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I'm so tired of movies ending with women giving up their high power high paying jobs for romance. In this film she gave up the high paying job for a job that she LOVES and STILL got the guy.. Now that's a positive message. Surprisingly good movie. Loved every second of it.
"In this film she gave up the high paying job for a job that she LOVES and STILL got the guy.. "
I don't understand why so many critics and posters are bitching about that. She found a guy in the same business who understands the demands of her job and doesn't pressure her to give up the work she loves. And she found him early in the film because that isn't what this film is about.
The message of this movie is that Networks should not tell real news, yet have the anchors sumo wrestle because the sheeple like that. I don't think most people like that.
Unstoppable - 8/10
Skyline - 6/10
I just thought that's what you said they like.
shareThat isn't the message I got, ReallyGoodName. The message I got is that morning TV viewers don't want to hear the real news and that a smart producer slots the real news in between the silly bits--giving the audience what they want to see but also what they need to hear.
shareNews should never have silly bits..unless there is actually silly news. But sumo wrestling anchors isn't news at all.
Unstoppable - 8/10
Skyline - 6/10
Except the morning TV shows aren't really intended to be hard news programs. There are breaks for the news and weather, but the rest is light entertainment, some of it informative. You want hard news, you've got it 24/7 on CNN.
The problem with "Mike Pommeroy" is that he thinks the show should change to suit his background in hard news reporting. This show is pretty much his last shot at TV reporting of any sort, but he refuses to lighten up until he faces losing Becky to NBC. It's actually quite a moving story.
I thought the message was depressingly real:-
"Appeal to the lowest common denominator and your ratings will go up, and if you have to humiliate people - including a respected war reporter - to succeed then that's just fine too."
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Please give some examples of movies that end with women giving up their high power, high paying jobs for romance.
share-Kate and Leopold: She gives up a big promotion to go live in the 1800s with Hugh Jackman. Of course, she never liked the job to begin with, but it was just silly and saccharine how they showed her throwing it away to go live in the past.
-You've Got Mail: She didn't leave the job, but rather her company went out of business because of her rival's huge corporate bookstore - and the two ended up together
-One Fine Day: Two single parents (one man, one woman) who both have professional lives and children, but only the female is shown to be harried, stressed, and made to feel extremely guilty because she has a business meeting at the same time as her son's soccer game. The male single parent is always shown to be calm, suave, and in control.
-View From the Top: Woman from a small town who has always dreamed of being a stewardess on international flights. She finally gets the job, tells her boyfriend, he gets upset so they break up. After a couple years of being tired and busy from her glamorous job, she ends up going back to Ohio and giving up the job to be with him. (However, she does end up getting a pilot's license and becoming a pilot - which is a better-paying job - by the end of the movie). I'm guessing in this one the point was that she decided it was better to be in one place with her man that she loves (even if it's Ohio, which in the movie was said to be boring) than constantly traveling all over Europe with a too-busy schedule and no romantic partner.
I think the OP's point was that it is nice to see a movie where a woman is hard-working at a job that she actually LIKES. That's why she got frustrated at her boyfriend. She didn't mind doing research and taking calls during their dates. But, I was siding with him too. If you're in a relationship you need to devote time to it.
It was nice to see a professional female character find a way to balance both work and love. In some of the other movies, the woman is placed in a job that she doesn't even like, so of course they make her give it up and ride off into the sunset.
It was nice to see a professional female character find a way to balance both work and love.
I like Rachel McAdams and I like her character in the movie. I even enjoyed this movie quite a bit.
But whether it's for a little or a lot of money, I don't identify with workaholics AT ALL. Of all the things to "love" why a job? I'm glad she stay with the job she liked more, but I will never identify with people who like working obscene amounts of hours. I can probably make a list - a really long one - of thigns I'd rather do with extra time other than work.
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You know, I felt like that before I met my husband - like work was going to be the most important thing in my life, and I would pick up and move across the country for a job. What actually changed my mind was reading "Voluntary Simplicity" and realizing that not only would my job not love me back but that I wouldn't care about it when I died. Will I be lying on my death bed thinking, "Damn, I should have spent more time in the office"? Heck no.
I still want to do something meaningful, but my job will never come before my family and husband.
Still, since I used to want to be one of those people - and used to be one - I can relate.
Call me Katie. ;-)
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