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Was this supposed to be romantic?

posted 15 years ago by EffervescentTablet
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Guy is whining the entire freaking movie about still being a virgin (at 16? Come on, is that unusual now?) guy meets random chick who's 'quirky' because she has him sit on her bed, rub lotion on her back & makes out with him in the woods, just because he mumbles and writes in a journal. It sounds like whoever wrote this has never met a girl.

Then in the end he gets laid and all his problems are solved. Yay, god I hope guys don't use this movie as a dating guide.

"YOU KILLED CAPTAIN CLOWN!!!!!!"

[–] hppg 13 years ago

Yes I agree. I think 15 or 16 is the average age of losing virginity in America so you're not abnormal if you're one at 16. And yes it might be annoying but just be patient and it'll happen soon enough! His level of distress seemed a bit over the top. While obviously averages and surveys on sex need to be taken with a grain of salt, in Australia where I live 17 is the average age of virgnity-losing. So most people I knew were virgins at 16 and I was struggling to understand his extreme upset with it.

I thought it was nice how he and the girl got on talking about films and hanging out, but she was obviously manipulative and a bit of a cheating bitch. Then he becomes a bit of a jerk to get her, which is entirely not the point of the film, and yes he thinks it's better once he's had sex ONCE. I had a lot of issues with that whole thing lol, could have been much better.

[–] compact_disc_rack 13 years ago

Well said. That's the biggest weakness of this film. I can buy his obsession with the virgin thing. At that point in his life he probably didn't get how usual it was for him to feel how he felt. But the way he gets it on with the chick is too easy. And keeps the viewers from caring about what happens to them.