Ang laki ng problema mo.*
Mahal ka ni Billy Crudup, ayaw mo na sa kanya.
Mahal ka ni James Franco, ayaw mo na sa kanya.
Mahal ka ni Javier Bardem, ayaw mong sumama sa kanya.
May tawag diyan.
Ang masasabi ko lang: May gumagawa pa ng cassette ngayon?!?
* Translation.
You’ve got a big problem.
Billy Crudup loves you, you don’t like him anymore.
James Franco loves you, you don’t like him anymore.
Javier Bardem loves you, you won’t go with him.
There’s a term for that.
All I can say is: They still manufacture audiocassettes?!?
Everyone in this movie sounds like a T-shirt.
All the foreigners she meets are stereotypes.
The character played by Richard Jenkins threatens to turn this big-budget Lonely Planet episode into a real movie, and then they turn him into a T-shirt, too.
Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
October 8th, 2010 at 09:42
HAHAHA. Gusto ko din sabihin yan sa mga taong walang ginawa kundi mag-quote mula sa Eat, Pray, Love. O baka ako ang may malaking problema.
October 8th, 2010 at 13:36
I see enough bitches whining about their first world problems in real life; why would I want to waste time/pay to watch a movie where some bitch whining about her first world problems gets glamorized?
October 8th, 2010 at 13:39
The pro-feminist magazine Bitch wrote a piece on EPL (epal!). The writer recognized that this book is part of a bigger movement in the US called priv-lit.
Here’s a passage from the piece:
“Eat, Pray, Love is not the first book of its kind, but it is a perfect example of the genre of priv-lit: literature or media whose expressed goal is one of spiritual, existential, or philosophical enlightenment contingent upon women’s hard work, commitment, and patience, but whose actual barriers to entry are primarily financial. Should its consumers fail, the genre holds them accountable for not being ready to get serious, not “wanting it” enough, or not putting themselves first, while offering no real solutions for the astronomically high tariffs—both financial and social—that exclude all but the most fortunate among us from participating.”
Read more of it here:
http://bitchmagazine.org/article/eat-pray-spend
October 8th, 2010 at 14:15
OMG, the movie is even WORSE than the book!
Okay, so it’s not like the book was a Great Work of Literature in the first place, but every single review (and, I should say, recap) of this movie has practically stripped away whatever signs of nuance remained in the book. Just the fact that the final screenplay practically butchered the Indonesia section of the book annoys me, though I guess the “look at these magical people” approach in the movie might be less annoying than “look at these magical people WHO ARE OUT TO CHEAT ME.”
On the plus side: Javier Bardem is much hotter than the real-life Felipe, and the movie’s version of that relationship might actually be more substantial than the one in the book. (For reference, I refer you to the EPL sequel “Committed” – or as I like to call it, “How I Was Forced by US Immigration To Marry A Man I Actually Love, Boo Hoo Hoo.”)
October 8th, 2010 at 17:59
Oops, grammar error. That sentence should say “…every single review (and, I should say, recap) of this movie has pointed out that the movie has practically stripped away whatever signs of nuance remaining in the book.”
To compensate, here’s a sort-of review of the male (parody) version, written (allegedly) with Liz Gilbert’s approval:
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/2010/08/18/2010-08-18_drink_play_fk_writer_andrew_gottlieb_finds_different_steps_to_fulfillment.html
October 8th, 2010 at 20:33
My sentiments exactly. The movie is just one big hunk of ranting and complaining. If I wanted to hear a woman sob everytime things don’t go the way they planned I would be married by now. Suck it up! I just went into the cinema just to say Julie Roberts, not even she can save this train-wreck. It was a harrowing experience sitting through it in the cinema for 2 1/2 hours, geez!