Escape to the Movies: Love & Other Drugs

[Warachia]

I can't believe how dumb this review was. "No tangible link to reality." Yeah, I didn't like those movies either, but you seem to have a very aggravating grasp of what reality or a relationship is. I'm not sure if you've even SEEN people in a relationship bob, you just might be surprised as to what they actually do when with one another (here's a hint, the majority doesn't revolve around sex.) but mybe that's because I'm Canadian and, in some places, there are higher valued things, like whether a person is or isn't genuinly likeable, not whether they have a good build and are good in bed.

 

[Warachia]

Wow I hate almost everything you say in this one.

Firstly, Last Samurai and Blood Diamond were fucking legendary. Djimon Hounsou was screwed out of the Oscar by the old Hollywood boys network of it being Alan Arkins turn.

For the last time, having some attractive girl get naked in the film does not make it better. Just thrown on some porn if that's what you're after. You said this with Pirahna, Machete and god knows how many others. It stops me taking your views at all seriously.

So Hollywood only understands men of the age 18-40? I guess that explains why nothing has grossed too high in the recent years. Oh fuck wait, what was that recent movie about a bunch of blue motherfuckers dicking around in happy-tree-land? And every Pixar film ever. Sure, rom-coms are a bad genre which typically only satisfy girls for a night-in/sleepover-esque movie which they'll happily take the piss out of while watching (like guys can do with 300 and other action movies), but these days dramas and thrillers are almost universally appealing to both sexes. I see things like The Departed or Fight Club playing at a local cinema - the crowd is split almost 50:50.

I'll happily give this movie a watch because I've enjoyed some romantic comedies in the past. But something has happened to your reviews recently which makes them shit. What up?

I've figured it out and it sadly wasn't hard.

When bob compares anything to anything, or looks at anything in existence, he thinks that his eyes are the same eyes everyone in the world has and uses, he never takes into account various groups of people and he always judges quality by what he personally sees in it, and then tries to sell it off as fact.

Secondly, the reviews. Most of the time now, he doesn't so much as review a movie, or anything, as he does explain it. Who are the actors? "They are..." What happens? "This and This and This." Why does it look good? "Well let me tell you all about the director without explaining their style, mentality and methods." What's the bad? "Well let me tell you..."

Most of his reviews have fallen under these two problems, and I used to really like him. I used to laugh and enjoy when his videos were posted, now they make me sad, watching somebody fall this far down. Lastly, and this is easily his biggest problem even if he doesn't do it that often, he takes things out of context, only to make the movie look bad, without explaining what actually happened before and after the fact.

 

[VenusInFurs]

Bob, I'll come to your defense. I love chicks that get naked in movies. I'm 23 and I'm no different (sexually) when I was 16. I beat you dollars to donuts, most people are lying here. Trying to look all nice and intellectual. Guess what? My cock moves when I see a hot naked chick.

 

[VenusInFurs]

I kind of have to disagree that sex is 'relationship fuel'.
Sounds like a pretty hollow relationship to me.

Sex is certainly there, and important to a degree, but to call it 'fuel' is vastly overstating it's importance.
And by 'vastly' I mean 'really really vastly'. Unless you're 15 or something.

And since your recommendation seems bend around the fact that they seem to be 'real' only because they are having a bunch of sex (And that's what real people do, apparently. All the single people I know obviously have a 'friends with benefits' thing on the side. Totally realistic), that the rest of the cliched tripe can be overlooked?

I find that hard to digest, Bob.

You try to pass off the addition of sex as something 'real', and then say 'see it for the obvious eye candy', essentially dumbing down that point of 'real relationships' to worthlessness. Apparently it's just boobs. How nuanced.

Are you seriously saying we have to overlook everything you said in your 'Yes' tirade, describing every romantic comedy cliche in existence (The only thing it's missing is her gay friend, apparently), just because they have sex?

Because, really, that was your big point: Sex is there. Now it's real.
Seems rather low-brow, and just an excuse for girlfriends to drag their boyfriends along.

I'll pass.
I'm not 15, Bob.

