A number of people were talking about the "Bridesmaids" trailer online and I have to say that I don't get the love for this one.

Most of the jokes fell flat and it fell into the trap that too many female comedies fall into - the main issue is just other women. Whereas movies with men behaving badly often have a basic premise and hijinks ensue, films starring women often have the premise of women are annoying and let's see how they annoy one another. That just doesn't usually make for a very enjoyable movie. Breaking it down to the basics of storytelling, this film seems to break the "Get to tha Choppa!" rule.

Most every movie, save for slice of life films or character studies, need to have a goal. Even if that goal is as simple as getting to the chopper before you get killed. Many people seem to be comparing this to "The Hangover" but that movie was not at all about men acting crazy and not getting along; it was about trying to find their friend before the wedding and THAT is what got the hijinks to ensue. This movie is about... a woman trying to make it through a weekend... because... other women are annoying? That seems to be all there is to it from the looks of this.

Even a barely there goal like "Getting beer to the party" in Superbad helped the film be exponentially better (and I didn't even like it that much.) A great example is the McLovin joke. In "Bridesmaids", the joke wouldn't have been as good because someone would have just held up a fake ID and said, "Hey look! Here's my ID. It says McLovin" and people would have rolled their eyes because it's stupid. In Superbad, the stupidity is amplified because the guys were relying on this ID to get them the beer that would get them the girls.

On the other hand, a film like the horrible "Bride Wars" failed because it had no point. There was a ready made plotline in there - Two women try to sabotage their best friend's wedding so they can get the wedding date/location that they are fighting over - but instead of that it was just about two "friends" who keep being mean to one another because the other one was just mean to them. Because there's no point, the women's antics just seem vindictive and not very funny.

A better comparison for this might be "Death at a Funeral" although even that one seemed more focused and the family aspect (secrets, personal issues between brothers, etc.) seemed to have more going for it. Oh, and the whole Peter Dinklage blackmail plotline.I thought that this might have someting more to it when the trailer started (I was thinking it would be a Father of the Bride type affair) but it quickly devolved into a generic, pointless, slapstick comedy. Oh well.