I watch this movie pretty much whenever I see it on the tv schedule. It's so bad, it's almost good. My husband doesn't get it, and the T&A doesn't make it better for him. He wonders how John Goodman sunk so low. #coyoteugly
The ABC family channel basically shows a bunch of television about sex, especially sex among teenagers, except occasionally, when Pat Robertson's family hour comes on at midnight. It's like the personification of this country's neuroses about sex. #coyoteugly
The only show that I somewhat like on ABC Family is "Lincoln Heights". Of course the acting is horrible and it seems as if the main character, Cassie, gets kidnapped every season but overall I like that they are an African-American family with professional parents (mother is a ER nurse and father is a police officer) with smart, respectful, and artistic (Cassie is a painter and boy twin sings and writes music) children. #coyoteugly
@Lana Leigh loves Meryl Streep: I like that show too even if it is overdramatic at times. I feel like I have to support the few good African American shows so they'll make some more and I hate that I have to feel that way. #coyoteugly
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I'm a secret fan of Coyote Ugly too. My guilty pleasure movies include Grease 2, Teen Witch, and this is the weirdest- Con Air. I can defend the 1st 2 on musical quality alone. But I have no excuse for the sheer enjoyment I get out of Con Air. #coyoteugly
@PixieSparkle: God, that makes my brain hurt... In middle school I actually knew knew guys who would camp ut with their boombox and posture... Classic! #coyoteugly
@PixieSparkle: God, that makes my brain hurt... In middle school I actually knew knew guys who would camp ut with their boombox and posture... Classic! #coyoteugly
@PixieSparkle: As I recall, they probably did. I've tried to blot out all the details... I once went to school dance where they actually had a "dance off", cardboard an all.... #coyoteugly
@minnesotameltdown: Also, now that I think about it: there are many of the same themes in Dirty Dancing, such as...dirty dancing. Daddy issues. What have you.
I can't watch this movie for Melanie Lynskey's awful Jersey accent. She sounds like she was somehow beamed in from Staten Island circa 1930. I keep waiting for her to complain about living in Hooverville.
@rodmanstreet: Sorry - I had the clip timestapped to skip straight to her ridiculous accent, but it doesn't seem to work with the embedding and for some reason it's not letting me edit the video out of the comment. Oh well. #coyoteugly
@rodmanstreet: Oh man, I wish that I could double-heart you for that. Now I'm picturing her in a Hooverville with her little hooverblanket to keep her warm all the while she's singing songs, hoping to make it to California where her Okie cousins are gonna make a decent living. #coyoteugly
@JessickerFletcher: Oh my God! I just figured it out! She talks like Bugs Bunny when he would put on a dress and pretend to be a girl bunny! #coyoteugly
Oh, and I'm pretty sure Piper Perabo on a House episode where she played a militant vegetarian nutritionist. I wasn't paying attention and then all the sudden she goes "Wait, you're eating FLESH?!" and I snapped into focus and realized that I was looking at Jersey and starting cheering for her alone in my living room. Shake it, baby, SHAKE IT! Hugh Laurie had similar sentiments. #coyoteugly
The main themes of the movie fit in with ABC Family's lineup pretty well (complicated relationship with a parent, kid trying to follow their dream), but I wouldn't feel comfortable watching it with my own family. I don't think I'd be comfortable watching anything on ABC Family with mine, actually. Mostly for the fact that none of us are into wooden acting and awkward dialogue. #coyoteugly
I am of the belief that, while some things change and we live in a big, bad world, dancing on the bar is still something you should wait until you are over 17 to do. Sorry, ABC Family, but I think you missed the mark on this one. #coyoteugly
I watched one episode of The Secret Life of the American Teenager. It was nauseating. I wanted to write a letter to ABC afterwards. It had this blonde uber-Christian cheerleader being mocked because she was caught on camera trying to fend off her would-be rapist. Also, there was a hispanic girl cast as the 15 year old seductress of the high school. I was not pleased. It was offensive to nearly all realms of human existence.
Greek's okay, though. It always manages to find a way to promote diversity and tackle social issues without coming off as preachy. I don't watch regularly, but I am guaranteed a chuckle each week because it's followed by the 700 Club.
All of this being said, Coyote Ugly is a major, MAJOR improvement, and I don't even like the film.
@JessickerFletcher: I agree!!! I hate that stupid show. It's perpetuating the stereotype that when white girls get pregnant it was one time and they really didn't want to do it, etc etc. But when it's girls of color their whores, don't know who their baby daddy is, etc. etc. #coyoteugly
@Lana Leigh loves Meryl Streep: I couldn't stop laughing at the token black friend. She had ZERO depth and her dialogue seemed like it was taken from a 1980's Abstinence pamphlet. More than anything, I'm ashamed that I can remember this. I found out that my younger cousin watched this show and I kind of freaked out. I ended up not saying anything because I'm already the liberal black sheep in my extended family and advising her not to watch it probably would have translated as "you want her to have an abortion if she gets pregnant, don't you?!" to her parents. #coyoteugly
@JessickerFletcher: Love Greek...the main character bears a striking resemblance to my little brother (science nerd in an "alternative" fraternity). Then I found out that my brother and his "brothers" watch it as a house and I love it even more.
"Secret Life," though...ugh. I can't get past the clip they showed on The Soup where the uber-Christian blonde lost her virginity, ENJOYED the experience (horrors!), and then...her dad DIED. Seriously? That's worse than anything I ever saw on 7th Heaven. #coyoteugly
@maybeimamazed02: If only her school had had better abstinence-only sex ed, she would have known that when you rupture your hymen (before marriage, of course) it also ruptures your father's left ventricle. #coyoteugly
1) You're awesome
2) "when you rupture your hymen (before marriage, of course) it also ruptures your father's left ventricle." Sometimes I honestly believe that this is what my cousin learns at her private school
3) Unfortunately, it looks like I'm gonna have to start working overtime to meet the quota this month #coyoteugly
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I watch this movie pretty much whenever I see it on the tv schedule. It's so bad, it's almost good. My husband doesn't get it, and the T&A doesn't make it better for him. He wonders how John Goodman sunk so low. #coyoteugly
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"I'm just a small-town girl who moved to the big city with big dreams... only to find that the only way to make it... IS TO SHAKE IT." #coyoteugly
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(you win today, because I think the same thing...) #coyoteugly
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RE: Con Air - I have a similar relationship with Die Hard: Die Harder. No reason why. #coyoteugly
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And thank you for making me feel better about my Con Air admission! #coyoteugly
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"Y'kna yer not alawn misteh Stanferd. Hey, maybeh y'n'eye shuhd have dinne sum time." #coyoteugly
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Greek's okay, though. It always manages to find a way to promote diversity and tackle social issues without coming off as preachy. I don't watch regularly, but I am guaranteed a chuckle each week because it's followed by the 700 Club.
All of this being said, Coyote Ugly is a major, MAJOR improvement, and I don't even like the film.
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"Secret Life," though...ugh. I can't get past the clip they showed on The Soup where the uber-Christian blonde lost her virginity, ENJOYED the experience (horrors!), and then...her dad DIED. Seriously? That's worse than anything I ever saw on 7th Heaven. #coyoteugly
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1) You're awesome
2) "when you rupture your hymen (before marriage, of course) it also ruptures your father's left ventricle." Sometimes I honestly believe that this is what my cousin learns at her private school
3) Unfortunately, it looks like I'm gonna have to start working overtime to meet the quota this month #coyoteugly
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