Dec 1 2008'The Ugly Truth' Trailer is so True: Men and Women ARE Like That!
No matter what I think about Hollywood's near-vacuum of originality and tendency to pander to the lowest common denominator, I have to occasionally give credit to them for committing to the kind of daring experimentation that advances the medium. I may never desire watching the Star Wars prequels again, but I can respect how the series' advancements in computer effects. And though I'll never, ever watch The Ugly Truth in its entirety, I can appreciate how this trailer answers the question, "What if you locked a 'men are like this, women are like this' stand-up comic in a room and told him to re-write Hitch using a SpikeTV-ized version of Tom Cruise's character from Mangolia."
It's so romantic when a horrible person and a crazy person are able to find love through misogyny:
Reader Comments
1. jecka - December 1, 2008 11:46 AM
well, as a chick who usually hates chickflicks, that one doesnt look half bad...
2. JL - December 1, 2008 1:22 PM
The graphic at the end is funny. There is a heart on the female's head, but there is a heart on the guy's crotch. Apart from the obvious metaphor there, the one on the guy looks kind of like two huge balls and a tiny prick.
3. Horse - December 1, 2008 1:51 PM
Magnolia, not Mangolia.
4. Anthony - December 1, 2008 4:13 PM
Didn't they already make this film starring Ashley Judd and Hugh Jackman?
5. K lee - December 1, 2008 4:29 PM
Ha ha, but Mangolia is such a good word. Also, what the fuck, Gerard Butler. What the fuck. For shame!
6. Amy - December 1, 2008 6:58 PM
As a chick who usually hates chickflicks, that one looks awful.
But I'll probably put it on the "watch it if it's available for free and there's nothing better to do" list, which is marginally above many chick flicks, I suppose...
7. X - December 1, 2008 8:17 PM
All right, all right, I'll watch it, GODDAMN IT, I'LL WATCH IT! Jesus fucking Christ! What do you people want? My girlfriend's gonna drag my ass to it anyway. But there had better be boobs.
You hear me?
One boob shot.
And I don't even care whose they are.
8. Name - December 1, 2008 11:55 PM
Katherine Heigl is playing the same characters and it's getting boring. And when did Gerard Butler become Mel Gibson?
9. Uwvie - December 2, 2008 12:50 AM
@X
I can almost guarantee they won't be Heigl's boobs.
10. charles - December 2, 2008 2:12 PM
at what point does he yell "THIS.. IS.. SEDUCTION!" and then kick Katherine down a flight of stairs?
11. f - December 2, 2008 5:29 PM
so maybe the story line hasn't been done a million times before, but i don't see how its that different from any other chick flick thats been made?
& look at little e! ha, he looks so much younger than katherine heigl...