There were a lot of little details in the movie that I loved, which showed that it clearly was based on the experiences of someone who had lived this life. Things like trying to flatten out the dollar bills so they don't look like they were stuffed in a g-string
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oh my gosh, I guess you are totally right about the girl at the end, but because I am an incurable optimist, I choose to believe that it's less sinister, and more like: I want to sleep with you AND have an emotional connection with you (like, fucking + breakfast!) which is really what I feel like he's looking for. It's not that he doesn't want to have sex at all, it's just...also with breakfast. A lot of the movie is him being all "And now..breakfast?" and people saying "Yeah...nooo
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Maybe I'm a horrible romantic, but I took the "what could we do with seven hours" line as being less about just fucking and more about taking the time to get to know each other? With possible fucking. I think the film leaves it fairly ambiguous...
I know! I feel like Channing Potatoes should go to nursing school and channel his NEED TO TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE into an awesome profession of being the hottest nurse on the floor.
I also liked how funny the movie was--I mean, a lot of the fucked up stuff that happens in life is also legitimately funny, and the funny stuff kind of kept the movie from being Dancer in the Dark or something.
Since you made this comment, I have found myself randomly relieved at times that Channing Tatum didn't lose all his investment money!
HELEN. You do not know how this post filled an empty place in my heart because I have been feeling SO ALONE. When the credits rolled at the end of Magic Mike and I was sitting there all, "That was an effing MASTERPIECE," the lady sitting three seats away from me practically catapulted her way across my lap in her eagerness to get out of the theater, saying, "Well, I don't know, I guess it was okay," to the husband she'd brought with her (who looked and sounded exactly like a darker-haired version of the character Zach Galifinakis is playing in The Campaign). At that I turned to the friend I'd gone to the movie with, ready to be all, "Can you believe what she just said?" only to discover that MY FRIEND FELT THE SAME WAY AS FAUX-ZACH-GALIFINAKIS'S WIFE
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Yes, Joanna! WHAT A TERRIBLE PERSON SHE IS - I didn't really get into it but that scene you're talking about! She's wearing clothes, so it seems like they're actually talking, but then she gets up and puts on her underwear and you realize, NO, it was a Booty Call Only! TEARS. OUCH.
And then the part with her fiance at the restaurant, where it becomes apparent exactly how much of a complete non-person he is to her. I was all oh, man, this fiance guy is treating him sort of like...I dunno, like her little hobby that has nothing to do with her real actual life. PAINFUL.
YAY! I worry that I've oversold it, but I think really that is not possible. Also, there's tons of nudity and swearing and stripper dancing in it, so it couldn't possibly be a waste of time or money even if the emotional storyline doesn't really resonate with you.
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Let's also talk about how his love interest HAS A BORING EVERY DAY JOB AND HER LIFE IS REALLY ORDINARY, idk I just loved that. ;__;
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I also liked how funny the movie was--I mean, a lot of the fucked up stuff that happens in life is also legitimately funny, and the funny stuff kind of kept the movie from being Dancer in the Dark or something.
Since you made this comment, I have found myself randomly relieved at times that Channing Tatum didn't lose all his investment money!
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And then the part with her fiance at the restaurant, where it becomes apparent exactly how much of a complete non-person he is to her. I was all oh, man, this fiance guy is treating him sort of like...I dunno, like her little hobby that has nothing to do with her real actual life. PAINFUL.
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