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BRIDESMAIDS
So J and I finally watched Bridesmaids! And as EVERYBODY EVER predicted, we totally loved it, so thanks for calling that one, everybody. Someday I will manage to pick up on the media you are recommending me in a timely manner!
OH MY GOD THIS MOVIE. I just. I loved how Melissa McCarthy was a stone-cold scene-stealing badass in every single scene, and how (as far as I can remember) it was a movie about women without a single fat joke? Can that possibly true? Like, I legit cannot think of a single comment about any of their weight - oh, well, J points out that Annie told the teenager in the jewelry shop that all of her friends would be prettier and richer and thinner than her, right? But other than that, I can't remember any jokes about ANYBODY's body, which was pretty fucking refreshing.
and I loved how Annie could RECOGNIZE that she was making terrible life decisions - at the shower, with John Hamm, with cute-cop-dude - but that still couldn't STOP her from making terrible life decisions. Because YES.
I loved the friendship between Annie and Liliane, and especially the deeply-felt air guitar/drums at the end. SOMETIMES YOU JUST NEED TO SING ALONG TO YOUR FAVORITE SONG AND MAKE HEARTFELT GESTURES, OKAY?
I can't decide whether I loved Helen or thought she was the WORST, which probably means they're both true. Also J points out that I would probably hate her if she were real, but Rose Byrne is too goddamn adorable even when she is playing terrible people, and this is true facts. Solid gold casting all around, btw - there was not a single character who was not FLAWLESSLY ACTED.
Watching this movie also made me think about my personal embarrassment issues, because OBVIOUSLY this is a movie with significant embarrassment-comedy, and usually I have trouble watching movies like that - I have to hide my face or leave the room or do a little dance or SOMETHING to handle how embarrassed-by-proxy I am. But I only had to not look once or twice, and not at any of the stuff I was expecting to - none of the poop-and-puke stuff got to me at all.
The parts where I couldn't look: the toasts at the beginning, Annie's meltdown at the shower, and a liiiiittle bit on the airplane when Annie was being a hot mess. And I realized that the difference between the stuff that I find embarrassing and hilarious and the stuff that makes me bury my face in a pillow is...emotions. Specifically, people revealing more of their emotional or mental state than they realize or intend to. Flash your underpants? Who cares! But if you accidentally have an emotion where people can see you, and I will be AWKWARD BY PROXY FOR A MILLION YEARS.
Which all goes to show that I am secretly Mr. Darcy, as we all suspected. Champagne!
CONCLUSION: A+++++ movie, would watch again, I am still the awkwardest human alive.
OH MY GOD THIS MOVIE. I just. I loved how Melissa McCarthy was a stone-cold scene-stealing badass in every single scene, and how (as far as I can remember) it was a movie about women without a single fat joke? Can that possibly true? Like, I legit cannot think of a single comment about any of their weight - oh, well, J points out that Annie told the teenager in the jewelry shop that all of her friends would be prettier and richer and thinner than her, right? But other than that, I can't remember any jokes about ANYBODY's body, which was pretty fucking refreshing.
and I loved how Annie could RECOGNIZE that she was making terrible life decisions - at the shower, with John Hamm, with cute-cop-dude - but that still couldn't STOP her from making terrible life decisions. Because YES.
I loved the friendship between Annie and Liliane, and especially the deeply-felt air guitar/drums at the end. SOMETIMES YOU JUST NEED TO SING ALONG TO YOUR FAVORITE SONG AND MAKE HEARTFELT GESTURES, OKAY?
I can't decide whether I loved Helen or thought she was the WORST, which probably means they're both true. Also J points out that I would probably hate her if she were real, but Rose Byrne is too goddamn adorable even when she is playing terrible people, and this is true facts. Solid gold casting all around, btw - there was not a single character who was not FLAWLESSLY ACTED.
Watching this movie also made me think about my personal embarrassment issues, because OBVIOUSLY this is a movie with significant embarrassment-comedy, and usually I have trouble watching movies like that - I have to hide my face or leave the room or do a little dance or SOMETHING to handle how embarrassed-by-proxy I am. But I only had to not look once or twice, and not at any of the stuff I was expecting to - none of the poop-and-puke stuff got to me at all.
The parts where I couldn't look: the toasts at the beginning, Annie's meltdown at the shower, and a liiiiittle bit on the airplane when Annie was being a hot mess. And I realized that the difference between the stuff that I find embarrassing and hilarious and the stuff that makes me bury my face in a pillow is...emotions. Specifically, people revealing more of their emotional or mental state than they realize or intend to. Flash your underpants? Who cares! But if you accidentally have an emotion where people can see you, and I will be AWKWARD BY PROXY FOR A MILLION YEARS.
Which all goes to show that I am secretly Mr. Darcy, as we all suspected. Champagne!
CONCLUSION: A+++++ movie, would watch again, I am still the awkwardest human alive.
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Oh man, YES YES YES. THIS. You articulate this SO perfectly, and I could not agree more. The speech and the airplane scene had me hiding hunched down in my seat!
SUCH a great movie :D
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