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I thought it was great...

posted 13 years ago by frank_ricard
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After watching this movie (which I was pleasantly surprised with), I came to this board and it seems everyone hated it. I'm 28 with a 1 year old son, who is basically in the same situation as the cast of this movie, everyone I know is getting married and having kids. I wonder if I enjoyed it because basically I am the demographic they were going after.

I hate almost all rom/coms, but I thought it had a GREAT cast (even Megan Fox), and I also thought there were very funny & touching moments. Chris O'Dowd was great in Bridesmaids, but I think he was even better in this. The last scene was pretty groan worthy, but other than that I actually enjoyed this movie a lot.

[–] melonburst05 13 years ago

I'm 25, single with no kids and I absolutely LOVED this! I was so surprised. I thought it would be an alright film, but it had a great balance of comedy and drama and romance. I really believed their friendship and love as well.

The last scene was actually my favorite. It was funny, but seemed very in character for both of them. I never thought I would find the line "Just let me *beep* the sh*t out of you" to be romantic...but dog gone it...I swooned a little.

[–] LeenyBabii 12 years ago

Maybe it's just me and the world/generation I've grown up in (I'm 19, and even though it's a shame to have to clarify, I don't have any kids), but I found that line pretty awesome too. Because it did fit in with the characters in my opinion, seeing as they were always able to share their thoughts and feelings with each other (she even showed him her naked body to check when she'd be able to show other guys, love that), plus he needed to say something along these lines to convince her that he was now, despite what he earlier stated, completely into her. He wasn't 'attracted' to her earlier because he couldn't admit he loved her. Now that he has come to this realisation, he wanted to, as boldly and necessarily stated, *beep* the s*** out of' her. You don't wanna do people you don't find physically attractive, at least I don't.

I'm with you. Totally swooned.

[–] WizardsMug 12 years ago

i'm so glad to read this :) i felt the same way .. i also thought the last scene was very much in character.. since they'd been so open about sex with each other

to OP
i'm 38 without kids and maybe i'm also part of the demographic because i'd like to have kids and don't have the right person in my life
so the choices that Jenny made, made sense to me in a way

about the other two couples. i found it interested that the couple that fought so much in the beginning stayed together whereas the one that seemed so happy broke up later on.

jon hamm said it later in the bar -- we were good while everything was easy but weren't when it got difficult.
it happens and i clapped when he moved out. i dare to say that most couples just stay together and rather be unhappy than alone.

all in all great movie

[–] kytt 13 years ago

Well I'm 23, married, no kids, and I just thought it was a bit sad how they portrayed couples being happy up until they have kids. I dunno, I thought it was depressing.

[–] aceinthehole12 13 years ago

I'm 24, single, no kids and I thought it was pretty good. All of my friends are getting married and having kids, or just having kids, so I kind of related to this despite being years younger than the characters.

Decent indie flick...last scene was kind of..off..I guess but in the characters nature I supposed haha.

So Say We All

[–] Princess_Ashmi 12 years ago

There has to be some realism to that though, pretty much every parent i know (from my own to friends and other family members and even people i see in the street) seem constantly pissed off after having children.

And i can imagine why, i mean the stress of it all and how much they cost and how much of your time they take up and the constant attention they need and the ungratefulness in return - who wouldn't be pissed off 24/7 with that? Which begs the question though - WHY OH WHY are people so desperate to have kids?!

I can see one or two upsides to having children but there seems to be more downsides to them so frankly i'm happy that we never had kids when i was married. and no, it wasn't because of no kids that my marriage ended either...

Ashmi any question

[–] EveFR77 12 years ago

just watched this yesterday on a plane ride from NYC to Amsterdam and absolutely loved it!
I'm surprised by the negative comments.
I thought it was funny, had a heart and I loved the ending.

[–] jakkals 12 years ago

i thought it was great too.

just so unfortunate about the lead actress. she really brought it down for me. that and the last sentence, oi, did'nt fit with the feel of the movie.

but there are a lot of highlights. loved loved that scene at the dinner table in vermont at the big fight and adam scott telling all why she is perfect for him. and jon hamm really blowing my mind with his excellent acting there. all of the friends, really (except chipmunk-beaver-face). much better than any scene in "the big chill"!

i love these kinds of real life type drama and comedy friends movies.

really well done.

as i said, just so sad about the lead actress. dozens of other women could've been cast for this role and it would've jumpstarted it to the globes, i am sure.

~~~ "what *beep* said that!" ~~~

[–] MysticGoddess327 12 years ago

I couldn't even hear what her last line was.

But she wrote the script, which probably had a lot to do with her being the leading lady.

[–] Xcalat3 12 years ago

I liked it more than I thought i would. I loved the cast

7/10

When there's no more room in hell, The dead will walk the earth...

[–] gingerjillevans 12 years ago

I'm 28, single, no kids and loved it. I think this is one of those movies you have to watch at the right time in your life to really "get". I loved the last scene, thought it had the right balance of humor and romance.

I was also surprised when I came to the site, I really thought it was well done and saw nothing but negativity about it. I don't claim to have the greatest taste in movies but this one spoke to me, moved me. And not many movies made these days do that anymore!

[–] erykpine 12 years ago

The movie is on Netflix. I thought it was refreshing and a great laugh. We need more stories like this, dealing with real life issue and the unconventional way of dealing with it is inspiring actually.

[–] ducky7 12 years ago

I am also in their demographic (27 years old, half of my friends are married and starting to think about kids, the rest are single) and I enjoyed the first part of it. I also really enjoyed the supporting cast, especially Chris O'Dowd.

I just thought the two main characters really lacked credibility- the chemistry was wooden at certain points, and they never gave us enough exposition to really understand their relationship (why does he love her so much, but isn't attracted to her? And if he does love her like a sister, why did they decide to have sex? There are a number of simple at-home remedies for artificial insemination which could have been just as comedic and more believable.)

Mostly, the horribly wooden ending blew it for me. We just never really see how he gets from point A (love you like a sister) to point B (want to be with you). We see him starting to notice how shallow Hot Girlfriend is, and at the end he says and we understand that he realizes romance is really the emotional intimacy they've had all along, but this doesn't really indicate to us how he matured to that point... Especially after he shuts Julie down so hard. It's a big leap to make and to me it came off as false.

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[–] mxphi 12 years ago

I don't understand why everyone is so negative about such a positive film! I loved this story and the journey of the characters! I'm right there with you, Frank!