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the moral is for women to get with the guy who uses them?


it just didn't seem to me that one night of him listening to her would change her mind after seeing him sleeping with so many different women.

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**spoiler**
I think you're right boobearl ... this film is cute, but let that detail out.
Did something I missed happened?
She just saw her sister being so pampered by her husband and then realized that the perfect couple actually exists ... but I don't find the reason why she suddenly decided to give her roomate a chance ... we just knew she sort of liked him.

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*SPOILER*


Eddie was once in a serious relationship too, remember? That chopped hole on his ex's wall doesn't mean anything?

I think some of the attraction from those two main characters came from the fact that both of them had an understanding about getting burned in a relationship.

I mean sure, Eddie's got that rep as a womanizer. But I don't think he'd dare try to use Jane like he did those other woman.

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I can suspend reality somewhat to enjoy a simple movie.
I just hate how a seemingly undatable and distastful guy is suddenly changing his ways just because he gets with the lead. A man like that has made a habit and he won't just miraculously snap out of it...he has to show consistency of proof over time.
It would be quite a gamble and seeing his pattern, anyone should think twice before jumping into a relationship with him...haven't we all been there, thinking we would be the ones they chnaged for? Did they?

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*applauds poseychad*

finally!! someone who actually uderstood the movie.
He was a womanizer because Rebecca left him, he was hurt so he riped his wall apart with an axe and slept with lots of woman. Rebecca made him think there's no such thing as "true love" crap.
The scene in the bar between the two of them towards the beginning is very important. It explains why he is a womanizer. watch that scene

"Too wierd to live, too rare to die."
HST

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And don't you just sound (and spell) lovely.


Cursing is a crutch for the communicationally-challenged.

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ok...where are my spelling errors? anger makes me say certain things in certain ways.


Well, your post was littered with trivial mistakes, but this one amused me:


...the best way to get over your ex is to sleep with a bunch of woman


The best way to get over your ex is to sleep with a fat chick?

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The best way to get over your ex is to sleep with a fat chick?

And don't you just sound lovely.

One thing vampire children have to learn early on is don't run with a wooden stake

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And don't you just sound lovely.


Are you trolling me or did you somehow actually miss the joke?

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I didn't miss the joke. It seemed to fit.

One thing vampire children have to learn early on is don't run with a wooden stake

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I'm not sure I follow. Fit with what?

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I love Vic Mackey.

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Who am I to break with tradition? Your post makes no sense.

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He wasn't a womanizer in the sense that he just used women. He had loved and been very hurt. He slept around as a quick fix, without involvement. She saw that while living with him.
When someone seriously has their heart broken, we often go after the gender that hurt us. I have done the same, not proud to say.

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You paid better attention to the movie than the OP. You're right, Jane knew Eddie had loved Rebecca very deeply and wasn't using her. Then he was doing what he could to move on like a lot of people do.

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What makes me sick is how we're supposed to like Eddie when he's been with so many women. Yep, my dream man is the town man-whore! Ugh. It's just so disgusting. Why would I want to be with a man half of New York has?

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Well, what do you expect? It's a Hollywood romantic comedy! This isn't some indie film trying to get into Sundance. It's a big budget production from 20th Century Fox! Ashley Judd and Hugh Jackman were each paid big bucks to star in it, and the lead guy in the movie is going to hook up with the lead girl.

Again, the lead guy in the movie is going to get the lead girl. The screenwriters' job is to provide a plot which will, in some semi-plausible way, get the two together....and the music will back it up with some love songs and piano to help get the point across.

Boy meets girl; boy loses girl; boy gets girl back. It's been this way for the past hundred years of cinema and it will be that way for the next hundred. It's what the public wants.

The real question is: Why does crap like this make $27 million and a really beautiful, intelligent film like Ashley Judd's first feature, "Ruby in Paradise", barely make back its budget? It's irrefutable evidence that movie-goers have no intelligence.

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After she got to know him and how hurt he'd been by Becca she realized he was capable of loving and his womanizing was a result of the major emotional blow. I've known men like that.

Also, they got to be friends and were really comfortable with each other.

And he'd told her she was beautiful after she'd been crying and feeling ugly. When she heard her brother-in-law say that about her sis, the light went off. Their feelings for each other built slowly, and that's how long-lasting love usually works.

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