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Yar, you be here: Pretty Woman (10th Anniversary Edition) > Customer Reviews Pretty Woman (10th Anniversary Edition) Customer Reviews (1 - 3 of 45 Reviews)Great Movie about Being a Whore
This is the worst movie I have seen in many, many years.I only gave it one star because there isn't a rating for negative stars. Does anyone who likes this movie not realize that its about a prostitute? A hooker? Julia Roberts can't act first of all.Secondly, the plot is so ridiculous. A rich successful businessman picks up a streetwalker for a night paid sex, and this is romantic? What a crock of crap!!! The most ridicuous, unbelievable scene in the whole movie is the scene where jason alexander's character makes a pass at Julia Robert's character.(Who, lets not forget, walks the street to have sex with whichever person will pay her money). During this scene, the hooker character actually acts like her dignity and virtue has been assaulted.She's a HOOKER!!! What the hell is wrong with you people???!!! And this is the movie that made her famous??!! OH MY GOD!!! The extras are 'pretty', but parts of the character development are unrealistic
The studio took a lot of time with anniversary extras for this self-described modern day 'Cinderella' film. I'm impressed with the number and quality of extras which are included inside this one release. Even with all of the technology we now have, very few movies get such extensive anniversary releases. I get a kick out of watching a young Julia Roberts and Richard Gere (were we all that young once?) parade around in late 80's fashions, but I've got to add my voice to the people who are questioning why Vivian Ward (Julia Roberts) had to be a prostitute? Even ruthless corporate raiders are going to have second thoughts about sleeping with prostitutes in the AIDS era--much less falling head over heels with one. Gere and Roberts truly are amazing actors for their subsequently having a career beyond this screen play. The large plot holes would have easily sunk less talented individuals. If Gary Marshall did not want to have her actually look and act like a prostitute, then Vivian Ward needed to have been made into anything else. Surely there were other low-income and barely making it jobs in 1980s/1990's Los Angeles which could have provided the inspiration for consistent character development. The production extras which tell what filming this movie was like were really funny. However, Marshall obviously did not know how to direct this film as it had been written. The film would have worked even better if Roberts's character had been anything else other than a prostitute. Wrong message!
I don't like bashing moves- it is somebody's labour of love! I am aware that we all have different taste, views, values and the fact that I dislike a movie doesn't mean it is bad. It means that it doesn't respond to my needs. But I cannot help myself when a movie sends wrong message to people and this is the case with PRETTY WOMAN! It is absolutely wrong to glamorize prostitution! My heart goes to the women who make this bad choice, because it is out of desperation or naivety and with consequences for a lifetime. The prostitutes experience sex in its ugliest form and would probably never know the beauty of real lovemaking. Their reality is very different of what this movie portrays, especially the reality of the streetwalkers. It is lonely, risky, dirty, humiliating existence and every attempt to glamorize it and compare it with Cinderella's story is an insult on human intelligence! The plot and the characters are shallow, not to mention Vivien's dumb and unbelievable behaviour in the hotel's lift where she insults strangers who happen to be hotel guests, while her employer Edward simply smiles stupidly. Vivien's best friend, who's also a prostitute demonstrates the same bad manners, which shows that it is their nature. However, Vivien somehow manages to transform herself to a fine lady in no time. Oh please, get real! One star for the music score, it is quite nice!
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