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are we supposed to feel sorry for her?


The part where the girl is breaking up with the guy in the truck:

She tells him that she's tired of the way he is treating her then gets out of the car, when they argue and she slaps him then he pushes her on the ground and then she starts to smack his car....

First of all throughout the beginning of the movie she is the one who treats him like *beep* she dances with the new guy to try and make him jealous. He never once treated her bad, at least they didn't show it, until he sees her with other guys.

Secondly, are we supposed to feel bad for her? She slaps him then she hits HIS car just because he pushes her on the ground.

So bascially this movie tells girls: you can try and get your boyfriend jealous by dancing and kissing other guys and if he gets mad he is the one treating you bad. And you can slap your boyfriend and if he pushes you to the ground you can destroy his car.

Give me a break, she was the one who treated her boyfriend like *beep* she is the whore who after sleeping with her boyfriend goes with the new guy in school. If a guy did this in a movie and made the audience feel sorry for him, the feminists would go crazy.

At least in the orginal they showed the preacher's daughter's boyfriend treating her bad making you not like him.
P.S. How does a pastor who agrees to outlaw dancing because of indecency allow his daughter to dress like she does and how does a town who aren't allowed to dance secretly become amazing dancers? Also the two leads look no where near like they are even younger than 25 let alone teenagers. (This movie was just plain boring and bad). Didn't think much for the orginial but it's way better than this.

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She's completely unlikeable.

Pissed me off from the start when her friend was nice and friendly to the dude and he totally ignores her and goes after the worthless, bratty girl.

It also makes him an idiot.

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I was also surprised by this. I wonder if that scene was made to make the guy look bad because I thought it was Ariel that looked crazy. I know someone who gets beaten up by his wife & more recently, he has attempted to stop her from hitting him by holding her hands or head away from his face, in the end, she got hurt but not as bad as he was hurt by her. Are we supposed to think she's a battered girl for initiating violence? Is the guy not allowed to defend himself or stop her?



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