The 'fat' one
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Inbetweeners Movie
stuey_mac — 14 years ago(August 22, 2011 04:59 PM)
Is that really what the media describes as 'a whale'? Obviously she was a little chubby but in all honesty carried it well, still looked good in a bikini and obviously had a very pretty face.
So I'm thinking/hoping they didn't want to hire a properly fat actress due to the constant fat jokes, as to not offend anybody or something. I truly hope this is the case, otherwise if that's whats film producers/casting directors etc see as properly fat then they clearly live in an entirely different, incredibly vain world.
If they purposely chose an actress who isn't that fat, then all they have done is make the situation worse, how many teenage girls watching the film would be able to see through it and think 'this is a bit much, she's not even that fat'
I don't wanna seem prudish (and I think I may be failing on that) but it just seemed a bitI dunno if irresponsible is the word to use, insensitive? The character was obviously very strong and comfortable with herself, which is excellent, and I suppose (as far as I can recall), the only two people who mention her weight is Jay near the beginning, and the poo snorting dickhead.but yeah, still, given the demographic, it might not have been a good idea as a running joke.
Still a great movie though, was not expecting to laugh as hard as I did, funniest of the year by far.
EDIT: At the beach when they're stripping down, two guys start giggling at her size. -
laurendorward-990-190608 — 14 years ago(August 22, 2011 05:08 PM)
isn't it almost taking the piss out of what you said about the way larger people are seen on screen, these days a plus size model isn't at all overweight she has a normal women's figure (Marilyn Monroe) because they have use a larger actor (big John) so to me it is the directors/writers way of taking the piss
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stuey_mac — 14 years ago(August 22, 2011 05:14 PM)
I hope so but as I said in my post, I doubt many people will see through it. Especially teenage girls. Maybe I'm being condescending but being someone who used to be a pretty big tubster, films like this used to make me feel like absolute beep during my teenage years.
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laurendorward-990-190608 — 14 years ago(August 22, 2011 05:16 PM)
i have to say in the cinema when she was running own the beach some of the immature chavs started acting like idiots, she really wasn't big, and it's the magazines and films etc that make it so hard, how many people really look like movie stars and actors? At least she was normal looking
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Ambrosia-I — 14 years ago(August 22, 2011 10:19 PM)
In the end, Jay realises she is a lovely person and looks past the fact of her not being as skinny as her friends. Maybe that will help teenagers who watch the film realise that, just because someone isn't perfect, does not make them less than human. She looked really hurt at the beach when those men started sneering at her and calling her names. I'm betting, for whatever reason, every person on the planet has been through that in some way. Maybe the film showed that part of growing up is to become more empathetic and less self-absorbed.
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garybatmanbusey — 14 years ago(August 23, 2011 01:48 AM)
they hardly found thw worst looking girl on earth to play her, maybe a little bit stereotypical on how easy she appeared! jay could have been up to his knees in her if he had played nice on the first night.
im suprised she went for him to be fair.
the only bad choice girl wise in the movie was wills! i didnt believe for one second that she would go for him, infact she didnt even fit in with her mates. odd casting choicei didnt like it at all.
'All for one and one for all! You go first, I've got a bad leg.' -
Ozonez — 14 years ago(August 23, 2011 02:07 AM)
Any guy can get any girl, its just a matter of time and making sure you behave like yourself and talking utter beep at the same time.
I didn't find the whole Alison and Will thing that unbelievable due to knowing a guy at work who in all honesty has a very strange head with a lot of acne but due to him getting over it at a young age and just being himself/remaining talkative he pulls attractive girls.
Its all about confidence.
Also women are strange and make decisions about relationships based on the weirdest beep ever sometimes. -
garybatmanbusey — 14 years ago(August 23, 2011 02:20 AM)
maybe the minority of girls you may be in do ;), but my shallow female friends always harp on about how they only go for hot guys, or ones with money!
women!!!
'All for one and one for all! You go first, I've got a bad leg.' -
laurendorward-990-190608 — 14 years ago(August 23, 2011 02:32 AM)
yeah I cannot stand women like that (or guys) i'm pretty old now so all that superficial crap got tired years ago. Saying that most of my friends are male as I have never liked it, and whilst they may have been shallow they weren't bitchy lol
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garybatmanbusey — 14 years ago(August 23, 2011 02:42 AM)
i have more female friends, although i guess not every single one of them is like it, but i can think of stand out examples from them:)i dont think think they will grow out of it as we are already all in out late 20's early 30's and they have been like it for years.
'All for one and one for all! You go first, I've got a bad leg.' -
hoblivion676 — 14 years ago(August 23, 2011 02:46 AM)
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carzy_6 — 14 years ago(March 06, 2012 06:22 PM)
women go for personality over looks every time because we are not as shallow as most men, our brains work in different ways
What
!? If that was the case, shows like
Take Me Out
would feature thirty blokes and one girl.
Poor example, since television shows like that thrive on shallow people. However, women are far and away the shallower sex. Men are less picky about appearances, age, their partner's career and I imagine we have the same standards as women when it comes to personality too (or lower)
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YourAgent — 13 years ago(August 17, 2012 12:49 AM)
Yeah, that's why most unmarried men are middle class or poor, right? You can't just make sexist beep up and expect to be taken seriously. There are far more ugo dudes dating pretty women than the reverse. Women do have better brains in that regard and are less shallow. And plenty of men who don't want kids at all still are terribly shallow so don't kid yourself.
I met Cinderella once she's actually kind of a bitch. -
hoblivion676 — 14 years ago(August 23, 2011 02:09 AM)
Whilst trying to not be overly controversial she was a big girl. Agreed she is not far of the now " normal" size but in my opinion that is a criticism of modern UK. 20 years ago she would not have been normal size.
With the obesity problems modern society is facing I do not think we should be trying to praise girls for being overweight and unhealthy. They are proving a huge burden to the national health and this problem is one that is growing. If the movie offends girls of a similar size in my opinion that can only help and prehaps they may change thier diet and start exercising. -
hoblivion676 — 14 years ago(August 23, 2011 04:48 AM)
normal size does not mean healthy and unfortunately normal size of an English girl is now not just overwieght but is fat.
What is your descritpion of overwieght???? Size 12+ usually means a girl is overwieght and that girl looked a size 18 or so