‘Failure to Launch’ Soars to Top of Box
‘Failure to Launch’ Soars to Top of Box
Post by dumbfuck aw on Mar 12, 2006, 4:31pm
Only brain dead dumbfuck American Women would see such a movie …
After all, it’s fun to “make fun” of men in our anti-male, anti-father culture.
“Failure to Launch” stars McConaughey as a 35-year-old still living with his parents, who hire a bombshell (Parker) to entice him into moving out. The audience was two-thirds female, according to distributor Paramount.
“There hasn’t been a good date movie in a while, and I think women just felt like it was going to be a fun movie,” said Rob Moore, the studio’s worldwide head of marketing and distribution.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11799048/
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Post by greenie on Mar 12, 2006, 7:55pm
I’m taking a pass on this “cute” movie, too.
Apparently, it’s now all the rage for young men to live at home with their parents. I don’t know how to feel about that, but I definitely am sick & tired of AW bragging away about their apartments & eating cereal for dinner.
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Post by Unable2Login on Mar 12, 2006, 8:36pm
About McConaughey’s character, does he work? As long as he’s pulling his weight around the house what the hell is wrong with living with parents?
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Post by male guest on Mar 12, 2006, 8:51pm
Mar 12, 2006, 8:36pm, Unable2Login wrote:As long as he’s pulling his weight around the house what the hell is wrong with living with parents?
Nothing. I actually know quite a few guys in their 30s who live with their parents. I used to myself. You actually save a ton of money living with your folks. Just as long as you work, make yourself productive around the house. Also, why the hell would you want to spend thousands on rent – just to impress some worthless AW? If you’re not dating these stupid parasitic creatures, what’s the point? Just more Hollywood bullshit to shame the men into spending (i.e., “waste”) money on worthless AW.
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Post by kris on Mar 12, 2006, 9:21pm
I’ve been living on my own for the past 7 years. I am 33 years old.
It wasn’t by choice though. My mother was on the verge of retirement due to health issues, and my dad took a promotion in another city. I was going to university at the time close to our old home, so for a couple years, I was living with my mother in an apartment and going to school while she completed her run at her work, at which point she retired and moved for good with my dad. Currently, I still reside in the same apartment building on my own, pay my own bills, finished school and have been working for the past 7 years.
I pay $730 a month for rent in a bachelor apartment, have a car (a 5.0 Mustang), and pay cable, phone, and internet on my own.
Had things not worked out how they did, I may or may not have still been living at home.
Am I glad living on my own? Yes, even though I have expenses to pay, I get to come home whenever I want, laze around for as long as I want, bang as much skank as I want, can have any one over at anytime of the day or night, etc etc etc etc……
Yes, had I lived at home, I would have had all my student loans paid off and would/maybe be well on my way to at least buying a condo. As it stands now, I am a very very good budgeter and saver of funds. I learned it from my mother (Surprisingly, she’s cheap!).
My finances are in very good order, my credit rating is above average, and I am very liquid! If I wanted to, tomorrow I could walk into a bank and pay off the balance of my school loans and my credit card balance.
That stupid movie that came out this weekend could just as easily been applied to women. Only difference is the amount of women still living at home is moderately lower than that of men.
For men, I think it’s 52% still live at home between ages 25-35.
For women, the number is only slightly lower at 41%.
However, of the men living at home, most if not all pay their parents some kind of living stipend to live at home, like paying for some of the groceries, rent, utility bills etc.
Of the 41% of women who live at home, most if not all of them DON’T pay mom and dad anything!
I won’t be watching this movie. I could give a fuck about what women think and I live on my own!!!!!
Go see “The Hills Have Eyes” remake. It was really good.
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Post by greenie on Mar 12, 2006, 9:27pm
When I brought up that men living at home seemed to be the latest rage, I meant to take a neutral stand. I wasn’t sure whether you gentlemen would think of it as right or wrong, so I called it like I did.
