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The Whole 'Bad Boy' Attraction


Women just consistently astound me. This movie is a situation wherein I believe art imitates life and not the contrary. While I'll never fully understand the attraction to bad boys, I know that it's not going to change. I see women all the time with douchebags and a$$holes who treat them like crap, or who may treat them fine, but are still douchebags and a$$holes and treat other people accordingly.

But what women never seem to understand is that while they're spending their teens, 20s, and (yes, sadly) 30s going after the bad boys, all the good guys (who are just as attractive and successful and loving) are being taken up by other women or deciding to not waste their time with the juvenile theatrics that females can bring to a relationship.

I find it hilarious that when I've ventured to a grocery store on a Friday night, it's almost entirely women, alone, shopping for microwavable fudge cakes and cat food. The same goes for online dating (being in a relationship since college, I've never had to use this, but I have several friends who do) - the women far outnumber the men. And they act so surprised that they can't find a boyfriend when, in fact, they idolize Adam Scott or some other actor who is not only way out of their playing field, but would most certainly treat them like crap.

I applaud women for their attraction to bad boys, including Adam Scott in this film. When you die alone of diabetes at the age of 62, I'm sure your cats will be very, very sad.

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uh wut lol

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And you are not bitter at all. It makes me wonder who the girl was who left you or ignored you for the "bad boy"

You shouldn't be so hard on them, you must know that women who go for that type and allow themselves to be treated badly must be really messed up - they obviously feel like they deserve to be treated like crap. And what does it say about the men who treat them that way? That they are just as messed up as the women they treat badly. So what you really have is 'Messed up Person A' meets 'Messed up Person B' - be content in the knowledge that they will make each other miserable.

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What the hell is wrong with you? I'm sorry if your manic pixie dream girl broke your heart or just didn't realize what a *beep* gem you are but taking it out on single women in a grocery store is not the way to do it. I wonder if you have a girlfriend? I wonder how a woman would feel hearing you describe other women this way? You are the worst. Bitter. Mad. Hateful.

A woman's right to live, spend time and die alone or with is her *beep* choice. I and any other woman gets to do whatever the hell we'd like, because we can. I know that it is most definitely not the byproduct of her chasing bad boys in her twenties.

Good luck chasing after your unreasonable expectations of women. I'm off to eat a frozen fudge cake, whatever the heck that is.






*Insert witty line about lack of witty line HERE*

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That reminds me of a line in the first episode of "Mad About You". Helen Hunt and Paul Reiser have just met cute, but she won't go out for drinks (or coffee or whatever) with him. He tells her that when she and her girlfriends get together crying in their umbrella cocktails about why can't they find any good men, she should remember he's one of them right there, but she's turning him away.

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It's men who want a devoted mate. Women don't mind waiting or sharing men, especially when the pimps they vote for subsidize them with your tax money.

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you sound like a real douchebag, how come women don't like you?

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@AtlantaFilmFanatic

I totally agree with everything you said. Great post !!!

I'm not gonna be here that long

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I'm sure you thought this post was very pro-women when you posted it, but really its effect is the opposite. I find that whenever someone makes a claim to be a nice guy and bemoans the douchebags that women who don't date him seem to date, that person is also in reality the very opposite of the "nice guy" they claim to be. Just because you aren't the douchebags these women date doesn't make you a nice guy. I have no doubt that there are nice guys out there who don't get the girls they deserve. But more often than not guys who claim extrenuously that they are said nice guys are not them at all. Your post

I applaud women for their attraction to bad boys, including Adam Scott in this film. When you die alone of diabetes at the age of 62, I'm sure your cats will be very, very sad.

pretty much proves my point.


You heart me? What is that? Is that like I love you for pussies?

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