I liked it when the characters of Jack Black and Kate Winslet got together, a happy ending, a soft entertaining movie for me to watch, I liked it.  Bridget Jones was very funny, I loved it, especially The Edge Of Reason.  As a woman I laughed, it did not even enter my head to think of misogyny.  You could say a lot about a lot of movies. 

about The Devil Wears Prada. I didn't find Miranda one-dimensional and she was a very strong character. I also didn't find that Andrea's decision to quit Runway was a rejection of strong female boss persona. Miranda and Andrea just had different goals in life.

All the others I agree with.

I have a minor correction: Monica Bellucci's character didn't give birth in Shoot 'Em Up. The mother of the baby dies not five minutes in after she gets a bullet in her forehead and has her bare breast groped postmortem by Paul Giamatti's character. It's just as messed up as it sounds.

Most of these movies didn't offend me in the slightest when I saw them. I even have Bridget Jones's Diary, but mostly because I love Colin Firth; Bridget's way too neurotic for my tastes. Superbad only offended me because I was so bored while I was watching (and because the gross-out jokes were not funny), but I thought the McLovin' thread was pretty funny.

I refuse to even watch The Holiday because the idea that Jack Black's character would get together with Kate Winslet's, and that we should be cheering on such a match, is FUCKING RIDICULOUS. It's KATE WINSLET, people. Jesus. I like Jack Black and all but I am so sick of this "loveable loser" bullshit.

...Wow. I didn't realise I had that much rage. 

Knocked up- i wanted K.Hiegle's character to go at it alone. It left a bad taste in my mouth.

Superbad- i always say i should watch it because it did well but i can't get myself too actually watch it.

Holiday.. just sucked.

She hate me- Always seemed so ridiculous i couldn't really care after the supposed lesbian-kerry washington's character sleeps with the guy.

and there are more i just can't remember.

I read the script for The Holiday and it was a wonderful read.  You read and it screamed, "Kate Winslet". Unfortunately, it didn't scream for any of the other cast members.  It was casting that killed it, not the writing.

As an aside, I was thinking Kate, Colin Firth as her brother, Kate Walsh as the American woman and someone cute/goofy but ATTRACTIVE for Winslet's love interest.

I'm disturbed to see how many people (who are against oppression and discrimination I presume?) take issue with how attractive people are (in regards to being involved in romantic pairings), for example the Kate Winslet/Jack Black thing... I didn't see the movie 'The Holiday' so I don't know what his character was like, but most people aren't commenting on that, they are talking about his appearance.  Body image/standards of beauty are huge issues (especially for women) and I think it would be great if we didn't add to the problem no matter who it's targeted at...

...just my 5c...

Oh leave The Holiday out of this uh... list.

-Nathiest
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John Tucker Must Die wasn't as misogynistic as you think. they seek revenge on the guy because he was playing like four girls at once or something? and like okay yeah the way they do seems kind of ridiculous, but i guess this is how they take down some macho dude at their high school.

but if anything, its giving power to the girls in the demographic for that movie (middle school/elementary school girls). its fully cheesy but its sort of the truth.

I thought Charlie Wilson's War was painnnnfully focussed on cheesy 80s male-ness and objectified women in the most predictable, gross ways. Half the scenes that included women began with a slow tilt from the ground up, past a woman's butt as it jiggled while she tried to walk in her stilettos. I mean, not that I mind the view... sometimes, though, I just can't get past the intent, and I don't think the intent here was for it to titillate moi - more like my dad or some other washed up baby-boomer. And what a waste of Emily Blunt! She had, like, two slurred lines and then passed out half-naked on putty-faced Tom Hanks' lap. Ugh.

I was also one of the few people I know who couldn't get into The Departed. How many more mob films that glorify guns and organized crime do we need? Geez. There was nothing new there for me. The women in the film had pathetic roles and were crassly and brutally 'disposed of' practically on a whim. The racist comment in the first few lines of the film set me off right away, too. I thought it kind of blew, overall.

Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better. ~Laurie Anderson

So The Holiday is mysoginistic because Kate Winslet is more attractive than Jack Black? I know plenty of women who find Jack Black attractive and, what's more, stuff like that happens all the time in real life. Maybe I'm biased, but most women are more attractive than the men they end up with. I get the whole "well women always have to be super hot in movies" argument, bu look at the men Kate Winslet is normally paired with (in her mainstream movies). I personally like the message that there's more to attraction than society-valued looks. Yes, I wish there were more movies where the woman was the "less" attractive one, but that alone doesn't make The Holiday mysogynistic.

My Super-Ex Girlfriend, though, was absolutely awful. Not only did Uma Thurman go more insane because she was dumped (she was actually insane before), but at the end, the movie equated powerful women with lunacy.

Articles like that make me think the writer didn't see the movies they complain about. The ending of My Super-Ex Girlfriend was much worse than the main part, John Tucker Must Die was much deeper than that one, admittedly bad, scene makes it seem, and I think Jack Black deserves some love.

Or you know, all those movies with Will Ferrell in them. I mean, they tried to have some kind of feminist equality thing going on for them in the end but not really.

omg, inbd

I didn’t see the movie but I started the book when it came out and couldn’t go through with it… too offensive. I remember I was around 13 years old and I thought “this is what I’m supposed to identify with?” Low self esteem, she just thought about finding a man and… above all… I really don’t get this attitude of “Thank you for loving me just the way I am, ‘cause I’m so unworthy…” I think it sends the wrong message, and it’s seen often in films and tv shows.  

I'm pretty sure Monica Belucci's character isn't the one who gave birth in Shoot 'Em Up--in the first ten minutes, Clive Owen's character stumbles upon some nameless woman who gives birth and Belucci enters the plot (such as it is) later. It's a little thing, but it detracts from the credibility of the article.

I thought it was funny because I didn't take it so seriously.I knew it had it's issue but it's not suppose to be a politically correct movie. They let you know that before you even go to see it or rent it.I thought it was more of making fun of guys than degrading women. Also, I love Bridget Jones. I was happy to finally see a character as clumsy and awkward as I am in real life

 "I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation. "-Coretta Scott King

I am a devout feminist and I firmly take issue with the fact that The Devil Wears Prada is up tere. First of all, it was a BOOK written by Lauren Weisberger. Then, the screenplay was adapted by a woman too named Aline Brosh McKenna. NO MAN HAD A HAND IN WRITING THIS MOVIE!! Secondly, this is a movie where art is imitating life. Like it or not, there are a lot of rich overly-entitled people who treat their assistants like CRAP (and some of them are women!) and this book tells that story.

This movie is no more misogynistic than The Nanny Diaries was. How weak are we as feminists if we can't see a woman portrayed in an unflattering way without pulling the misogyny card? It would be insulting to not tell this story simply because the boss happens to be female. Part of what makes this movie so good is Meryl Streep's amazing performance (which she was nominated for an Oscar and won a Golden Globe for btw). Yes, she plays a ruthlessly bitchy character, but she is also very vulnerable and real when it comes to her family (particularly her daughters).

This movie is a very real depiction of who and what women have to become in order to "make it" in the business world, while also begging the question "Can women have it all?" In a lot of ways they can't, and that is because of the rules governing a patriarchal society. And it would be ignorant for any of us to blame a woman for doing some questionable things to ascend the corporate ladder. I think this movie depicts how vulnerable women feel at the top, and what many have to do in order to stay there. It's smart and filled with a lot of social commentary beneathe all the expensive clothing.

 Can anyone who has honestly seen this movie tell me they could see no similarities to real life?

HANDS DOWN...the most misogynistic movie of all time has to be Closer (with Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Julia Roberts, and Clive Owen). I love movies where the men call  women bitches, sluts, cunts, and whores for doing the exact same thing the men are doing. Double standards do wonders for my self-esteem. Anyone else?

Second runner up: Dodgeball. It's pretty universally degrading though, not just to women. Lots of tasteless gay jokes too. I don't know why on earth Christine Taylor would agree to be in such an awful movie. She must be blinded by love for her husband b/c it's AWFUL.

Third runner up: The Last Kiss (with Zach Braff and Rachel Bilson). Guy gets his (HOT) girlfriend pregnant. Guy gets cold feet and can't commit to girlfriend (THERE'S SOMETHING NEW!), so he chases a random girl half his age that he meets at a wedding. Greeeeat premise.