I'm sorry, but what you wrote really disturbed me. Maybe you need to get some release?

 

[Redd the Sock]

I'm not adverse to romantic comedies, though most of mine are anime. The tropes are different, but I do understand what you're getting at: the 1950s level of pretending sex (or even just physical attractiveness) doesn't exist and isn't a prime motivator early in a relationship. It's like the lack of death in GI Joe cartoons: the important stuff is there, but it just seems so fake. Granted these are just cheap fantasies: for women to beleive in that emptional relationship and that they'd get a man no matter how ugly they were/are, and for men to find that girl that completely accepts them and isn't going to try and completely change their bad behavior after the wedding.

If anything I think these have done more to raise the divorce rate than anything as everyone thinks a perfect relationship just happens and isn't worked on constantly.

Still, at the very least this is refreshing on one front: a movie that says: guys, we know your girlfriend dragged you to this, so here's something you'll enjoy to make up for it.

 

[Brotherofwill]

Movie Bob's gotta be the least harsh critic I've ever seen.

It's got action? Go watch it.
It's got explosions? Go watch it.
It's got naked people? Go watch it.
It's about nerds? Go watch it.
It has Bruce Willis? Go watch it.
It has Giant Metal Robots fighting? Worst movie ever.
It has an attractive female lead? Go watch it.
It reminds you of the 80s? Go watch it.
It has science fiction? Go watch it.

Really now. Moast of your credibility died for me when I watched RED which was an excruciating pile of mediocrity. It was so mediocre that it felt more painful to than a really bad movie.

Anyway, I like your reviewing style and enjoy The Big Picture quite a lot, but you seem to give around 4/5 of all the movies a go ahead, it just doesn't seem to go well with my wallet or your integrity.

I'm not 15, Bob.

I'm sorry, but what you wrote really disturbed me. Maybe you need to get some release?

Hahaha. Ouch. That was quite harsh, but very sincere.

 

[Brook]

I like The Spirit.

 

[RTR]

Looks like it's date night tonight.

HANK AZARIA is in this movie?!?!?
Sweet

 

[Turkey Braveheart]

A great review and a pleasant surprise. I admit I wanted to see you tear this apart but now I'm glad you didn't. I'll probably rent this film...the first romcom I've ever seen without a pretty girl dragging me to it.

 

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

"We see them fuck, so it's like they're real people!"

That's what I got out of this.

Apparantly it still has every other romcom cliche in the book, the fack that they get it on doesnt sound like enough reason to stop this from sounding like another immensely annoying movie to watch.

Yeah, this is pretty much what I though. Not sure where Bob's going with this.

 

[MasterChief892039]

Synopsis: The way to make men like romantic comedies is to put tits and ass in them.

Why did it take 5 minutes and 42 seconds to say that, Movie Bob?

 

[Nehari]

romance and romantic comedies are designed to be overly unrealistic and sappy if you will. most women don't need to see a movie about REAL people, they want to see a heartfelt warming story about true love conquering all and a girl meets a georgeous kind quirky sensitive fun romantic passionate and did I meantion georgeous guy, who stumbles around a relationship as men often do, and eventually arrives on an epiphany of the girls needs and wants and comes rushing to her because deep in his heart his love only goes to her.

we're not stupid, we know this isn't what life and romance is like, but when you're feeling down and in the dumps, and have officially decided that every man is a self serving sadistic pig who has no reason to live, you need a sappy romance or a funny romance comedy to put yourself back on the right track and believe with your heart that eventually you too may find true love.

grab me one of those movies and a bucket of icecream and I could get through anything.

 

[Nehari]

I kind of have to disagree that sex is 'relationship fuel'.
Sounds like a pretty hollow relationship to me.

Sex is certainly there, and important to a degree, but to call it 'fuel' is vastly overstating it's importance.
And by 'vastly' I mean 'really really vastly'. Unless you're 15 or something.

And since your recommendation seems bend around the fact that they seem to be 'real' only because they are having a bunch of sex (And that's what real people do, apparently. All the single people I know obviously have a 'friends with benefits' thing on the side. Totally realistic), that the rest of the cliched tripe can be overlooked?

