{"id":1203,"date":"2009-08-12T19:12:26","date_gmt":"2009-08-13T02:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/attractwomenanywhere.com\/blog\/?p=1203"},"modified":"2010-06-04T19:54:50","modified_gmt":"2010-06-05T02:54:50","slug":"the-ugly-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/attractwomenanywhere.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/12\/the-ugly-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ugly Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0The Ugly Truth – Movie Review<\/span><\/h2>\n
.<\/div>\n
\"\"
Ugly Truth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Ugly Truth<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0It seems fitting that I’d mention this movie since a major part of this Blog is about dating and male\/female interactions.\u00a0 An acquaintance of mine highly recommended the movie and assured me that it wasn’t just another “Chick Flick.”\u00a0 Taking into account that he is one of those macho ex-military dudes, I decide to go see it last night with a female friend of mine.<\/p>\n

\u00a0It did not disappoint.\u00a0 It’s an overall fun comedy based around the main two characters: Abby played by Katherine Heigl, and Mike, played by Gerard Butler.\u00a0 Though you can make a case that characters are somewhat typical, it still makes the film no less entertaining.\u00a0 Abby is a hot slim blonde career women\/control freak and Mike is a free willing, have a good time, easy going type of dude compounded by the fact that he is a bit of a male chauvinist.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0You could say the plot is somewhat reminiscent of “When Harry Met Sally”, but what this makes movie a bit different is that Gerard Butler’s character, Mike, is inherently more likeable than Billy Crystals’ could ever hope to be.\u00a0 Sure, he is a bit chauvinist (or a lot), he is crass, and blunt, but you can’t help but like the guy, because at the end of the day, he is having fun with you, not at your expense. That the movie dares to push boundaries a bit and say things we’d normally only THINK (but not blurt out) is what really gives it a bit of an edge.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Mike giving Abby pointer on how to dress a little sexier, and learn to flirt better are not necessarily politically correct but they’re part of the ugly truth the movie proclaims to deliver.\u00a0 The most memorable line for me was Mike’s response to Abby regarding her wardrobe.<\/p>\n

Abby: What’s wrong with my wardrobe?\u00a0 It’s nice, and it’s efficient.
\n\u00a0Mike: It is efficient.\u00a0\u00a0 Problem is, no one wants to fuck it!\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0Half way through the film, I speculated that it was definitely written by a woman.\u00a0 I was wrong.\u00a0 It was written by 3 women.\u00a0 The movie does also portray Mike to be a chauvinist due to the fact that he’s been hurt in poor relationships before.\u00a0 This may be clich\u00e9 but there are elements of truth to that fact.\u00a0 Like a good buddy of mine, a major player who’d slept with 100s of women, used to say, “Usually behind every player\/bad boy, is a guy who had his heart ripped from him at some point, or suffered through one terrible relationship. They may not admit it, but it’s there.”<\/p>\n

\u00a0This movie does touch upon that, but its message is actually beneficial.\u00a0 While critics may cry of sexism and chauvinism, the female screenwriters got it right.\u00a0 The Abby character is too controlling and that is a turn off to men.\u00a0 The Mike Character is a player but not a bad guy, and there are things to be learned from him.<\/p>\n

\u00a0If you’re a guy who is looking at receiving Dating Advice, what can you learn from the Mike character?<\/p>\n

    \n
  • Social Intelligence.\u00a0 It’s one of those things, I often discuss, but Gerard Butler’s character, Mike, does intuitively understand what archetype he is dealing with.\u00a0 He likes pushing boundaries but has the social wherewithal to know when to stop short of making an ass out of himself.
    \n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n
  • Being comfortable with oneself, and being genuine:\u00a0 While people’s level of charisma will vary, the ability to be comfortable with oneself and a sense of authenticity will always be appealing.\u00a0\u00a0
    \n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n
  • Being Fun and not taking oneself too seriously.\u00a0 You could break this down into more depth but really, if you can have fun with someone, you are off to a great start.\u00a0 Ability to have fun is a great barometer to gauge the start of any relationship.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    \u00a0Is the movie predictable?\u00a0 Absolutely.\u00a0 Most movies are.\u00a0 You seriously don’t go to see Die Hard<\/em> to see John McClain get killed, do ya?\u00a0 Most of us with a minimal amount of sanity wouldn’t go on a roller coaster either if someone told us that it was going to fly off the tracks and splatter into a wall.\u00a0 We know it’s going to end up OK, and yet we enjoy the ride.\u00a0 Nevertheless, a quick search on Google will show that critics killed the film, one calling it the worst film of the summer.<\/p>\n

    \u00a0This film is a good ride, though you know what’s going to occur at the end, and even if the love-connection is a bit lackluster, you’ll still have a good time.\u00a0 The movie doesn’t really show us why these two would ever fall for each other, and how in the world would a relationship between these two vastly different personalities last past 6 months.\u00a0 It doesn’t matter.\u00a0 Comedies are meant to be around 90 minutes and they don’t always have to time to give a glorious culmination, so the filmmakers are sometimes forced by the studio to\u00a0have to wrap it up quickly.\u00a0 This film wraps up quickly as well, but it doesn’t detract from its entertainment value. (Unless you’re a professional critic.)<\/p>\n

    Enjoy and comment after seeing….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    \u00a0The Ugly Truth – Movie Review . . The Ugly Truth \u00a0It seems fitting that I’d mention this movie since a major part of this Blog is about dating and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[193],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-dating-advice"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/attractwomenanywhere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/attractwomenanywhere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/attractwomenanywhere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/attractwomenanywhere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/attractwomenanywhere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1203"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/attractwomenanywhere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2278,"href":"http:\/\/attractwomenanywhere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1203\/revisions\/2278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/attractwomenanywhere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/attractwomenanywhere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/attractwomenanywhere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}