he's just not that into you

I just watched He's Just Not That Into You. I've heard good things about the movie, with most people saying it's a more realistic, modern look at dating, love, relationships, and the general "game" (I hate that word, but it has to be used here).

Everyone's been praising it because they think there's some deep lesson/moral to the film about love and being happy. I've read/heard stuff like "it's about letting yourself be treated well" or "let it be" or whatever.

You know what I picked up from this movie?

That everyone is superficial in the end and that looks matter more than what all of us would like to admit.

I'm thinking this wasn't the scriptwriter or the filmmaker's intent, it just happened because it was buried in their subconscious and they carried out the message with the casting. Think about this: every character in the movie falls for someone more attractive than their current/alternate partner, and everyone rejects someone less attractive than their current/alternate/potential partner.

Kevin Connelly (aka E Murphy from Entourage) isn't interested in Ginnifer Goodwin because he's pining for Scarlett Johansson, a more attractive looking girl.

Scarlett Johansson isn't interested in E Murphy because she's yearning for Bradley Cooper, who's better looking than E Murphy.

Bradley Cooper is married to Jennifer Connelly, but he wants Scarlett because Scarlett is better looking (Jennifer Connelly is hot too, but Scarlett Johansson is on another level. It's like comparing Godfather part 2 to Godfather 1 here)

When Jennifer Aniston's character leaves Ben Affleck, she's approached by this geeky guy, but of course he doesn't look like Ben Affleck so he never had a shot. She goes back to Ben Affleck later.

These signs were sprinkled all throughout the movie but it wasn't made obvious until a key scene late in the movie--E Murphy spills his soul to Scarlett and gives her what even she will admit is "what ever girl wants". But she tells him "...just not with you". Probably because he looks like E Murphy and not Bradley Cooper.

The only character who ends up falling for a less attractive girl than one he could have had is Justin Long. And come on he's a Mac, so he's trying to be like, alternative and hip and shit. And the film even then points out "he's the exception".

Again, I don't think this was the intent of the filmmaker, I think this movie was supposed to send other messages about being mature and not letting shit bother you and stuff, but instead the filmmakers accidentally sent a subliminal message. It wasn't intentional, it was in their subconscious that "no one would be interested in Ginnifer Goodwin if Scarlett Johansson is a possibility".

This is why I fucking love sports. It's one of the few professions where looks truly does not matter. Even in music, looks matter--at least in pop music anyways. But in sports, if you better than someone you're better than someone. Everything is black and white. Jordan is considered as the single greatest athlete of all time because he truly destroyed every one of his peers. Sports is not like a movie, or a song, or an article, or a poem, or a drawing, or a pizza, where opinions can vary and what's great to someone may be horrible to another.