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What about Sandler's Job?

posted 14 years ago by JaysonT
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Based on what I saw, his boss promoted the other guy over him. Then Adam Sandler goes wacko and beats the guy up, smashes things up in the room and threatens his boss and says he better get the job when he gets out of prison. Now- in normal employment environments, Sandler would have been fired on the spot. Yet we're supposed to believe that the boss actually is going to give him the promotion? After that scene he made? Makes no sense at all. But once the movie concludes, there's no mention on whether his character ever goes back to his job or not.

[–] bite_me_loser_86 14 years ago

I don't think the boss is going to give him the job. I think that scene was more about showing Adam Sandler stand up for himself against his boss. He was never going to get anywhere anyway at that job.

[–] ShinjiNishizono (21) 5 years ago

Agreed. I think this is correct as well.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

This movie is not about the details or what actually happens - it's more of a philosophy about the transformation of a character, or a study about Zen teacher pushing the student outside his comfort zone to make him attain enlightenment.

When you see it this way, it doesn't matter what happens in the physical reality, the movie itself can be seen as a Zen koan or a metaphor, or a character study, etc.

How you view life is sometimes more important than what actually happens in it. Adam's character's attitude is awful before the transformation, and way more human after.

[–] ShinjiNishizono (21) 5 years ago

Good point about the story meaning to be symbolic.

I think this can apply to most of other movies as well, especially if it follows the traditional hero’s journey/3-act structure.

[–] FootOfDavros (8174) 5 years ago

But once the movie concludes, there's no mention on whether his character ever goes back to his job or not.

Once the movie concludes there's no mention of anything because the film has literally concluded!