i've been stating more opinions than usual in the last few posts (i generally use this blog as a means for disseminating the works of others - quotations, art, et cetera), so i figured i'd continue while i was on a roll.

saw this movie poster on the side of a building in midtown today. uhh, where do i start? (be forewarned, this post will shortly venture into the land of feminism and gender equality.)

first of all, this movie is being advertised as written and directed by the same woman who wrote and directed something's gotta give (nancy meyers). i've seen something's gotta give. and i've seen the trailer for it's complicated. and i'm preeeeeetty sure they are the same movie. let's compare:

something's gotta give (2003). starring jack nicholson & diane keaton.

"a swinger on the cusp of being a senior citizen with a taste for young women falls in love with an accomplished woman closer to his age." (imdb)

it's complicated (2009). starring meryl streep & alec baldwin.

"during his son's college graduation, jane hooks up with her ex-husband, jake, who's married to a younger woman." (imdb)

ok, but i don't really give a flying fuck about this nancy meyers lady and the fact that she's plagiarizing her own shit.

what i DO give a flying fuck about is that this poster shows 2 characters, post-coitus, with ms. streep looking guilty and sheepish (ohmigawd i just slept with my ex-husband oh noooo he'll never respect me again ohmigawd) and mr. baldwin looking pretty damn blissed out (no thought bubble to fill in - in the movies, men don't have emotions after sex...they go to sleep).

honestly, i get it. i know this shit appeals to middle america and it probably appeals to a pretty large percentage of coastal america, too. this movie will make a lot of money for nancy meyers and universal pictures and alec baldwin. but that's not what gets me.

what really gets me about all this is meryl streep. i freakin love meryl streep. i think she's a fantastic actress and it goes against all of my aspiring to be at least a little bit counterculture/unpredictable/not a 23 year old upper middle class caucasian cliche to like her as much as i do. and in my mind, meryl streep is a feminist. she's a good-role-choosing feminist. and the fact that she would choose to be in this movie (certainly not for the money) and allow herself to be depicted as in the poster above (certainly meryl freakin streep has some say in this shit), makes me really, really sad.

and now i'm gonna go tell some woman jokes and bake a pie.