Yeah – as long as the fella can pay R&B, as well as help around the house, it’s not a bad thing. The only thing that living on one’s own can be good for is the freedom to be more sexually active – if that’s necessary.
With the lack of affordable housing resulting from the real estate boom (esp. in my home state of IL), this arrangement can make plenty of sense.
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Post by morpheus on Mar 12, 2006, 11:54pm
Ugh, this sounds like yet another movie my last girlfriend would have compelled me to see (I say that to myself whenever I see a romantic comedy advertised). I really need to start that blog where I take apart assorted RomComs, if only as therapy for all the depraved genre pieces I was exposed to so many years ago. Maybe it will help other men understand what is going on in these movies.
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Post by standard deviator on Mar 13, 2006, 12:03am
I know nothing about this movie, but it sounds like another “40 year old virgin” film that tries to paint single men as geeky losers. Yes, if you aren’t slouching at the counter of your local club wearing designer goods buying $10-a-glass drinks for some skank, you are a hopeless loser. Men devoted to any sort of “hobby” other than impressing women are also being dragged through the muck increasingly.
This is a salvo fired in the war on men, and we’ll see more and more stuff like this as the reality and implications of the marriage strike begins to sink in and terrify our mass culture social engineers. As usual, shaming and misrepresentation will be their most common weapons. I expect to see lots of movies about nerdish loners who are “tamed” by a sassy you-go-grrrl.
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Post by Mes on Mar 13, 2006, 12:33am
I’ll just ignore this silly Hollweird crap the way I ignore most of the stuff they put out.
Going to the movies…who does that anymore?
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Post by morpheus on Mar 13, 2006, 12:36am
Mar 13, 2006, 12:33am, Mes wrote:I’ll just ignore this silly Hollweird crap the way I ignore most of the stuff they put out.
Going to the movies…who does that anymore?
I admit, I do. It’s like being unable to break off an abusive relationship.
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Post by niceguy78 on Mar 13, 2006, 2:08am
Hollywood has gone to shit.
All they produce is either dumbshit “romance comedies” movies, such as this one. Or action/adventure, where some dumb Ameriskank comes in weighing 110 lbs, and can take out 250 lbs. men.
Our society is in serious trouble.
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Post by MostOfUS on Mar 13, 2006, 8:16pm
I lived at home until age 30.
Saved up over $500,000 from age 21-30
I now have no mortgage, and work part time.
With interest rates back to 6%, I’m making a nice side income again.
Chicks laugh at the guy who lives at home,
but then who gets to pay for the house?
Zero ability to plan ahead.
Not my problem.
Last laugh.
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Post by wayman on Mar 13, 2006, 9:15pm
Im 29 and live with my parents.
I moved out at 21…..
struggled to make the bills and still have a life outside of work.
Lost my job…. moved back home.
Now i make decent money.
By this time next year i plan on buying a house.
2 nice cars and a house by 30 i dont think im doing too bad.
Apartments SUCK ill do my best to Never Live in one again. Waste of Money.
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Post by toadman on Mar 13, 2006, 9:23pm
Apartments aren’t that bad if you have other investments. Hope you pay cash and accept the depreciation on those new rides, otherwise you’re interest-city.
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Post by dickthedog on Mar 13, 2006, 9:34pm
Mar 13, 2006, 2:08am, niceguy78 wrote:Hollywood has gone to shit.
All they produce is either dumbshit “romance comedies” movies, such as this one. Or action/adventure, where some dumb Ameriskank comes in weighing 110 lbs, and can take out 250 lbs. men.
Our society is in serious trouble.
And then they come up with the most implausible theories as to why they are losing their most profitable demographic group. (young males). “It must be video games” or “They’re renting the DVDs”
Get a clue Hollywood. Who wants to pay good money to be insulted? We’re insulted free of charge every day.
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Post by uszername on Mar 14, 2006, 7:09am
You cant be free if you clip your own wings. That means flying from the nest. The sooner the better. Its a bit ‘harder’ financially but that is well over compensated for in terms of everything else that comes from self reliance and independence. Family structures have a way of keeping one emotionally stunted, constantly pandering to personal weakness and keeping you locked down.
