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Femme Comedies: From Sex and the City to He's Just Not That Into You
In the wake of the Sex and the City boxoffice juggernaut, a lot of people are going to be speculating about which upcoming chick flicks are going to ride a new wave of interest in women's pics.
Truth is, most romantic comedies are not Big Event pics like Sex and the City--which is an escapist sexy entertaining movie that celebrates what it is to be a woman. How often does that come our way?
In fact, the movie version of the HBO series (which still draws decent numbers in reruns, years later) serves as an unwelcome reminder of how little the formula pablum served up by the studios satisfies the demanding femme demo. In other words, Sex and the City got made because it was a hit HBO show, not because it fit into any of the usual Hollywood notions of what women want. And thus it is an anomaly.
Which is not to say that I'm bitching about the trailer below, for He's Just Not That Into You, which at least boasts a strong ensemble cast led by Jennifer Anniston, Ben Affleck, Drew Barrymore and Scarlett Johansson. So you tell me: will this one be boffo at the b.o.?
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Dr. Jones wasn't that into Marion and they got married.
Marcia and Lorenzo hit SATC out of the park:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ay_PvOXg9BQ
Posted by: T. Holly | June 02, 2008 at 10:41 PM
i love this. great cast (affleck is back). there's no 'lead' that carries the picture, everyone shares that responsibility -- that will help the perception
will it make money at the b.o.? probably not, but should be a go-to 'date' movie on dvd for a long time, so should do okay after all the pennies are counted
Posted by: Alan | June 03, 2008 at 12:50 PM