I find that hard to digest, Bob.

You try to pass off the addition of sex as something 'real', and then say 'see it for the obvious eye candy', essentially dumbing down that point of 'real relationships' to worthlessness. Apparently it's just boobs. How nuanced.

Are you seriously saying we have to overlook everything you said in your 'Yes' tirade, describing every romantic comedy cliche in existence (The only thing it's missing is her gay friend, apparently), just because they have sex?

Because, really, that was your big point: Sex is there. Now it's real.
Seems rather low-brow, and just an excuse for girlfriends to drag their boyfriends along.

I'll pass.
I'm not 15, Bob.

I'm sorry, but what you wrote really disturbed me. Maybe you need to get some release?

what he wrote was very well stated, he's actually an adult, which is more than I can say for you apperently

 

[Spink]

Wait is this a movie based on fact or fiction? Films that revolve around the beginnings of successful companies have always been a sort of interest for me. Beyond that Hank Azaria is one of those actors that I always make a point to see in films since I really enjoy his acting. This is a category that includes Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Steve Buscemi always happy to see them crop up in films.

what he wrote was very well stated, he's actually an adult, which is more than I can say for you apperently

So many posters don't realize that they do not in fact possess a deep understanding of human relationships when all they really do have is opinions of what they should be. They get offended at things that in all honesty they shouldn't, or atleast to the degree that they evidently are.

 

[Outright Villainy]

I kind of have to disagree that sex is 'relationship fuel'.
Sounds like a pretty hollow relationship to me.

Sex is certainly there, and important to a degree, but to call it 'fuel' is vastly overstating it's importance.
And by 'vastly' I mean 'really really vastly'. Unless you're 15 or something.

And since your recommendation seems bend around the fact that they seem to be 'real' only because they are having a bunch of sex (And that's what real people do, apparently. All the single people I know obviously have a 'friends with benefits' thing on the side. Totally realistic), that the rest of the cliched tripe can be overlooked?

I find that hard to digest, Bob.

You try to pass off the addition of sex as something 'real', and then say 'see it for the obvious eye candy', essentially dumbing down that point of 'real relationships' to worthlessness. Apparently it's just boobs. How nuanced.

Are you seriously saying we have to overlook everything you said in your 'Yes' tirade, describing every romantic comedy cliche in existence (The only thing it's missing is her gay friend, apparently), just because they have sex?

Because, really, that was your big point: Sex is there. Now it's real.
Seems rather low-brow, and just an excuse for girlfriends to drag their boyfriends along.

I'll pass.
I'm not 15, Bob.

I'm sorry, but what you wrote really disturbed me. Maybe you need to get some release?

what he wrote was very well stated, he's actually an adult, which is more than I can say for you apperently

I'm in two minds about this. On one hand, Bob didn't really give much more reason to their relationship being believable than just sex.

On the other, BabyTea saying sex isn't important in a relationship is baffling.

I'm not saying sex isn't the be all and end all of a relationship, but it's really god damn important and such a neutered view of sex does make nearly every relationship in movies ring hollow.

I haven't seen the film, so I'm not going to read too much into this though.

 

[370999]

Bob, I'll come to your defense. I love chicks that get naked in movies. I'm 23 and I'm no different (sexually) when I was 16. I beat you dollars to donuts, most people are lying here. Trying to look all nice and intellectual. Guess what? My cock moves when I see a hot naked chick.

Really/ I would feel awefully embarrased to be turned on in a cinema. Heck I feel self conscious seeing even a scantly clad girl in public.

I think part of the problem here is hard romance is to film, in particular love. I've felt hatred, sadness, attraction, happiness, platonic love but romantic love for someone? Never. Thus to me, it's trying to get across and entirely alien emotion. Throw in the fact that the rom-com is hardly the place where the driectors of gravitas hang, and you further compund the problem of having to deal with a sublime issuse and only have mediocre talent to do so.

On the other, BabyTea saying sex isn't important in a relationship is baffling.

Some people do manage to have celibate relationships. However yes they are vastly in the minority.