The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past Trailer

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Trailers | February 3, 2009 | Comments (26)

Hmmm. What would happen if we took the premise of A Christmas Carol, applied it to a romantic comedy, and cast Matthew McConaughey in the Scrooge role? Here it is, for your consideration, folks: The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.

It’s pretty much exactly what you’d expect from a McConaughey rom-com, although during the moments that I was conscious, I don’t believe I actually saw him without a shirt. The saddest part of all is that Jennifer Garner — who is charming, despite being a less than mediocre actress — will play his love interest. Really, Jennifer? A McConaughey film? You’re better than that, lady. This is most certainly not how you return from your baby-making hiatus. Violet is going to be so disappointed in you one day.

Oh, and screw it — here it is again for old time’s sake:

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Was one of the girlfriends a male female impersonator?

Then why would they cast "Jennifer"?

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at February 3, 2009 5:13 PM

Can't watch the trailer because I'm at work. Are the past girlfriends ghosts because he killed them all? I assume not because that would be too dark.

Now there's a trailer game: WWDD? What Would Dexter Do? Twist the premise of the film into what would happen if Dexter was the protagonist. I don't think there's a film that you couldn't make better with this principle. It's like ninjas, pirates and giant robots. No film can get worse if you add those things.

Posted by: stipe42 at February 3, 2009 5:25 PM

I would rather watch that clip of Damon impersonating McConaughey on a loop for 90 minutes than that piece of shit looking movie.

Posted by: stewey at February 3, 2009 5:26 PM

I fucking love Matt Damon.

Posted by: tallulahc at February 3, 2009 5:31 PM

I'm sure I've seen this before.

Not the film, obviously, I wouldn't watch anything like this crap, but I'm pretty sure I've seen a trailer exactly like it... with the clouds and everything, this is spooky.

Posted by: cosmia at February 3, 2009 5:31 PM

Can't believe I never saw that Matt Damon clip before. Just spot-on.

An idea for next time, you should post a Joel McHale "Beauuuuuuuty" clip.

Posted by: WampaLord at February 3, 2009 5:57 PM

:58 and I want anybody associated with this shite dead.

Except Matthew, he should be sentenced to a life of douchebagg.....nevermind.

Posted by: admin at February 3, 2009 6:04 PM

This is why we are all fucking Matt Damon.

Posted by: greer at February 3, 2009 7:03 PM

This saddens me. It does so for many reasons, but the biggest one is this: I will wind up, in a fit of hormonal weepy girliness, renting this. And watching it. And giggling at all the parts where you're supposed to giggle, and tearing up and "awwww"ing at all the parts where you're supposed to do that. I don't wanna! This is a terrible, derivative, dopey, predictable premise for a movie! And it has Michael Douglas, who gets creepier every time I see him!

*sigh* Sometimes it sucks to be a girl.

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at February 3, 2009 7:15 PM

...aaaand cut to Dickens spinning in his grave.

Posted by: Joker at February 3, 2009 7:18 PM

Michael Douglas's mom is/was Bermudian (depending on her current living status). He's always on the rock, has a big house here, son attends (or attended, hard to keep up with him) school here, much-loved member of the community (since we're such a tiny place, we'll grab any Bermuda-related object and turn it into a parade).

Said all that to say, anyone want me to drop a special "thank you" note at his door for agreeing to be part of this steaming pile?

Posted by: malikvlc at February 3, 2009 7:18 PM

Matt Damon is going to be George Clooney in ten years.

Posted by: Lucas at February 3, 2009 7:39 PM

Matt Damon really is underrated, isn't he?

Posted by: Cindy at February 3, 2009 8:09 PM

malikvlc, just tell me he's not as creepy as he comes across. Please!

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at February 3, 2009 8:23 PM

Yep, I could only watch 12 seconds of that.

You have to admire the man though; he's made a career out of playing womanizing douchebags. What I don't understand is why we're supposed to believe this guy is such a stud, and not just...a womanizing douchebag.

Posted by: figgy at February 3, 2009 8:24 PM

I smell a rat... no wait, it's David Zucker's An American Carol. That movie blew like a whore who needs money for crack and an operation. It could have been hilarious, I'm never forgiving Zucker for making that and fucking Superhero Movie in the same year.

Somehow I think this movie will blow just as much ass as An American Carol. It's doomed. Plus, Matthew McConaughey's films are even worse than Zuckers. The double threat has been played.

This is looking to be a shitty year for film, as bad as '08 and '06. God I hate Hollywood.

Posted by: George at February 3, 2009 8:29 PM

Sometimes it sucks to be a man too.

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Posted by: Kyle at February 3, 2009 8:48 PM

Sometimes it sucks to be a girl.

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at February 3, 2009 7:15 PM
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Funny you should say "sucks" and "girl" on a Tuesday.

Posted by: bucdaddy at February 3, 2009 9:15 PM

Anna, by all accounts, he's quite the charmer. Apparently, the Zeta-Jones makes a big effort to be a regular homebody, and they're community-minded when they're in town. The last time I saw him, we were driving the sam direction home. He was driving kinda slow, but since it was him, I didn't overtake or flip him the bird or anything!

Posted by: malikvlc at February 3, 2009 9:27 PM

Uhh, anyone else kind of freaked out by how specific the information is that the Spambot (Kyle) is providing?

You can get their pictures, phone numbers, locations, and almost any information.

This Sugar Baby place sounds like the directory for the sex offender list spambotKyle is probably a part of.

Posted by: Kayanne at February 3, 2009 10:06 PM

Re: The Talented Mr. Damon.

I'm with greer: On the bed, on the floor, on a towel by the door...

Posted by: Neon at February 4, 2009 2:46 AM

Now I'll have visions of fucking Matt Damon in my head all day. Not that that's a bad thing.

Posted by: Nicole at February 4, 2009 8:53 AM

I simply don't get the appeal of McConadontknowhowtospellit. He seems greasy and I hate his voice/accent.

Also, when I read "What would happen if we took the premise of A Christmas Carol, applied it to a romantic comedy, and cast Matthew McConaughey in the Scrooge role?" my first thought was, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" On second thought, the premise is an interesting idea, but not with the McConawhatshisface in the lead."

Posted by: BWeaves at February 4, 2009 9:42 AM

I'm with you, Anna. Especially since this doesn't look as horrid as the other rom-coms coming up, and sometimes, I need a rom-com. I wish there was a nice repository somewhere of "rom-coms that don't suck" that I could just dip into whenever I wanted one, so I wouldn't end up watching this crap.

Posted by: Phaeolus at February 4, 2009 10:13 AM

It makes me sad to see her doing this kind of crap.

I have to add this: I love the way McConaughey moves when Michael Douglas goes through him (I think he sees right through him too).

Posted by: mario at February 6, 2009 3:06 PM

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