Confessions of Jersey Girl

I saw it with my almost-30-year-old single friend & she was all TELL ME THIS ISN’T WHAT IT’S LIKE and I’m all THIS ISN’T WHAT IT’S LIKE. Basically, even having 9,000 good actors in it couldn’t salvage the movie. I hated it too.

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haha awesome! i hear you girl. when the book came out my best friend loved it and it drove me SOOOO crazy. its all based on a premise we as females pretty much instinctively understand. and if we chose to ignore our ESP and get hurt, well thats on us you know. i say screw the book and the movie. we all just need to trust our intuition.

I’ve never seen this one. I thought it was supposed to be romantic comedy, not make every woman in the world feel insecure and worthless. *sigh* They need to make movies like they used to in the 30’s. Movies now just suck.

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“…is that the movies intention? To glorify cheating, shake women to their core and make them completely insecure and generally flip out?”

Preach it, my friend. Preach it. As I told you earlier, that movie made me hate humanity. Men, women, everyone. It made a mockery of marriage, commitment and decency in general.

I didn’t hear ONE good thing about that movie from anyone, which makes me wonder how it even got made (sexy stars or not). Disappointing, right? I’m secure in my own marriage, but movies like that make any woman feel a little squeamish and suspicious. Like, “Is it even possible for a man to have integrity these days? With little tarts running around trying to steal the guys who are good and taken?”

GAH. Hated the movie. Love you for hating it, too.

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Mmh, I guess it’s good that I still haven’t watched it… and probably won’t.

I wasn’t impressed with that movie, either. I even talked about it on Twitter last month, how ScarJo became this home-wrecker and Bradley Cooper didn’t do a whole lot to deter her. And it wasn’t even a BIG DEAL. Hello? Infidelity in seemingly happy marriage = BIG DEAL.

ScarJo played a similar role in Match Point and ended up BEING MURDERED in that movie, so THERE YOU GO.

I’ve been cheated on WAYYYY too many times to watch a movie like that and feel unmoved, in the worst way possible.

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Wait, EFF THAT. Infidelity in ANY MARRIAGE = BIG DEAL.

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The movie is definitely filled with people making horrible decisions and acting ridiculous, but I actually loved the book (which is VERY different). I don’t think the message is supposed to be justifying men’s horrible actions because they’re not that into women, but rather telling women to move on and stop making excuses, because there are so many amazing men out there who wont treat you like crap. Trust me, the book is way better at making that point :)

I hate every single thing about this movie. I hate the men, I hate the women – I hate the things they do to one another & to themselves, the cliches they validate & the stereotypes they make no effort to debunk. I haaaaate it. And I saw it in THEATRES! Gimme my money back!

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This movie is bad for me to watch…it’s almost like emotional cutting. I always end up crying and wondering why the hell I’m not anyone’s “exception” yet.

BUT Bradley…so freaking hot.

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Ugh, I HATED that movie too. I did watch the whole thing, in hopes it would get better, but nope, it just kept getting worse. It makes women look so desperate, so messed up.

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Wow..I haven’t seen it yet and I guess I won’t be renting it, ever! Lol!

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I think I’m the only one in the world that didn’t mind this movie, and I think because unfortunately this CAN happen, those situations DO happen, and it sucks but it’s realistic.

The main girl was a tad annoying and definitely was made to look like the most desperate woman in the world, which I hope no one thinks women actually are, but her character does exist unfortunately.

I didn’t love this movie but I would do Bradley Cooper.

That is all.

Yep, this movie is awful. I did make it to the end, even though I wasn’t sure why I was watching it in the first place. I think one of my favourite bits was one friend telling the other the story about the guy who cheated on his wife and ended up married to his lover, and had been for twenty years. As some sort of ‘Hey, it happens, go sleep with whoever you like even if he’s married’ advice.

And the main girl…who acts like that?! She frickin deserved to be single.

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But he was soooooooo hot in it. Perfection actually. My favourite Bradley Cooper to date.

