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One Thing Ruined It For Me

posted 14 years ago by WeRNotAfraid
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The scene where Cameron Diaz punches her boyfriend because she thinks he's been cheating on her was disgusting and ruined the whole movie for me. There is SUCH a double standard here; if HE had punched HER for cheating, the whole movie would have been about her court battle and the fight to have a dangerous abuser locked up, and the man would have been portrayed as an evil monster. Because a woman punches a man, though, it's supposed to be "cute" and "funny." In reality, it's neither. Abuse is abuse, no matter what sex does it, and to violently assault someone like that (and it clearly really hurt his character in the film) makes her allegedly lovable character no better than a wife-beater would have been.

[–] Paul_Ke 14 years ago

I agree, they should have omitted the "punch-moment." It was unnecessary and added nothing to the scene.

[–] Kellymariekitty (158) 6 years ago

Sigh it’s called humour. Geez, get a grip little snowflake

[–] GThorton 14 years ago

Absolutely agreed. No excuse. That being said, good grief. Folks are so uptight.

For heaven's sake, if you can name me one movie you've seen in the past year without some unecessary and technically illegal violence, I'll be surprised.

[–] zoomp81 14 years ago

In reality that kind of behavior is unacceptable. But in the movie, it was comical. I dare a woman to watch that scene and not want to punch that guy in the face! It wasn't just that he was cheating, he lied and blamed her. Also, in reality a woman would probably hit a guy anyway for fooling around. You are right though. If a man hit a woman it would be worse for him.

I just find it funny that nowadays men feel the need to point that out. In the past I think men would be too ashamed to tell anyone because it would make them less of a man to be hit by a woman. Now it's all double standard this and that. Oh brother!

[–] Verdoux-1 14 years ago

I just find it funny that nowadays men feel the need to point that out. In the past I think men would be too ashamed to tell anyone because it would make them less of a man to be hit by a woman. Now it's all double standard this and that. Oh brother!

So men should just put up and shut up about domestic violence. Would you tell that same thing to women as well?

[–] raindog517 14 years ago

LMAO!!! Well said GThornton, well said! It's a MOVIE, PEOPLE!!

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[–] AngieeeBabayy 14 years ago

Um it's basic science that a man has much more muscle than women and can cause much more damage to a women when hitting her verses her hitting him unless she's some body builder and spends all her time on her muscles. I am in no way saying men are better than women, I am just saying men are known to be stronger than women body wise (unless she works hard on her muscles).

And I think you all are overreacting on saying she was abusive. It was one punch. She wasn't violently beating him with a hammer or something. Seriously guys, get realistic.

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[–] Verdoux-1 14 years ago

And I think you all are overreacting on saying she was abusive. It was one punch.

If the roles were reversed you would scream bloody murder. I really don't get why it's OK for women to hit men.

[–] carters6 14 years ago

It's a freakin' comedy, and yes it was funny to see this skinny woman knock out this jerk of a man who quite honestly deserved it.Its not something you see often, and it was for comic effect. Some obviously don't get it, but I did.
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[–] Val-El 14 years ago

She didn't knock him out. She knocked him down.

[–] pc-daisy 11 years ago

I was an abused wife and you are so absolutely right. There is such a double standard, it horrifies me. The whole scene was the one downer in the film and should have been left out.

It is not acceptable for a man or woman to punch another person in the face, no matter what the provocation. End of story!

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[–] pc-daisy 10 years ago

Really? Indeed. You can equate this woman punching this man because he cheated, with hypothetical molestation of your wife or someone trying to hurt your child? Not the same thing at all. Ridiculous.

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[–] pc-daisy 10 years ago

Did you happen to read the OP? This is a film site.

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[–] pc-daisy 10 years ago

It isn't complicated. It is simply my objecting to domestic abuse dressed up as humour. I don't think it is funny and neither does a lot of other people on this thread. You are the one who is complicating it by saying there are situations of justifiable defensive actions. Of course there are, but you wouldn't make that out to be humorous either, or would you?

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[–] Profondorosso75 14 years ago

I don't care if it's a man or a woman, cheating is wrong and if you cheat you deserve a punch in the face. some may call it abuse, I call it retribution.

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[–] Val-El 14 years ago

Disagree! You don't have the right to hit anyone! Now the guy could very well have hit her back! - It is self-defense after all.

[–] sean-spilot 14 years ago

He then is such a pussy for going all "AWWWWEEEEH" from a weak woman. Unless she weighs 1000 tons and is a bodybuilder.

[–] RottenBeauty 12 years ago

The law disagrees with you. Someone doing something you don't like does not give you an excuse to punch them in the face. Are you aware that a single punch can be lethal? All it takes is for the right place to be hit, or from that person to fall and hit their head from that injury and you're looking at manslaughter charges if you are lucky.

If you resort to violence to vent YOUR emotions they you are a dangerous idiot and should rmeove yourself from the gene pool.

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[–] lamont-hard 14 years ago

I agree It is just a movie, but the op had a point and he expressed it. So maybe you should think it's just a point of view and as you said lighten up. let the person make there point that abuse is abuse no matter witch sex dishes it out. Good point op I did not even notice the significance of what I saw until you pointed it out. Imagine if women had not made noise 25 years ago when they were being abused at a much higher rate, it would still be accepted as not a big deal. today, If you touch a woman It's a restraining order as it should be. So people need to think when some one speaks of abuse that there point is not meaningless. even if it's only a movie.

[–] kirsten-933-368923 14 years ago

The movie is actually my favourite movie, and indeed would have been better without this bit in it. Besides Ed Burns is such a cutie...

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[–] Faerielitez 13 years ago

no its completely fair enough, the bastard cheated on her and men dont hit women because theyre stronger so its uneven.

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