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He says NO and nothing happens (and other inconsistencies)



Yep, another one of these hollyweird movie inconsistencies. So he can't say "no" to granny sex, but he can say "no", when asked, whether Red Bull makes him crash hard.

The whole yes-gimmick is ridiculous anyway (exploitation and spam being good examples), and a lot of the time, he doesn't even get asked a question, and thus doesn't even have to answer (like the 'girl scout cookies' - they don't ever ask him anything, and yet he is ready to buy), but complies anyway with an implied wish, and sometimes he answers "yeah", and not "yes", etc. etc.

So the movie doesn't even respect its own gimmicky plot, how could the audience respect anything about the movie?

Plus, this whole movie is one big commercial.. when they are not advertising Red Bull, they are advertising some mattresses that won't spill wine even if you jump on them. Who really needs those? Are people encouraged to poison their brain even when they are sleeping, now? Really, who needs to drink wine while they are using a mattress? Can't you even sit up or stand for the duration of a sip? How lazy can you get?

What would happen, if he answered "maybe", like he tries to do immediately after the seminar?

I haven't seen the whole movie yet, but there are so many inconsistencies and typical "injected romance" crap things (and the typical "a woman is the greatest thing that can happen to a man"-lie, and the typical woman-praising and woman-glorifying) that I am not sure I have the stomach to watch another modern misandry-movie...

I mean, I am not sure if I can take the rest of the movie. Still, I just wanted to mainly point out that the whole "yes/no"-consistency is broken and not thought through. Why should the "yes" only have to do with other people's demands and some kind of 'choices', shouldn't it have to do with ALL questions?

And what kind of philosophy is that teaching - you are supposed to throw rocks at bank windows and get excited when the guards/police detain you, you are supposed to give all your money away to some drunk, who will just end up boozing it, you are supposed to buy anything that any advertisement ever asks you to buy and so on.

Glorifying materialism and criminal activity at its 'finest' (I would have said 'typicalest', but I am pretty sure such a word doesn't exist).

And by the way, think of the uproar and shock if the genders were reversed in the granny scene - I don't mean an old man and a young woman, where a woman would have to say 'yes' to sex - but I mean, for example, a shy, poor, no-status linux-nerd with no social skills, who is afraid of women and lives with his mom and pedestalizes women - and asking for pussy, and a young, thin, good-looking woman would have to say 'yes' to that..

What kind of feministic explosion that would cause, we can all easily imagine. But when it's a man and some disgusting old hag, it's supposed to be just funny and harmless humor, right?

Are we all equal?

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I think you are completely missing the point here. In a lingusitical sense "yes" has two meanings: One is the "true" part of the "true/false" pair. This application of "yes" applies to questions regarding facts (e.g. "Does 2 and 2 make 4?").

This is not the kind of yes this movie is concerned with. The other meaning of "yes" is part of the "agree/disagree" pair. And that's what this movie is about.

You can easily keep the two meanings separate if you try to substitute similar words: "Do you want to go for dinner?" "OK, let's go" - sounds like a normal conversation. "Does 2 and 2 make 4?" "OK, let's have it that way." - doesn't make much sense.

- Anwar

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One man's sockpuppet is another man's freedom fighter.

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It's sad, you didn't get the plot of the movie right like our friend already explained, but you didn't even get the wine part either... I'll give you a few tips, it is a "fun" and VISUAL MARKETING, but the point is NOT about drinking wine in bed...

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The idea was to say "Yes" to every OPPORTUNITY, not every yes/no question.

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The drunk part was stupid. Many people say yes to drunks and chaos enters their

life.

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