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Manhater movie

posted 20 years ago by rowan_red
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I think the person who wrote/inspired this movie must have had some messed up relationships with some messed up men. Every man Bullock's character turns to for help ends up dead eventually! None of them can be trusted/relied upon.

Dennis Miller was a therapist who violated their professional relationship relationship and his own marriage. And, worst of all, wonderful Jeremy Northam turns out to be a homicidal maniac. A cute one, but still--HOMICIDAL.

And so Sandra Bullock ends up with her mother in the end--man-free and triumphant, in a rather sad way.

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[–] damascusiconoclast 19 years ago

Seriously? Whoever wrote the screenplay on this turkey was some kind of mysoginist. The sort that makes sure when it's a female main character who indulges herself with a "males only" sort of job that character is shown up to be the clueless hysterical type who has to run to a man for anything and everything and is incapable of any sensible action. Yikes.

[–] creggsteffler 19 years ago

That's an interesting point. I never saw it that way before.

But now that you've got me thinking about it... also consider that all the women in this movie aren't on Angela's side, either. Even her own mother (due to mental disability) rejects her.

That's the one thing that makes this flick compelling: Angela Bennett can't rely on anyone (neither male nor female!). She's completely alone, fighting her attackers all by herself.

[–] ragreen259 19 years ago

You could most likely go a little further (and be a little more realistic) and consider the fact that she was completely anti-social, an introvert under psychiatric care who mixed with no one whatsoever. Angela had serious mental issues, and that's dealt with right up front in the movie. Even her own landlady couldn't identify her.
Interestingly, when a man does this, he's a computer geek and a nerd. When a woman does it, she's apparently some kind of castrating, emasculating bitch man hater.

[–] zimbo_the_donkey_boy 16 years ago

You each are going towards it but then don't make the final step. Yes, she was a manhater and a womanhater. The whole point of this flick was that we can only find love with our computers. Duh!

[–] MeanerWithTheScenery 16 years ago

Yeah, she just wasn't that into people, period. And why should she be? People suck! I know I do

Sometimes, baby bison die.

[–] creaturefeeture 12 years ago

Uh, it was written by two men...

[–] The_Centurion 12 years ago

You can tell it was written by a man when you get two women in a scene and one utters something to the effect of, "looks like you can't wait to use the john either".

[–] Gambit771 8 years ago

This is how most films are in the past 20 plus years.
Men=bad and woman=victims.
She bitches about her ex like all women do in filmsbut he's right there to help her and all the time she is dismissive of him whilst having a go at him being dismissive of her largely unbelievable story especially back then.
Every woman has a bad man from her past story in films.
Every man hits on her but none of them meet her ridiculous list of what a man should be.
Of course all men are bad. It's a modern film.
At least this one shows some women as bad too but the whole bad exes, no man being good enough for her yet despite her being a sad lonely bedroom dwelling Nerd she had sad lonely bedroom dwelling Nerds falling over themselves for her which she is disappointed with herself for being "one of".
It is part of the acceptable misandry in films largely thanks to feminism where careful thought is placed on the female character but free reign is allowed for male characters to be as rotten as possible.