was anyone else ticked off at this movie? I'm not really hot for romantic comedies (although I will confess shame that I found Will Smith kind of charming at some points). I just don't like them. But these "romances" that essentially consist of the plain-jane someone (usually a guy) eventually scoring the "hot" other - and why? Like the whole "conflict" is the fact that the person is looking "above" themselves. If they are so damn unattractive why, in the name of god, is he not seeking unattractive women to spend time with? Why is only the rich heiress good enough? I mean, the rich heiress wanting someone equivalently rich and good looking is just normal - that is her finding her level. It's the average joe who is the snob.
Don't get me wrong - I have no problem (either in real life or the movies) with the attractive dating the less attractive or less conventionally attractive. But when we are constructing these guys as somehow DESERVING these women; like somehow they are too good to date the unattractive, although the attractive people they want to date can't share that sentiment.



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