You know, I just saw a Pretty Woman clip

Son's girlfriend: "Your mother's a whore, darling."

I doubt they would have lasted. You really can't change anyone who was once a prostitute. They stay promiscuous for the rest of their lives and usually continue to dabble in drugs. Not a judgement, just being realistic.

I’d rather see that than Pretty Woman being remade starring someone who isn’t necessarily a pretty woman.

I never bought the happily ever after thought for the original movie.

Why?

Because the first time it (her background) came up, Gere's character freely told Jason Alexander's character that she was a whore.

This, for me, was the truth of his feelings about her. And if he didn't choose to protect her story during this part of their association, there is no way they would live happily ever after.

R3 Well it would certainly be more realistic.. Most hookers don't look like Julia did.

[quote][R3] Well it would certainly be more realistic.. Most hookers don't look like Julia did.

Actually, today she'd be a sugarbaby advertising on some online site, not a street hooker.

Well, R2, Traci Lords has been married to the same guy for 20 years, with a kid, although she had two other husbands before that.

Priddy Voman total lie. Heh heh! Good lawyer, erryone!

R2 her character didn't do drugs or enjoy prostitution.

Julia's hooking didn't go in for booze and dope.

"I’d rather see that than Pretty Woman being remade starring someone who isn’t necessarily a pretty woman."

They did, but as a series. It was called Cops. Most of the hookers were toothless and giving blowjobs in cars for $20.

I knew a guy who married a stripper 20 years ago. I liked her. She seemed sweet but not that bright and definitely not educated or sophisticated. I don’t think they planned to have a family and it didn’t work out. Roberts’ character was a street whore, so the stripper was a PhD who grew up at country clubs and debutante balls compared to her. She probably wouldn’t have been able to write a grammatically correct email to her decorator or complain about her kids’ school curriculum with the other moms. She would have been miserable.

The story would be more realistic if Gere’s character was sketchier. They made his business practices out to be “bad,” but he wasn’t doing anything illegal. I don’t recall the backstory, but he seemed like the Ivy League to Wall Street investment banking to small boutique type. He should have been mob-adjacent or the second generation owner of a boiler room operation. Or an especially crooked and flashy hedge fund guy.

It was a cute movie, but a ridiculous plot.

One of the most idiotic and distasteful movies of all time.

I always cry when she finally gets to shop.

Schopping!

"He should have been mob-adjacent or the second generation owner of a boiler room operation. "

Which of the Trumps do you want him to be?

Gosh OP. Do you work for Hallmark?

Nah it’s Julia Roberts’ team putting out feelers

R12 you're 2nd paragraph was spot on. Gere was way too clean cut and almost preppy to be dating a working girl.

It wasn’t believable, but most of these movies aren’t. One of the most amusing posters on DL that I’ve read was in a Sixteen Candles thread. They kept going on about how it would never happen in real life; but these films are mainly fantasy.

Now an Officer and Gentleman... that relationship had less of a chance of lasting than the one in PW.

Emma could play the prospective daughter-in-law.

It was a gross movie. Men who buy women are not romantic heroes. And she was annoying as hell. Any kid they had would probably be a criminal.

I would rather watch a remake with the original script and set it in the 80s or 90s.