MovieChat Forums > Shallow Hal (2001) Discussion > Get rid of the pool scene!!!

Get rid of the pool scene!!!


I am obese like Rosemary, and I am also a regular swimmer. I can do a respectable continuous length backstroke. True, there are not that many of us. So the pool scene here in this movie makes the movie offensive to me.

First, big people like Rosemary do NOT jump in swimming pools; the water pressure that goes up your nose HURTS LIKE HELL. The more you weigh, the worse it is. You actually won't see obese people doing cannonballs (unless they're drunk). We use the ladders, stairs, or slip in from the side.

Second, bikinis in our sizes are hard to find, and if you have stretch marks, you wear tankinis or one-piece suits anyway.

Third, if I wanted to jump in a pool, I do not have the force to send someone in a tree. If I jumped in a pool simultaneously with the entire Olympic swim team, we could not send someone into a tree.

If there is one thing that big people need, it is plenty of exercise. Swimming is one of the best to do for yourself. So why exaggerate a scenario to discourage people from getting this form of exercise?

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Maybe most, obese or not, are not that aimless that a movie controls their life decisions.

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We can't have bug-eyed chefs exclaiming: "Dis house done sho' gone crazy," and diving out windows anymore, so I guess we're stuck making fun of fat white chicks.

Ah, crap, I just offended myself!!
Where will it all end??


I prefer the toad less raveled

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That moment when you realize the movie is a comedy.

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Its a comedy-please don't be offended. Couldn't you see that big splash coming?

As for your size-you are the sculptor. You are constantly fooling a really efficient system. I will elaborate if you wish. :-)

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I agree with the the OP, mainly because it's so unrealistic/ not grounded in an ounce of reality. This may be a comedy, but it's not a cartoon, duhhh, and that kid being thrown into the tree serves no purpose other than to remind us that oh yeah, we're watching a really bad movie and oh yeah, fat people don't deserve to live. But, as bad as the scene is, I'm kind of glad it was left in because it's something to pinpoint as an example of just what gives this movie its slimy vibe.

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Are you joking, that's like the funniest scene in the movie.

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