tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771477704186297739.post4106799821903842994..comments2011-05-20T16:00:22.644-07:00Comments on A Bostonian on Film: Bridesmaids Review: New Gender Roles in Studio HollywoodBrandonIsaacsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09181144615811842678noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771477704186297739.post-29604142396368296782011-05-20T16:00:22.644-07:002011-05-20T16:00:22.644-07:00Interesting, will see it soon! Being somewhat of a...Interesting, will see it soon! Being somewhat of a feminist, I'll probably come out on Eliza's sideBrandonIsaacsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09181144615811842678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771477704186297739.post-85733724211770843912011-05-20T15:38:51.756-07:002011-05-20T15:38:51.756-07:00I agree that the movie definitely had slow points,...I agree that the movie definitely had slow points, especially the scene with Annie and Helen making competing speeches, and unrealistic aspects like all R-rated comedies. The point, though, I would argue, is not the plot but rather the laughs. <br /><br />Like you point out, I'm interested to see if the overall reception of the film is different if you're a girl.<br /><br />However, I completely disagree with your calling the movie a "romantic comedy." It's certainly been marketed that way, but framing the movie as a typical Apatow-style dirty R-rated comedy is, in my opinion, more effective and accurate.Elizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17433854587806845648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771477704186297739.post-89962091673917992312011-05-20T15:30:13.737-07:002011-05-20T15:30:13.737-07:00Yeah, I thought Bridesmaids was wildly funny, but ...Yeah, I thought Bridesmaids was wildly funny, but as a film it really didn't do much for me. At first it was strong, but as it focused more on Kirsten Wiig's life crashing down and less on the wedding itself, I found myself caring less and less about the overall story of the film and only really caring about Kristen Wiig's character and her well being. As such, the only plot that kept me consistently interested was the budding romance with the cop, and even that seemed a little too unnatural to really sink into.<br /><br />Another major problem was that the movie dragged. A romantic comedy should not be two hours long, and there was just some stuff that could have been cut down. I know it really didn't add that many minutes to the overall run-time, but the scene where Annie and Helen exchange speeches and where Annie tries to get the cop's attention buy doing all sort of illegal stuff while driving just dragged on and on and on. They stopped being funny after a while, and the point was already made.<br /><br />Also, the whole scene where the fat bridesmaid comes to try to extend her friendship to Annie... what was the point of that? It wound up amounting to absolutely nothing. Long scene, wasn't all that funny, didn't do anything for the movie as a whole.<br /><br />I disagree with the overall score of A, but I honestly think a lot of it had to do with us being of two opposite genders. I was bored to death by the end of the movie, and while I stuck it out til the end, my friends had left with about 10 minutes to go in the movie, and I can't blame them, there was nothing except for the possibility of a few laughs keeping me there.Jonnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12352079732455537693noreply@blogger.com