Post by Vits on Nov 1, 2020 20:53:06 GMT
WHAT WOMEN WANT starts by telling us the backstory of advertising executive Nick Marshall. It's quite pointless, since it's not referenced in any way during the rest of the plot. Frankly, the viewer can get an idea of who he is (successful, chauvinistic and womanizing) without that prologue. He later acquires the ability to read women's thoughts, resulting in a series of hilarious situations. The soundtrack is good and Mel Gibson's performance is great. He has a lot of chemistry with Helen Hunt, but that doesn't prevent the ending from being bad.
6/10
Is WHAT MEN WANT the story about a woman having to fight for gender equality in the workplace? Yes and no. Sports agent Ali Davis isn't completely a heroine, since she slowly realizes that certain things are her fault. She had already been acting like a business shark for years. Some of her co-workers treat her differently out of sexism, but others treat her differently because she had alienated them. I admire how the movie teaches the difference between being strong and being aggressive. Unfortunately, it mistakes loudness for comedy. The plot isn't a scene-by-scene copy of the original (which is a relief, since it's what many remakes have done), but it could and should have been told in less than 117 minutes. Why does it take 30 minutes for Ali to start listening to men's thoughts? Why not cut the subplot with Ali's neighbor that goes nowhere (does she not run into him in the elevator anymore?), or the mid-credits scenes? Oops, my bad! There's only 1 mid-credits scene, but it's split in parts. Making the viewer say "Ah, so now I can go? Oh, I guess not" a bunch of times is really annoying! At the beginning, Ali sleeps with a bartender named Will. The next morning, she sees that he has a son named Ben (he had slept somewhere else and they have just dropped him off). Ali believes Will is married and asks "So at what time does your wife get home?" How did she reach that conclusion? Why would his wife not sleep at his house? In a later scene, Ali says that Will and Ben are her husband and son (in order to seem like a "family person"). Why not say that Ben is her stepson? It would be easier to believe and she wouldn't have to worry about Ben calling her by her name.
3/10
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You see, by that point, Nick had used his superpower to steal ideas from a co-worker named Darcy McGuire. I inferred (and I don't think I'm the only one) that Nick only felt remorse because he fell in love with Darcy, which isn't right. Also, I know that the most important part of a romantic comedy is the romance, but that doesn't mean that the kiss has to be the very last thing the audience sees. So many subplots are left unsolved.
6/10
Is WHAT MEN WANT the story about a woman having to fight for gender equality in the workplace? Yes and no. Sports agent Ali Davis isn't completely a heroine, since she slowly realizes that certain things are her fault. She had already been acting like a business shark for years. Some of her co-workers treat her differently out of sexism, but others treat her differently because she had alienated them. I admire how the movie teaches the difference between being strong and being aggressive. Unfortunately, it mistakes loudness for comedy. The plot isn't a scene-by-scene copy of the original (which is a relief, since it's what many remakes have done), but it could and should have been told in less than 117 minutes. Why does it take 30 minutes for Ali to start listening to men's thoughts? Why not cut the subplot with Ali's neighbor that goes nowhere (does she not run into him in the elevator anymore?), or the mid-credits scenes? Oops, my bad! There's only 1 mid-credits scene, but it's split in parts. Making the viewer say "Ah, so now I can go? Oh, I guess not" a bunch of times is really annoying! At the beginning, Ali sleeps with a bartender named Will. The next morning, she sees that he has a son named Ben (he had slept somewhere else and they have just dropped him off). Ali believes Will is married and asks "So at what time does your wife get home?" How did she reach that conclusion? Why would his wife not sleep at his house? In a later scene, Ali says that Will and Ben are her husband and son (in order to seem like a "family person"). Why not say that Ben is her stepson? It would be easier to believe and she wouldn't have to worry about Ben calling her by her name.
Eventually, Will finds out about this lie and breaks up with Ali. At the end, she goes to Ben's birthday party and apologizes. She brings a cake and Will accepts it. So... there wasn't going to be a cake before her arrival?
3/10
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