You can always disagree with my opinion, and it's great if you enjoyed the movie yourself. But I don't see the point of most of your comments.
They never pretended to be an Ingmar Bergman movie.
Perhaps not, but the symbolism is there for a reason. Symbolism is used to communicate a message in a more powerful, subtle or creative way than can be done through dialogue. When you keep showing this image of a young Hector over and over again... there's just nothing interesting it communicates. I could tell from Simon Pegg's acting that he was supposed to be a manchild, it makes the imagery obsolete.
No. It was used to show internal thoughts and reflections without having him talk off screen all the time.
Well thank you for stating the obvious, but when I say it doesn't 'seem' to add anything I mean that it doesn't have any extra value. Again, I get that Hector is like a kid on an adventure. Leaving out all the animation sequences wouldn't have affected the movie for me. It's fine if they did anything for you, but for me they just lacked the creativity to add extra value and felt really tacked on. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty made much better use of its fantasy sequences. These kind of scenes also work really well in surreal movies like The Big Lebowski or the Monty Python films.
Who's being shallow now?
Oh, so you think it's shallow to want to see a movie because the two leads have great chemistry? Isn't that the whole point of casting? Why do people want to see more Scorsese movies featuring Leonardo Dicaprio? Because of the sound technicians and set designers? Don't tell me you've never watched a movie thinking: 'What a great actor, I would like to see him again in another film.'
Did you actually see the movie or did you end up skipping through all the scenes without Rosamund Pike? He didn't cheat on her.
Just because he didn't technically have sex with that Chinese prostitute doesn't make it 'not cheating'. They still ended up kissing and sleeping together. And I was wondering if he would really not have had sex with her had he not fallen asleep. He then wrote down "happiness is loving two women at the same time?". When she revealed she was a prostitute he was genuinly hurt, he even wanted to continue his trip with her. If you think pursuing another woman and sharing intimate moments with her behind your spouse's back is not cheating, I sure hope your partner wouldn't mind if you did the same.
Roughly translated: Boohoo I didn't get what I was watching the movie for so the character sucks because I didn't get to see Rosamund Pike through the whole movie.
Nope, that's just your interpretation. Just read my comment below.
No he didn't mess up his relationship. They didn't have a relationship, they had a routine. Most couples forget why they are even together because they get lost in their routine. She realizes she was unhappy too and they are seeing things through new eyes at the end, which is why they are both happy.
Also, you do realize this is not a romantic comedy and that Clara was not the main character, right?
I know perfectly well this movie isn't about her. Just because I was looking forward to seeing these two actors together doesn't mean I was focussing on that throughout the film. Hell, I wouldn't mind if they had written her out for the sake of the story. My issues are with Hector as a character, not with Clara's screen time. In fact, I think her screen time was just fine.
So he has a dysfunctional relationship, but it's still his girlfriend. When you're committed to a relationship that doesn't work you don't just go: 'I need to discover myself, see ya!'. It's something you have to work out together as a couple. Maybe a student with no serious commitments can go on a solitary world trip to discover himself. It makes Hector look like a selfish dweep with a midlife crisis. He just leaves for a couple of months and only occasionally calls her. He doesn't tell her where he's going or when he'll be back. And yet, the movie still wants to make us believe that his girlfriend is the most important person in his life. Hector would've been a more likable character if he were a single or divorced man.
Yeah that's totally the message the film is trying to get across, congrats, you completely got it. oh wait, no you didn't!
Well, now I'm curious to know what YOU thought was the message.
If there's another message I can get out of this film it's: 'He learned to appreciate what he took for granted.'
I'm too busy to read that long a list but can you please list 10-100 movies that have done it?
Well, do you think I would write down a list for someone who won't bother to read it?
Common, that cliché is older than movies. Just Google it and you'll find several articles on that. How many stories have we seen about a performer who makes people happy but feels empty because he's not happy himself? (The Nightmare Before Christmas). A cynical prick who only starts to be likable when he learns to appreciate life (Groundhog Day). Or a family man who works hard to support his family, but they're not happy because what they really need is HIM (Mary Poppins). All these films deal with the idea of happiness in a much better way.
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