What's Offensive

Just over a week ago we went and watched The Expendables. Actually I should clarify. I got tricked into watching it. I suppose this is what I get for not having a TV and never seeing movie trailers... I just heard "we're going to the movies" and I said, sure why not? I am kind of sorry that I contributed to that movie being #1 at the box office, because it was really a terrible movie. Although that being said, I've gotten some pretty decent entertainment out of making fun of it. The dialog was bad, the jokes were lame, the action scenes are not really my thing (although if you just forget that it's a movie and pretend you're watching a fireworks show it's sort of ok.)

More importantly, all of the guys in the movie seemed to have IQs that just barely allow them to function in society. Dolf Lundgren in particular was like a large, dumb ox who bumped his head into stuff, grunted, and beat the crap out of people. But all of the characters were bad. The saddest thing was that they all seemed confused as to why they didn't have girlfriends. There were many reasons why this was the case, but the main 2 reasons were 1) they didn't respect women and 2) the closest they could get to talking about their feelings involved hanging out at a seedy tattoo parlor and throwing knives at the wall. Also, they spend a lot of time eating HGH and killing people.

Sometimes I think I'm getting more feminist as I get older. I was surprised at how much those douche-y guys annoyed the crap out of me in that movie. But then a few days ago I was listening to Dr. Dre's "B**ches ain't s**t", and I was almost laughing out loud at the lyrics. So why do I laugh at those songs but not at the macho-men movies? I suppose it's because I hadn't seen a movie like that in a long time (or possibly ever) and I was concerned that there might be some segment of society out there that might take those things seriously. Or maybe with the gangster rap songs they just have a special place in my heart. I guess I was more... open minded?... back when I was listening to that music a lot. I do think there's something about having a kid though, or even just the process of thinking about having kids, which has made me a little more feminist.