Thursday, March 8, 2012

A Conversation with I Don't Know How She Does It

Most of you probably haven't seen Sarah Jessica Parker's latest War Horse I Don't Know How She Does It, but that doesn't matter. Our 'interviewer' Christopher (named after the ginger cat I never got for my birthday) is going to interview it since it is the perfect film to interview (you'll see why). Basically, if you're new to all of this: I rebooted this series about a couple of weeks ago - missing those weeks because of the Oscars and a school trip - where my fake interviewer Christopher 'chats' to a specific movie. You can find past entries here. Let's get into it, shall we?

CHRISTOPHER: Hi there. I think the obvious question to start with is why the hell do you have such a stupid title?
I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT: Because, silly, who does know how she does it?

C: What, how does Sarah Jessica Parker still keep getting work?
IDKHSDI: No. What I intend for the audience to see is the ins and outs of being a mother. And everyone has to look up at our heroine, Kate Reddy and say "I don't know how she does it!" every five minutes. It is all about girl power, girlfriend.

C: Well in that case, I'm glad that I'm fake so I don't have to have children and have a wife running around like her.
IDKHSDI: I'm obviously not for males. I'm for mothers to put their hands up to and worship, since I am obviously the bible for the working mother.

C: With Sarah Jessica Parker playing your heroine?
IDKHSDI: ...yes. You saw Sex and the City. That was the bible for the fashionable woman! This is like, the sequel.

C: The sequel where Carrie Bradshaw catches lice?
IDKHSDI: Yes.

C: And doesn't bake anything for the bake sale so she just buys a pie from the shop?
IDKHSDI: ...yes.

C: And just about has an affair with Pierce Brosnan?
IDKHSDI: ...yes...

C: Wow, I really don't know how she does it.
IDKHSDI: Exactly. She has to deal with all of those problems.

C: Okay, so you are a girl power movie being the bible for the working mother. But why are you made in such a strange way?
IDKHSDI: I am made in a documentary style so it all feels more real. So everyone can somewhat relate to it. And how else could we get across the point that Kate Reddy is so amazing? We had to tell the audience all the time just to remind them. Just in case the title wasn't enough of a clue.

C: Have you ever heard of something called subtlety? It is in right now.
IDKHSDI: Considering one of the highest grossing movies of the year was Transformers: Dark of the Moon - which was not very subtle - I was going with the crowd. I was just expanding that idea.

C: But why did you have to have so many annoying characters explaining a character just as annoying?
IDKHSDI: Have you not read the chick flick handbook? It says that behind every lead female character, you need the trusty best friend who feels the need to crack dirty jokes all the time (Christina Hendricks), the sassy guy friend (Seth Meyers), the nemesis who may look like the perfect mother but actually isn't and has anger issues (Busy Philipps), the younger girl who idolises the heroine but can't get her life straight (Jessica Szohr) and the uptight career obsessed woman who won't let anything get in her way, including emotions (Olivia Munn). And then there's the people who don't have to explain them: the men. The doting husband who is so sensitive of course we have to feel sorry for him (Greg Kinnear), the over-powering 'I wish I was more family-oriented' workaholic (Pierce Brosnan) and the mean 'I don't give a shit' boss (Kelsey Grammer). All of these people are supposed to generate support and emotion towards Kate Reddy, obviously.

C: And is breaking the fourth wall another technique to get us to care about Kate Reddy?
IDKHSDI: Of course we need to know what she's thinking all of the time. And if SJP's husband can do it in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, then she can too.

C: Ah, but you see, that was actually a good movie.
IDKHSDI: And I'm not?

C: Unless you count having every cliché in the book. Mind you, I now know why you have that stupid title. If any woman makes it through this movie, then she I don't know how she does it.
IDKHSDI: See? My title is great after all.

What I got:

19 comments:

  1. I feel like punching this movie in the face for its awful, self indulgent, pathetic answers to your questions. What a crock of fucking shit. We've already discussed this movie but I must reinforce my stance of it, using one of my strong points, subtlety:

    CRAWL INTO A HOLE AND DIE SARAH JESSICA PARKER YOU SENILE FUCKING EQUINE! NOBODY LIKES YOU EXCEPT FOR UPPER-CLASS PRISSY STUCK-UP HOUSEWIVES WHOSE PATHETIC LIVES ARE EMPTY ENOUGH WITHOUT YOU. YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO CINEMA ARE MEANINGLESS. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT!

    There. Got that out of my system. :) Sorry for taking up so much space with my comment/rant. If I could've fit it into 140 characters, I would've put it on twitter instead.

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    1. Hahahahahahahaha, so I take it that you enjoy SJP's work? If so, I Don't Know How She Does It is great fun. Just wondrous fun.

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  2. Most have you probably haven't seen Sarah Jessica Parker's latest War Horse I Don't Know How She Does It

    I spat my tea out of my nose at this line Setvee!! hahaha

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    1. Haha, apart from the typo...silly me! I love cracking SJP horse jokes ;)

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  3. Haha, great stuff.

    SJP was good in...I'm drawing a blank. She has apparently been in some good films, but only ones where I have no memory of her being in them. I guess I do remember her in Mars Attacks; fun times.

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    1. Thanks! I think the only thing I've seen her in is Sex and the City...which she was 'eh' in.

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  4. Good God damn! That was funny.

    I haven't seen this movie, and now I know that I never want to. Ever.

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    1. Thanks! And be safe with that decision. It is never going to be worth a watch!

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  5. Great post Stevee! Christina Hendricks cracks dirty jokes in this one? She's so hot so I'm kinda tempted to watch it just for her :)

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    1. She may be hot, but don't ever put yourself through the pain of this movie!

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  6. The whole premise of this movie bothered me. It's so condescending. I'm a working mother. I balance my child, my job, my husband, my friends, and my free time just fine. It's not fucking rocket science, millions of people do it!

    That and I hate SJP.

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    1. No - it's not rocket science. My mum gets along just fine!

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  7. Yikes! It really must be bad. Please stop hiring Sarah Jessica Parker. I don't think I can watch her in anything anymore after the debacle that was Sex & the City 2. Awful understates everything I saw in that piece of shit.

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    1. Don't ever remind me of that experience...oh the nightmares.

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  8. I saw SJP in "The Sunshine boys" and i actually found her decent. It didn't feel like she was doing her usual shtick. I never really hated her like a lot of people, she just never starred in anything that seemed remotely interesting to me.

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    1. Her work has never been that interesting, that's the problem.

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  9. This was a great, original review and a fun read. Really good stuff. IDKHSDI sounds like a terribly unentertaing film but this interview/review was great!

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    1. Thank you! I don't mean to set myself up or anything, but this post is probably more entertaining than the actual movie!

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  10. Despite the rating and despite the fact that I know that this film is bad, this interview stirred up my interest lol

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