and Hollywood's fat female phobia continues....

Funny how you bring up men and say that they should lose weight too...Let's face it...

It isn't socially unacceptable for a guy to be meaty or a bit overweight. In fact, men are supposed to be on the higher end of the average BMI spectrum (24-27). It is considered more "masculine". Women would even prefer a guy with a BMI of 28 than say, 20. Heck, even if you're at 23, you're considered scrawny.

That's society for you (and I'm not pulling that out of my ass). They have that notion.

Newsflash: 1. The majority of people are not attracted to overweight people. 2. Movies are fantasies that people pay for.

Thus, if a movie features people that the majority of people find attractive (i.e. not overweight), the movie will make money. NO ONE wants to see your fat ass, so any movie featuring a lazy, fat person in denial such as yourself will not make money and probably not even get made at all. To men, appearance is important and to women, power is important. So, successful movies often feature attractive (i.e. not overweight) women. The appearance of the men is secondary to their power (e.g. physical or social). It's society / biology that makes these rules, so you'd be better off arguing with Mother Nature or Darwin than here on IMDB.

Dalas

Why does every single type of person have to represented in every movie? Yes, some women are overweight, and there weren't any overweight women in the movie. But what about bald women? You clearly don't care about bald women, because some women are bald and there were no bald women in the movie. And what about parapalegic women. Or women with braces. Or really tall women. Or midget women! Can't forget about those.

So you didn't notice that Mark Watney looses about 25% of his mass over the time he spent on Mars?
How do you survive on that diet of cherries?

I'm trying to figure out, is it a man issue you have or a pretty (decent weight) girl issue you have? Perhaps both? Sure is strong contempt you have for them there. Forgive Hollywood for going with what actually looks nice. Just because women want to be fat with no holding back, doesn't mean everyone wants to see it.

by Jupiter555555 »

The Spanish guy was overweight, Jeff Daniels is old and not in the best shape, Chiwitel could stand to lose a few pounds (come on, let's do this by BMI: Let's say his BMI is 25.5. If a woman had that BMI, that would place her at a size 6-8 and she'd never get a role in most films.)

Damon had a good body but notice how they wouldn't make him lose weight for the role. Yeah... we're gonna have you play the role of some guy who gets stranded on mars with only potatoes to eat for 3 years but don't worry, you don't have to lose a pound, you're perfect as is..you're a man after all...

Meanwhile, all four women were emaciated. And TWO scenes (in a movie that took place 99% on a space ship,) featured women on tread mills sweating their faces off...you know...just in case you forgot a woman's duty, dear viewer. We really have to drive the point home.

Seriously, Hollywood, you have a severe psychological issue. Get help.

The OP should have paid to see Trainwreck instead.








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