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Are we supposed to believe JGL could get Zooey Deschanel?


I dont find this movie believable at all and wonder why Joseph Gordon-Levitt was chosen to play the lead role. I think he was strongly miscast, and I didnt believe for one second that Summer would like he. He looked too boyish and homely for her.

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Her last two real-life boyfriends Ben Gibbard (http://i.imgur.com/3MJyFqr.jpg) and Jacob Pechenik (http://i.imgur.com/vDdYXKL.jpg) aren't exactly models.

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Is this serious? Most girls I know think he's a really, really good-looking, even "hot" guy.

I can find him attractive as a guy as well.

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JGL is off-the-charts hot. Come on.

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Love means never having to say you're ugly. - The Abominable Dr. Phibes

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I'm a guy, and I agree. He's charming, charismatic, has eyes like Heath Ledger.

In reality, he might be out of ZD's league.

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I'm with you. If assessing it from a looks standpoint only, I believe JGL would be a little outside ZDs league.

However, looks (at least for me) are only a small part of attraction and JGL and ZD are not wildly mismatched.

@ OP - Geoffrey Arend (McKenzie) is married to Christina Hendricks and that's IRL so it shouldn't be so hard to picture JGL and ZD as a couple in fiction.

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@MissOldPiggy, I honestly could NOT disagree with you more. I think Joseph is all that and a bag of chips.

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I'm a guy, bit are you freaking crazy??!! Every girl I know has a huge crush on Joseph Gordon Levitt. You may think he's not attractive, but you're certainly part of a minority. A huge minority.

By the way, have you ever seen pictures of Death Cab for Cutie's lead singer? Yeah, that guy was his husband. Deal with it.

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Um hell yes. He is adorable. I think they are both equally attractive. Yes he was boyish but a lot of girls like that. Not all of us want a male slut.

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Miss, I kinda get where you're coming from with this. I don't get all the JGL love. I'm a straight guy, but I'm in touch with my feminine side enough to be able to evaluate guys' looks, and JGL just doesn't do it for me.

But, having said that, I have learned to understand women's love for guys like him. There is something about guys with squinty eyes that a lotta women seem to go for. Heath Ledger was a prime example of this, although I think he was actually good looking.

Regardless, I think JGL's character agreed with you completely - JGL's character fully knows that there was no way that he should have been able to get ZD. Which is exactly why he was literally dancing in the streets the day after their first night together. He knew it.




I want the doctor to take your picture so I can look at you from inside as well.

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are you crazy? yea he's miscast but not because he's too ugly. he's miscast because he's way too handsome to act like that. a guy that looks like him would have women all over him all the time. he wouldn't be pining over one girl.

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