Shallow Hal- will you go see it?

[Cheyenne]

Radio station here has a big debate this morning about this movie with fat people calling in to talk about it.

I haven't seen it, only the commercials. Based on those alone I wouldn't go see the movie. Why torture myself? That's what the radio callers are saying, too. The movie has a 5 minute speech about seeing the inner beauty of fat people, and then the other 95% of it is one big fat joke.

Society accepts fat jokes as being funny, and I can live with that. People are human, and that means they are sometimes cruel. I can't change that. But I certainly am not going to pay money to see this movie. I predict theaters full of skinny and mildly overweight people only. Those of you who do go see Shallow Hal, please check out your fellow movie goers to see if I guess correctly.

 

[Amused]

Paltrow wore a fat suit.
DeNiro would have gained the weight.


That's why Bobby's the best.

 

[Cheyenne]

Paltrow wore a fat suit.
DeNiro would have gained the weight.


That's why Bobby's the best.

In this case, it wouldn' t have worked to gain hundreds of pounds for the role. Forget that you'd have to be an idiot to do that on purpose. Paltrow plays both parts- skinny AND fat. She could put on a fat suit for that portion of the role. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as a skinny suit for the part where she plays a "normal" size woman.

 

[Amused]

Bobby played skinny and fat.
It's all about conviction.

 

[Basia]

Unfortunately, there is no such thing as a skinny suit for the part where she plays a "normal" size woman.

Paltrow as a "normal" sized woman? HA! She'd have to gain 50 pounds first!

 

[Shy Tall Guy]

I just saw a 30 minute show promoting it (I think on A&E) and it looked to be funny, but not that funny. It seemed more balanced than just 5/95, but who knows. It wasn't good enough for me to go see.

I don't think Paltrow is that good looking anyway; I think there are quite a number of women on this board that have prettier faces - and a number that have bodies as good or better. She is a little skinny for my tastes, but okay.

 

[gridiron]

Shallow Hal - Morals in American society..

Greetings..

I have to say.. I would for sure go and see this movie.. Not because Gwenyth Paltrow's a fox or because Jack Black is fucking hilarious.. Rather because the movie preaches something that I've been following for years - to appreciate the inner beauty.. We've all heard it before - looks aren't everything.. Damned straight.. Looks are a bonus.. What counts are the personality and character of the person.. This absolutely knock out of a girl might hit on me, and sure I might flirt back.. But if there's something about her inner make-up that sets of the Klaxon horns and red warning lights in my head, then forget it..

 

[Renegade]

Paltrow as a "normal" sized woman? HA! She'd have to gain 50 pounds first!

LOL Couldn't agree more. Well, maybe change it to 55 pounds, but still.....

 

[Mischka]

Re: Shallow Hal - Morals in American society..

damn double post

 

[Mischka]

Re: Shallow Hal - Morals in American society..

Rather because the movie preaches something that I've been following for years - to appreciate the inner beauty.

The movie defeats its own message: it portrays inner beauty through an exceptionally thin version of exterior beauty, reinforcing the idea that thin is the only standard of true beauty. I know they needed a visual of inner beauty, but the chosen dichotomy fails to send any message other than beauty = thin. I'd say the movie gets kudos for at least trying, but it falls far short. Reminds me of Cats and Dogs, where Jeannine Garfallo played the "ugly" woman. Uh huh.

 

[Nathon_88]

Nope.

Won't go see it.

Both, because fat jokes aren't funny, and because I'm a broke University Student.

 

[Renegade]

You know, now that I think about it, there is one thing I'm interested in. At the end of the movie, when/if Paltrow and Black end up together, I'm wondering how they'll be showing her. Will Black still have the "gift" to see her as a thin looking woman, or will he then see her for the way she really looks, physically? At the end, I would be a bit impressed if they showed Paltrows character as being overweight instead of the thin woman he at first thinks she is.

 

[Siren]

Shallow Hal ???

 

[BlondeBeauty]

Nah.

If I'm headed to the movie theater, I'd just as soon see something else.

Paltrow was alright in "Shakespeare in Love", but I've never seen her do top-notch acting anyways.

The commercials didn't even seem that funny to me.

You never know, though. Might be forced into it someday.