As a woman who does not fit into the size 6 world & wants to lose some weight, im hoping this film helps inspire me to do so. But i do have a feeling before i go that its just going to make me for a lot of this film feel bad about myself & my image, but im hoping it will then make me really happy to be who i am. & im up for a giggle too.
So this was my back to back films on Tuesday. After i had managed to pick my emotions back up off the floor in screen 1 from my second Avengers viewing (because i need more emotional turmoil in my life from that film) & it hit me in the feels, i headed off to screen 4 literally, walked in just as the guy on the video goes… hello welcome to odeon, brilliant timing. So did my catch up on my phone & my emails while the adverts were on.
Screen 4 is smaller that screen 1 but i think there were more people there to see i feel pretty, than there were for the avengers. Id say it was about half full, which for meerkat day is good really.
Trailers, deadpool, solo, then life of the party which looks boring. Then it was book club which i am so up for seeing looks hilarious & then Oceans 8. YES BABY!!!!!!! Count me in, i need a heist film in my life & Rihanna, Bullock & Blanchet robbing the Met is what i need to see. Bring it on.
& then the film started, & i was right to have some preconceptions before going to see this & thats really sad that its justified.
There is nothing wrong at all with Amy Schumers performance at all. She is brilliant & hilarious in it. But thats it, there is nothing beneath that, if shes not in the lead role & nailing it in each scene, this has the credentials to be one of the worst films of the year, by a long shot. Which says a lot about how good she is to make it okay. Honestly shes wasted to be in this film.
Its still to patronising a film, i know thats the point that were all mean to come out of it empowered & feeling good about ourselves to matter who we are & that if we can dream it we can do it. But it starts at such a low level & doesnt get anywhere near the self confidence level for the rest of us until the final 3 scenes of the film only then did i think yes yes yes. But it had lost me much earlier on.
All the normal people they put her next to to make Amy look bad are all still like size 6 & the really slim people are all like size 0, so when a size 10 Amy stands next to them all she seems huge & thats what does me. They are making a size 10 look bad & that its not for you. What chance do we have if your saying thats bad. I would kill to be a size 10, but you know what i like food & wine so meh…
The boyfriend was quite funny, thats the kinda person we all need in our lives hes hilarious.
Michelle Williams was in another film this year, & again was the most boring part of it. I know she was putting on a stupid voice, but i seriously started turning out of listening to her at one point. Shes got to be one of the most boring actresses ever, she just lacks what ever it is that she needs. Come on love get it together.
I just feel like this film let me down on a lot of levels. I really wanted more of an uplifting story which was a proper rom com, & telling you that it didnt matter who you were, when actually it did because everyone still judged her. Sorry I Feel Pretty you didnt make me feel pretty.