From a male perspective

I don't know that he got "shot down", hill. In fact, Rachel's facial expressions & warm response when he confessed that he had feelings for her that went beyond friendship imply something different. Possibly that if she hadn't been hung up on Dex at the time, she probably would have reciprocated Ethan's sentiments.

And it seems that there will be a sequel, so you never know!

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They leave his character hanging because he figures so prominently in the second book, Something Blue, the tease at the end of the film Something Borrowed was supposed to let you know that Ethan's story continues - but - Something Borrowed apparently didn't do well enough to get the financing to produce Something Blue.

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Also, from a guy. So Ethan; the best friend, was really in love with Rachel. (Cliché much?) OK, if he was so in love with her, how come he didn't hit on her when she wasn't seeing anyone? He waits until she is tied up in an impossible love triangle to reveal his true feelings. Talk about a low probability move. Also,why was he running from Kate Hudson at the end of the movie? (I know about the sequel, but it didn't make sense he would run from her.) It would have made more sense if Claire had shown up and was still after him.

All of these characters were pathetic in one way or another. The only one I really liked was Claire, even if she wasn't the sharpest stick in the pile, she wasn't trying to play anyone and wasn't confused about who she was in love with.

The Marcus character was almost likable, but he could have been given a little more screen time and made more human and interesting, not be just the cliché stoner-slacker character. I felt he was created for comedic purposes and as a vehicle to reveal that Darcy wasn't the victim she appeared to be.

Maybe the book has more depth, but these characters never felt real to me. I think it must be tough to do a rom-com that's original, but for one to work you have to believe in the characters. The audience has to relate to them in some way; think of them as someone you might have met at a party or known someone just like them in college, work or family. These were a bunch of people who didn't seem to work much, but apparently had plenty of money and time to travel and party. Some how I don't think that sequel is ever going to get made. Well, maybe Lifetime would do it.

Final point: Has Kate Hudson done anything since Almost Famous that's worth a damn? Didn't think so.

Well in the books, Ethan's actually barely in the first one. He is a good friend of Rachel and Darcy's from childhood but he's already living in England. Rachel visits him in England later in the book, but mostly she just talks to him on the phone about the situation. They actually switched him with Rachels best friend from work, a woman named Hilary. Hilary is the one telling Rachel through most of the book that she should get Dex to call off the wedding. But they left Hilary out of the movie, and just used Ethan instead. Also Claire and Ethan never meet. And the Claire from the book is actually pretty different from the one in the movie. She's very superficial and picky, she would actually never go for Ethan if they met. She has extremely high standards when it comes to men.

I think it was just easier to have the Ethan character be the best friend for the movie, especially if they do the sequel. Ethan did love Rachel, but back in High School. They just become really good friends later.

All I can say is that I unremittingly HATE Darcy. I don't normally engage in yelling at fictional characters, but when she flips the *beep* out on Rachel after seeing Dex's jacket, I just saw red.

It was the defining moment of her completely self-involved character, so utterly unaware of anyone or anything outside of herself. For *beep* sake, she was pregnant with Marcus' WHILE engaged to Dex, and she has the gall to recuse THEM, who actually have a history of connection. No, Darcy is so self-righteous that she thinks her pseudo-bond with Marcus is more deserving of understanding.


*beep* YOU. DARCY -_-

Ethan's a tool, a nice tool, but tool nonetheless.

His character reminds me of the one in "P.S. I love You" played by Harry Connick Jr. where after years of empathizing and shouldering support for the girl mourning over her dead husband he musters the courage to kiss her because he truly feels for her but then the writers inject an artificial twist where the kiss ends up feeling awkward for some unrealistic reason and he decides he only likes like a sister? Pffffft.