What We Learned On The He's Just Not That Into You Field Trip
So as mentioned in Friday's Friday Fight, I really did attend a sold-out screening of #1 movie in the country He's Just Not That Into You with seven female friends, one reluctant male friend, and several boxes of Bandit box wine this weekend. Chances are, if you're interested in this movie, you already saw it this weekend too, but if you're waiting, here are some things we learned (without a single spoiler!) that you should know.
1. The male among us insisted upon taking a Klonopin (like a Valium, but stronger) before the movie, which was like the tranquilizer darts they give to lions before putting them in the cage. He remained docile throughout most of the movie, despite a few instances of audible groaning. He also reported several times, unasked, throughout the movie that Scarlett Johansson was "actually hot in this movie." So, guys, there's that.
2. Drew Barrymore is BARELY in it. She's a cameo. And if you saw the trailer, you saw her best scene. I'm sorry to report this (though it was a funny enough scene.)
3. Jennifer Aniston and Ben Affleck are the only likeable characters, but they are likeable. And the movie DOES have at least 8 laugh-out-loud moments.
4. The movie is too long, as evidenced by the Lord Of The Flies reaction to the whispered news that we were almost out of wine with a third of the movie to go. And we brought a LOT.
5. All of the girls rolled our eyes and sighed and made angry faces and shook our heads vehemently at each other, especially during the last half.
6. ...But all of the girls also cried a little. Chick flicks are like a battle of wills, and the movie almost always wins.
7. As many reviews have noted, nobody learns any of the lessons the movie purports to teach.
8. God, Kevin Connolly is the worst!! He should totally star in a huge blockbuster where he has to save the world and instead turns around and runs away, peeing his pants for miles and miles. The guy is just not convincing as a leading man, even in an ensemble movie.
9. What is up with all the land lines in this movie, and all the talk about "When is he going to CALL?" Call? On the phone? Isn't that kind of passe? Everyone I know has done all of their non-in-person dating communication over IM or text only.
10. I'm not going to "spoil" it, but there's a line at the end, uttered by Justin Long, that we all repeated to each other the rest of the night while laughing (and it wasn't supposed to be funny at all. It was supposed to be romantic.) It was trying to be the "you complete me" of this movie, but it's definitely not going to happen.
As the screen went black and the credits rolled, we stumbled to our feet and enthusiastically started what we hoped would be a standing ovation, but everyone just starting normal-clapping instead. Good enough, but I hope it was clear that it was ironic. I swear. Totally ironic.
Posted by Lindsay at 4:54 PM in Chick Flicks
Tags: Ben Affleck | Bradley Cooper | Drew Barrymore | Ginnifer Goodwin | He's Just Not That Into You | Jennifer Aniston | Jennifer Connelly | Justin Long | Kevin Connolly
I'm guessing that Justin Long says "I am just that into you."
And wow, congrats on seeing this. That 's quite a feat. You couldn't pay me to sit through this, even if alcohol was involved.
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What if I offered you $100 to see this movie? Still no? Your time is more valuable than that? I bet you also refuse to pay the $5 charge for buying a ticket on the train, so you wait the 40 minutes to catch the next one...
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chill bro
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ROAR! YOU COULDN'T PAY ME TO CHILL, BRO!
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dont chill, bro
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No, that's a gimmick in the movie. Nobody ever says anything close to the title.
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I wish almost all movies would do that. I can't really think of a time when a movie's title was spoken during the movie and I liked that it was.
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Well now I HAVE to know the line he uses. This is like when someone told me they wouldn't bother telling me wtf the Seven Pounds were because "it wasn't worth the time," so I spent almost an hour trying to find correct spoilers on the internet.
SPILL. It's not like I'll be seeing the movie.
Score = 6
my browser doesn't let me see the "double dog" headline on this post.
Score = 11
How do you get several boxes of wine into a movie theater? Not being a douche, I'm really curious.
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backpack
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or a laptop bag works well too.
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Meh, I went to see Slumdog Millionaire yesterday instead.
Why the fuck do I keep having to see movies alone?
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Those glasses?
Score = 8
The Entourage guy is the best/worst person in this movie
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I was like only one of 4 males in my entire sold out theater. I enjoyed the movie.
But KC is the worst.
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Seriously, I have to know what the line is. This movie's not going to be on Starz for SO LONG.
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Have you seen the movie called He’s Just Not That Into You (2009) to day I have seen it on http://www.80millionmoviesfree.com and oh boy it was out standing don’t know what category we may put it. Lot of people have seen this movie. So many views about the love of teens and the adult issues about marriage
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i was forced by my friends to see this. "go with us dude, there's going to be so many girls" wasn't worth it all. I think this should go in that worst movie ever discussion on this website. holy toledo this movie was horendous, i wanted to vomit. america is better than this, this was really one of the worst written things ever. i'm really mad.....still.
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WE ARE ALL THE EXCEPTION....that made me laugh hysterically.
i work at an independent movie theater where slumdog millionaire was playing. now thats a good ****ing movie. if you haven't seen it make sure you do it before the oscars because i think its a strong candidate for winning it all.
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yawn fest 2K9.
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