I appreciate you all including this article and damn it, it's about time! I have had it with the rash of 'aren't- these- clueless dorky-guys-charming-as-they degrade-the-women-they-are-trying- to-nail' movies.  Superbad's success seems to show that a large adult male audience is still unashamedly grappling with adolescent insecurity issues. Come on guys- grow the F* up.  It's hard to believe that so many men would openly revel in being emotional retards....but then again, maybe not.

Thanks again for posting this article. 

Ps. I agree with Zillah's posting above, Shallow Hal deserves it's own place in hell.

I don't think "John Tucker" would have been quite so bad if not for the ending.

The whole concept was very sterotypical and ridiculous at best, but if John had actually shown some repentance for his actions at the end it would've made it a little better/less bad. The scene at his birthday party was the perfect opportunity for this, for some serious character development (a rare thing in these types of movies) and I was even hoping that he'd show some genuine shock and sadness upon learning how it feels to be used. Instead he makes some comment about how "yeah I was wrong, but there's nothing wrong with doing all the hottest girls in school!" and we get a random cake fight. In the next scene he makes some vauge promise to "be more honest from now on" but it's really lame and halfassed. 

The whole movie was stupid and pretty sexist, but it was the ending that made me actually hate it.

Okay, I admit that My Super Ex-Girlfriend was a completely disgusting horrendous movie, but while the Holiday sucked as a movie itself, I didn't find it misogynisty. But I love Dodgeball, and most Will Ferrell movies (though I can't stand Adam Sandler for some reason). but I really like Bridget Jones. it was my bible for about 5 years (mostly because it was based on Pride and Prejudice). She's neurotic, she's clumsy and awkward, she's on the chunky side, she's not pretty, and she doesn't have to go through any sort of cinderella-type transformation to have someone to love her. And while she's not the best role model for women, it's easy enough to identify with her - like the counting of calories but eating of entire milk trays anyway. Though the movies were rather disgusting adaptations, saved only by Colin Firth. heh.

And i just want to say on the subject of supposedly "ugly" men that it's just really nice to see a relatively normal looking man - Edward Norton, Steve Carrell, Jack Black, Colin Firth - not the normal Brad Pitt kind of guys. They're flubby and have funny faces, and they're just so completely normal. they're not so much lovable losers as completely ordinary men.

The only reason I watched The Holiday was for Kate, and even though she shined through, her co-stars became a supporting cast. She totally rocks at comedy, though...the scene with her flopping around while listening to Jet was priceless to me, <3.

Typically, romantic comedies and comedies, especially ones made after 1995, have never floated my boat. Too many cheesy men who unrealistically score beautiful women. Every once in awhile, I'd like to see it the other way around.

...and all was well, and the world smiled.

those loathesome comedies. Not that I've seen all of them, through, of course, but I've seen bits and pieces of some, and all (don't ask why) of the reprehensible Lee film. (do even straight women find Mr. Snipes attractive?). And the very concepts are offensive.

I would like to disagree, however, with the writer's characterization of Hostel 2, a better film than those of you who've not seen it might think, a film with a strong female, at least bisexual, lead, an out lesbian in a leading role, and something to say about man's inhumanity to man. Roth went out of his way not to show a woman being killed by a man - he never does - and this is the thanks he gets for it? While you may not like the solution he found, at least acknowledge that he made the effort. The Bathory image has been used in other horror films, without causing so much controversy. The scene in question is shot with full sympathy for the victim, and doesn't glamorize the violence at all. The only perhaps fully gratuitous violence in the film is male on male ( does that somehow make it better?) and comes after a scene that some in the audience may have found too heavy, in a way trying to reestablish his "horror film" cred. It is gratuitouus ( the "boyfriend" shot, for those who HAVE seen the film), I'll grant, but it's one small misstep in a fine film.

is at the top of my list for 2007. Susan Sarandon was either doing household chores, abiding by her husband's every command, or grieving for her son. Charlize Theron played the single mother/cop who silently suffers the sexist insults thrown her way by the male detectives. Tommy Lee Jones' character unintentionally busts her in the nose, blackening her eyes, and it comes across as punishment for getting in his way. A nameless woman is drowned by her husband. Nearly every other woman in the film is a stripper. I can appreciate the larger message, but can't get past the fact that its women are, at best, completely marginalized.