You know…based on looks alone.

At least he gets his in the end.

The bigger issue for me is the Ben Affleck and Jennifer Aniston storyline. It’s AWFUL – especially the convenient ending.

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seriously, i was the only girl in my group of friends that absolutely hated the movie! they were all “aww, see, you can change a guy”. i hated how they portrayed every girl in that girl as the “exception”. i know you didn’t see the whole thing so that may not make sense. but in the end, basically everything worked out for all of the couples. but that doesn’t happen in real life.

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I think the movie showcases the extreme cases of bad relationships. I didn’t particularly like the movie though. I, too, am like you in following my instincts and think mine are pretty right on. But I do have friends who don’t have that instinct, or at least not a very accurate one who need some reminding sometimes to read between the lines. I think that’s the main message of it – that women tend to make excuses because love can sometimes be blind.

But I do agree that it portrays women and men badly – didn’t like that.

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I went to see this in the theaters with my fiance and my best friend. The ONLY thing that kept me from losing my mind was my fiance whispering into my ear “Not all men are really like this. This represents about 2% of them,” or other things like “WTF this is ridiculous, who DOES that?” whenever something outrageous happened.

That movie was so terrible; I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought so.

I’ve never seen the film, and now I’m quite happy that I haven’t. I’ve read the book though, but only because I got it for free with some random magazine. I’ve got to say that I somewhat enjoyed it.

But that’s just because I can’t read people. It’s called social stupidity. I can admit to that. I might form a support group…

xx

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I felt the EXACT same way. I get physically upset when cheating is glorified or ok in a movie… the ONLY thing I liked about it was Ginnifer Goodwin’s character and quote at the end:

“Girls are taught a lot of stuff growing up. If a guy punches you he likes you. Never try to trim your own bands and someday you will meet a wonderful guy and get your very own happy ending. Every movie we see, Every story we’re told implores us to wait for it, the third act twist, the unexpected declaration of love, the exception to the rule. But sometimes we’re so focused on finding our happy ending we don’t learn how to read the signs. How to tell from the ones who want us and the ones who don’t, the ones who will stay and the ones who will leave. And maybe a happy ending doesn’t include a guy, maybe… it’s you, on your own, picking up the pieces and starting over, freeing yourself up for something better in the future. Maybe the happy ending is… just… moving on. Or maybe the happy ending is this, knowing after all the unreturned phone calls, broken-hearts, through the blunders and misread signals, through all the pain and embarrassment you never gave up hope”

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Yeah, that movie sucked. I also didn’t like The Break-Up. Know what you mean about deployments though, my boyfriend (also named Matt) just deployed for Africa.

It was not at all what I thought it was going to be about and I agree – it’s like the whole goal of the movie was to shake you up and make you insecure.

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Ugh. I am definitely never ever going to see this movie. Any movie that glorifies cheating just makes me all depressed and weird afterward. Ugh. HATE. Someone brought up “Match Point” in the comments and this is why I refused to see that movie. blah. I can’t believe “He’s just not that into you” is marketed as a romantic comedy. And to cast Scar Jo as the “other woman,” as if to make women fear that a Scar Jo lookalike is going to come and steal their husband?! Ugh. Just … NO. no no no no no. Sorry you started watching this movie. :(

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It’s his first deployment, and it sucks and it hurts, and thats kinda why I became interested in your blog. My sister found it and emailed me the link to it, hoping it would console me a bit (she was also pleased that our names were the same lol). He is supposed to be gone for 400 days, sometimes i think I’ll just go home and he will be there, but he never is… They told me time would fly, and your right. It doesn’t. Worst of all, I just don’t know how to communicate what I’m feeling to others, In fact this is probably the most I have said to anyone about it, despite my friends good intentions, they just don’t understand. They can’t. Sorry to ramble.

um…wow, there is a lot of hatred going on around here! haha.