Let the lonely gals have this silly indulgence. They need a way to vent too. Better a bit of holloweird slop for their venting than being stuck with one at home.
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Post by passingby on Mar 14, 2006, 8:06am
Mar 13, 2006, 9:34pm, dickthedog wrote:
Mar 13, 2006, 2:08am, niceguy78 wrote:Hollywood has gone to .All they produce is either dumbshit “romance comedies” movies, such as this one. Or action/adventure, where some dumb Ameriskank comes in weighing 110 lbs, and can take out 250 lbs. men.
Our society is in serious trouble.
And then they come up with the most implausible theories as to why they are losing their most profitable demographic group. (young males). “It must be video games” or “They’re renting the DVDs”
Get a clue Hollywood. Who wants to pay good money to be insulted? We’re insulted free of charge every day.
Good point, one needs to only watch TV commercials to be insulted. Like those Kotex ones…
Mar 14, 2006, 7:09am, uszername wrote:You cant be free if you clip your own wings. That means flying from the nest. The sooner the better. Its a bit ‘harder’ financially but that is well over compensated for in terms of everything else that comes from self reliance and independence. Family structures have a way of keeping one emotionally stunted, constantly pandering to personal weakness and keeping you locked down.
Let the lonely gals have this silly indulgence. They need a way to vent too. Better a bit of holloweird slop for their venting than being stuck with one at home.
“The sooner the better”? If a young man falls out of the nest at age 19 or whatever, they are probably going to be that much more vulnerable to getting married. Think about it, they’re going to want companionship of some sort, and they might turn to women for it, then what happens from there? Divorce, alimony, child support, she gets your wages, etc. Regardless of how you feel about leaving the house, I think that its a decision that needs to be done intelligently, when the person is mature enough, and not on a whim.
And I don’t know what ‘family structures’ you’re talking about, but that’s not how mine is. I’m a commuting student in college and I couldn’t be happier with my housing situation. Lemme consider the alternative: staying in some dorm with a bunch of drunk guys on one floor and tramps on the next? Nope. I’d trust my family with my emotional development a lot more than I would some strangers or some woman.
“Better a bit of holloweird slop for their venting than being stuck with one at home.”
That’s the point, if you’re home with your parents, pulling your weight, paying rent, doing chores around the house, then your chances of being stuck with some woman like that are 0 to none, because you’re living at home! But when you leave…
Staying at home is not for everybody, but it certainly is for some, and Hollywood’s stereotypes of those people are stupid and shallow, and they wouldn’t be tolerated if they did so to some other group of people.
Ouch, check out some of the lower reviews:
http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/failuretolaunch
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Post by guest on Mar 14, 2006, 8:40am
I roomshare. You can find these places in the newspaper or on the web (roommates.com). Basically, somebody rents out a room or two in their home for a fraction of what rent and utililies cost. Apt. = $750-$800/mo + $150-$200 utilities…then you have to furnish the place.
Huge waste!
I live in a $500,000K home located in a nice wooded area. owned by this old retired guy. Downstairs apt with kitchen, living room, my own room (all furnished) for $325/mo. (includes utilities and parking w/ no lease). If I decide I don’t like it, I’ll just leave no strings attached. A lot of people do this to help off-set high property taxes and/or heating bills.
In the meantime, I dump 14K/yr into my 401K and 4K into my Roth. Not bad for an unmarried late 20 something. That will compund nicely over the years.
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Post by uszername on Mar 16, 2006, 6:47am
If you are only 19 and in college/uni then l agree that sooner aint always better. When pushing past say mid 20s, its a whole other reality. l have seen a friend out on his own at 18 and into a degree. Another at home until 30. Both ended up in exactly the same place financially, very well paid IT gigs and a healthy balance sheet, by 35.
The guy who went out later was at his whits end by the time he left.
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