*This post refers to two previous blog posts:
this one
and this one
And to the Amazon.com review I posted here. *
As a follow-up to the critique of “Enchanted” I posted on Amazon, we had another one today! I thought for a long time about how to respond. Here’s the post, and my response follows:
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I completely agree with you. Disney has to stop with this garbage. I mean mermaids should want to get out of the ocean because they want to contribute to the world, not because some handsome guy lives there. I, for one, am really looking forward to Disney’s next movie, “Enchanted: Part 2″ where the prince cheats on the princess, proving that all men are scum. Then Giselle dumps him, goes to college, and becomes a working woman who lives in a NYC apartment, takes public transportation, and pays bills. When my daughter complains that the movie is boring, I’ll just explain to her that this is the “real world”, and she can learn a thing or two.
This movie is supposed to be a whimsical take on fairy tales, like Shrek. Disney is being clever by poking fun at themselves. The stereotypes are meant to be over-the-top to show how ridiculous they are, but it is still a Disney fairy tale.
Men have to deal with the dumb stereotypes as well. If I see another commercial where a woman talks about sending her stupid husband to the grocery store, but he can’t just find anything (HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!), I’m going to puke. Get over yourself and your woman’s lib agenda. People come here looking for reviews on the movie, not your stupid opinion. Oh, and by the way, if you are going to try and write an intelligent review discussing how women should not be portrayed as uneducated, please proof read your response first.
Jill From Seattle says:If you disagree with something I said, tell me what you disagree with instead of telling me I have a “women’s lib agenda” and attacking my proof-reading skills. That’s an ad hominem argument, which carries no weight whatsoever, and actually renders your entire response invalid. Nowhere did I claim to be super-educated, or “try to write an intelligent review.” I wrote my review, and made no claims that it was more or less valid than anybody else’s. You disagree. That’s fine. But when you take a negative movie review personally, and then make a personal attack on the reviewer, it says more about your character than it does about the reviewer or the content of the review.
Women’s lib? What? Did you miss the parts of my review in which I pointed out the terrible male stereotypes also? Very few men are scum, and like you, I hate those commercials too. Man like the food and the sports and drink of the beer. Woman clean the house and gossip with girlfriends and kiss the boo-boo. Oh, and when they say men can’t ask for directions? Just as annoying. Men and women are equally stupid and are equally responsible for the propagation of stereotypes.
Disney may be trying to be clever and poke fun at itself, but my point was, it failed miserably. There were some really funny parts in the movie that worked well, like the princess calling all the city animals to clean the apartment and help her make a new dress.
I just didn’t agree with the message the movie sent. And you didn’t agree with my opinion. And you called it my “stupid opinion,” which leads me to believe that YOU are the one with an agenda.
Proof-read? There weren’t any spelling or grammar errors in either of my posts. I don’t need to explain my education to you or anyone. You’re the one putting words into my mouth. It’s not my fault if you spell them wrong.
Obviously, I didn’t expect many people to agree with what I wrote. I’m not trying to start a revolution or anything, I was stating my opinion about the movie, and I know for a fact that I’m not the only person who had this reaction. I thought it was important for people to have a dissenting view, backed up with logical reasoning and backed up with examples from the movie. I just pointed out some things that I find important. If you disagree, or find my perspective irrelevant, that is fine. I welcome discourse about any topic I touch on in a review. I do not, however, welcome accusations of having an agenda, especially a “women’s lib” agenda. That couldn’t be farther from the truth. If you had read my review closely, you might see past what you wanted and expected to see.
Until you can learn to make a relevant argument against my review and not put words in my mouth and ignore entire sections of a review, I’ll have you on my “ignored” list. I don’t mean to invalidate your opinion. My only aim here is to avoid reading further personal attacks. The first person to respond to my review said straight out that they didn’t agree with me, and thought it was silly that I read so deeply into a “fun” film. She asked for clarification, and I gave it to her. I even clicked on the “I found this post added to the conversation” or whatever the button says as a thank-you. If people think I’m bonkers, that’s fine, as long as their opinion is based on something I actually said or wrote.
It isn’t your disagreement or incredulity or even impoliteness that I don’t care for. It’s your lack of relevance and reading comprehension. If you can put together an argument about something I actually SAID, I’d be happy to read what you had to say. Until then, I have you set to “ignore.”