to play devil’s advocate, i saw that movie in the theater with about 6 of my girlfriends, and i swear there were so many times where i looked over to a few of my friends and i said “PAY ATTENTION!”
the thing is, as much as this movie idolized stereotypes…stereotypes exist FOR A REASON. people don’t just come up with stereotypes out of thin air, they’re born from the repeated actions of a certain demographic, in this case women. And I can say that almost every single situation in that move, I have had a friend been in. Whether it’s the man who won’t marry you after you’ve moved in together, or the man who’s the friend who uses you for sex, or the woman who keeps calling over and over and over…

I mean, don’t get mad at the movie for perpetuating stereotypes. If women didn’t fall into these categories, the stereotypes wouldn’t exist.

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I liked this movie a lot. I thought it was realistic and honest, I’ve been married for a little over 2 years. I believe that no person, man or woman, will cheat if they are truly happy in their marriage. I believe in both partners taking equal responsibility for their actions and their relationship. I don’t think the movie glorifies cheating or condones it. You can be married and “just not be into” the person you’re married to. I also really value autonomy in a relationship. Jennifer Connelly’s character did not and it backfired for her. You can’t be stolen if you don’t want to be.

Honestly, I didn’t hate the movie. It also wasn’t my favorite either. Maybe I am weird or maybe I just liked how love wasn’t portrait picture perfect. Some of it might have been too stereotypical but that’s life, I suppose.

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I’ve watched that movie MANY times, and I really did like it. I thought it was more real than a lot of movies that depict love. And sure, the way some of the women are portrayed (particularly the two involved with Cooper in the film) isn’t so great, but it’s certainly on point for a lot of women.

You also have to remember this movie is based on a book written by a man… That makes a huge difference.

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I actually only recently saw this movie and I too, disliked it greatly. I think the producers knew that going in that’s why they got so many big names, so maybe audiences wouldn’t care that the movie was horrible. I watched the first 10 minutes or so and then just skipped right to the end because I really didn’t care to watch it all unfold in the middle.

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http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/personal/01/27/rr.married.men.suspicious/index.html?hpt=Mid – this made me think of you, dear rachel.

I thought this movie was pretty funny, to be honest. And in the end, there are several happy endings, and what I took away from it was a few unhappy people finding happiness in places they didn’t expect. Like in Jennifer Connely’s character, she didn’t think she could be happy with out him, and in the end she realized that she could. And how Bradley Cooper’s character (a horrible person, really) ended up unhappy. And also how Jennifer Aniston’s character left her relationship when she wasn’t getting what she needed, and in the end Afleck came back to her because he realized she was more important to him than anything else.

I didn’t think that this movie glorified bad behavior at all, and the sad thing is that people really do act that way in relationships (anyone know a Gigi? I do.). And you’re meant to have ScarJo. :o)

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Bah. Hate her. Not have her. Typos suck!

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I agree 100% (but I did watch the whole thing anyway lol)

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I actually really liked this movie. I thought it was a funny look at the stereotypes in the dating world today. And stereotypes are there for a reason. But I also like movies that take realistic looks at life and relationships and people. I’m a huge fan of Closer too.

Those behaviors are how people really act. That’s how a lot of men act and how a lot of women act. Some commenter said that represented 2% of people and I’d have to argue and say it represents 98%. Think about it. Every single person knows someone that has been in one of those situations in the movie.

But I don’t think the point was to make women in relationships wonder. I think it was to poke fun at stereotypes.

I didn’t see the movie, but read the book. I didn’t take it too much to heart, thought it was an ok read and left it at that. Like you said, I don’t really need a book to tell me a guy doesn’t like me. Duh.

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Oh my God. I refuse to watch this, even with people telling me it’s “cute” – possibly for the same reason I refuse to read the book. The whole concept just pisses me off to the point where I can’t even describe why other than it just FEELS like it’s just… I don’t know. It’s insulting, I guess. Maybe I’m JUST NOT THAT INTO HIM, EITHER, OKAY.

Anyway. I’m glad I’m not the only one irritated by this. You are much more eloquent than me, though. haha.

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