This Is 40 - spoilers, kind of.

[bunch]

We went today and I'm still in a bad mood. It was seriously the most depressing movie I've seen in ages. And holy un MM. All I could think about was the intervention that I wanted to stage.

[steph96]

I enjoyed it! It was really hard not to think about the MM aspect of it. I kept leaning over to FI and making comments about MM things.

[Deleted]

I really disliked it. I agree it was depressing and it totally lacked a resolution. Sorry I hid all this shit from you and we can't afford our lyfe. The end.

[vanillacourage]

They have a terrible marriage.

[bunch]

At the beginning I thought "oh how funny, we have so many of the same annoying quirks as a couple!" And by the end I hated myself for ever thinking that. They needed to separate and quit buying so much shit! The end infuriated me. You drug me through 2 hours of that and aren't going to leave me with a remotely happy ending? I know these guys are going to be screaming at each other again before they make it home from the bar. The funny parts were even uncomfortable because the rest was so unfunny.

[Deleted]

Bummer--DH & I were excited to see it though I feared it'd hit a little close to home. Now I'll probably wait until its out on Redbox.

[Awkward]

*crosses off list of movies to see*

Thank you, ladies, for saving me the price of a movie ticket.

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[bunch]

It was the first movie I'd seen in a theater in 18 mos. the last one, cowboys and aliens, was better. I'm glad to at least save you

[Deleted]

You should go see Silver Lining Playbook. That movie was so good!

H and I both hated the ending of This is 40. There was no resolution whatsoever. And I agree about the MM aspect also. What a disappointing movie.

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Jan 12, 2013 21:49:13 GMT -5 Awkward said:

*crosses off list of movies to see*

Thank you, ladies, for saving me the price of a movie ticket.

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Ditto. I am mildly obsessed with Paul Rudd but I'll cross this one out.

Bncha, sorry you had a wasted movie outing. That really sucks, especially when you're paying a sitter to go out. We don't get out to the movies too often either and I am really glad we've been happy with our 2 latest choices (The Hobbit and Django Unchained).

[Deleted]

I actually liked it a lot. I thought it was a thought-provoking movie about marriage. Their marriage dent look like my marriage, but I thought it was a good flick. And I loved the inclusion of Graham Parker and Ryan Adams.

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Jan 12, 2013 22:00:01 GMT -5 cuadrado said:

You should go see Silver Lining Playbook. That movie was so good!

H and I both hated the ending of This is 40. There was no resolution whatsoever. And I agree about the MM aspect also. What a disappointing movie.

See, and I thought the ending to SLP was so ridiculous and schmaltzy. (The acting was great, but the story has some holes and the ending was so predictable and contrived.) Oh great, they're happy. For the next five minutes. But two people with issues that heavy don't ride off into the sunset and live happily ever after.

Life is messy and doesn't always have nicely packages resolutions. I liked that about This Is 40.

[LoveTrains]

Huh. I have heard from all my friends that it was awesome.

I wonder if its an age thing, only because I know you are several years younger than me.

[bunch]

Sure, life is messy. What it isn't is pot brownies in 1000 dollar a night hotel rooms.

[bunch]

Jan 12, 2013 22:18:57 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

Huh. I have heard from all my friends that it was awesome.

I wonder if its an age thing, only because I know you are several years younger than me.

possible, but I don't think the things that I couldn't relate to had much to do with age. The characters had pretty bizarre situations all around.

[LoveTrains]

Jan 12, 2013 22:19:55 GMT -5 bunch said:

Sure, life is messy. What it isn't is pot brownies in 1000 dollar a night hotel rooms.

why not?

I know plenty of adults that eat pot brownies.

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Jan 12, 2013 22:19:55 GMT -5 bunch said:

Sure, life is messy. What it isn't is pot brownies in 1000 dollar a night hotel rooms.

That is such a weird thing to say.

I thought it was great.

[kadams767]

Jan 12, 2013 22:18:57 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

Huh. I have heard from all my friends that it was awesome.

I wonder if its an age thing, only because I know you are several years younger than me.

If this is what my life and marriage turns into at 40, I might kill myself. I hated this movie so much. Ryan Adams' cameo was the only good part.

[kwynn]

Haven't seen it yet, but was she a SAHM in the first one and he did something sort of vague with bands, possibly? I didn't understand how they afforded such a huge home in Los Angeles with a separate guest house for the sister in the first one, to be honest!

[ellipses84]

I enjoyed it, but I like Judd Apatow stuff and we used gift cards so it was free. It was also our first kid free date in a long time! Our conversation afterwards:

Me: I can relate to a lot of those scenes.

DH: I never want us to be like that!

Lol. It might hit closer to home if you are nearer to 40 and have tween kids. It sparked some good conversation between us. Definitely not a MM couple and not a good movie resolution ending, but sadly, probably realistic for a lot of couples.

[h]

DH and I both enjoyed it a lot. It did veer off toward the depressing end of things, but it was still really funny. And I thought there was ultimately a sweetness and a realness to their marriage.

The whole MM aspect of it did bother me--both how they ever afforded their life in the first place and why the hell she seemed to so quickly forgive his transgressions in that area--but not enough to ruin the movie.

I do think I would have liked and related to the movie a lot less had I seen it 10 years ago.

[Deleted]

So this is what I have to look forward to?

This thread is more depressing than the movie.

[trixie12]

Yeah, the movie was "meh" to me. Parts of it were funny, but for some reason I felt like it dragged on and on. Not my favorite.

[minniebee]

Not my favorite either. There were some LOL lines, but some of it was just too much. All the yelling and swearing at the school. Living WAY beyond their means. Fighting in front of the kids. The grandpa with young triplets who couldn't tell them apart.

Charlotte was the best part of the movie. She was adorable.

And I am not that far from 40 ... I have a few years left :-)

[Deleted]

MH and I both enjoyed it, but I did think it could've been a bit shorter.

[Willis Jackson]

What were the MM issues in it? Details, please.

[changedname]

We saw it last night too. It started off really funny and great then got all depressing and weird at the end. It was also kind of long (2.5 hours).

I liked it if only for the décor in their house - OMG that's my dream house.

I found it to be completely unrealistic and especially from a MM point of view. They both have jobs that don't seem to be great but live in a gorgeous house with an amazing yard in what looked to be Beverly Hills or Brentwood. They drive a BMW and a Lexus.
It looked like a classic case of spending a lot more than you can afford but also the house was a total movie house that no one in real life on their salaries can afford.

[bunch]

They both had jobs with no income (in fact, both were small businesses hemorrhaging money), they live in a very expensive house, drive very expensive cars, have all kinds of gadgets, host catered birthday parties and part of the plot of the movie is that they realize that they have zero money and have missed a mortgage payment (which he doesn't tell her), but it doesn't slow them down for a second. It's just annoying.

Angryharpy, my weird post was just to say that if they were trying to be relatable, they weren't.

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Jan 13, 2013 8:49:24 GMT -5 bunch said:

They both had jobs with no income (in fact, both were small businesses hemorrhaging money), they live in a very expensive house, drive very expensive cars, have all kinds of gadgets, host catered birthday parties and part of the plot of the movie is that they realize that they have zero money and have missed a mortgage payment (which he doesn't tell her), but it doesn't slow them down for a second. It's just annoying.

Angryharpy, my weird post was just to say that if they were trying to be relatable, they weren't.

Maybe not relatable to you, but you would be surprised as to how many people do live like that. I see them on a regular basis in my office looking for help out of such a mess.

[bunch]

Very fair.

Really my biggest complaint is that I just wanted it to be much funnier. Lol. I usually don't get nearly this worked up. We watch plenty of bad movies.