Beginnings and Endings

Ok so, a lot of people have posted that the movie seemed rather "superficial" and unclear. So I wanted to share my thoughts.

I was wondering if people saw it the way that I did. Clearly the movie was sequenced differently purposefully, I gather because we are to presume that all the characters eventually get their "happy ending". I mean, the beginning of the movie starts from the end and all the way back up. Not all beginnings begin well obviously, like a journey.

Now the ending was interesting ... because it cuts off ... alluding to something Sean should be "thinking" of or that he is forgetting. Or that he is trying to remember. I'm going to segue now to something I found rather interesting that, with Paul and Lauren, we got to see a resolution for the people they were ill fated with. We didn't necessary get one for Sean and Kelly. And its interesting too that when they meet, they use the terms "thinking" (Sean says "Why not" in response) in their dialogue. And when they are done having sex, he goes, he can't "remember" the last time he had done the deed while "sober'. And being drunk is a lot like forgetting, no? And when the movie ends too, I feel that "we" as the audience forget about Kelly and her fate, unlike the fates of the other victims Paul and Lauren face that end up fine. One becomes a popular Queer, the other married successfully with 4 children So I'd like to presume then that, though Sean's fate has begun in a wrong direction (much like the other characters), his ending is that he ends with with Kelly. The Beginning is a lot like clues for his "happy ending" in my opinion, like we get to hear about the endings of all the other people we are told from the beginning sequence.

And I believe Paul and Lauren end up together. They were wearing matching clothes, signalling that they are a match towards the end of the movie. Even Lauren acknowledges a "US" that they are the same. I mean, Paul duality being that his bisexuality wasn't getting him anywhere, may propel him to seek companionship with a straight woman. That was his problem. He kept pursuing men to no avail and they were all a disaster. Much like Lauren, pursuing someone she couldn't have. She was also pursuing Sean, which is a bit of a duality going on in her life too (between two people, two worlds). So the lesson here is that, they had to be more selective and in a sense, bridge their duality to find each other I feel and become whole as "One" which I feel they find in each other. That's their happy ending.

Now I don't understand "suicide girls" fate in this movie and her ending. End of her pain? She's in heaven and free? lol I don't know. Maybe she is a symbolism of death and all things starting anew. I just feel like her story isn't finished or perhaps I'm not seeing it so clear. I suppose she was pursuing a "dream" much like Sean was following the letters of a person we find out later was actually a secret admirer (not Lauren). Maybe Sean goes off to commit suicide after the credits and we are to assume he ends up reunited with her, in some alternative reality. "Suicide girl" also makes me think about the entire theme of the movie too, about fate and not being about to change it. I mean, the title of the movie is "Rules" of attraction after all, as in, certain things you need to abide by or things that are unwilling to bend. Even Paul makes this point, that no matter what you do, everything ends up the way they are supposed to. So "Suicide Girl" taking her life, from her own will, makes it seem that perhaps even some rules can be bent when it comes to the affections of the heart. Or that there are no rules at all to love. Or that, maybe no matter how bad things get, it will all be ok at the end since they are no rules. Since rules have consequences, and though their actions had some pretty bad repercussions and effects, I feel the movie alludes to them all having a "happy ending" as I've speculated above and to their clues.

Be glad to hear your thoughts on my opinions. I might be wrong, but I feel this movie sends quite a strong message actually.