The ending was interesting and left me with questions to discuss with my friends who have seen the movie. What are your opinions?
shareIt tied the rest of the film together perfectly.
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They both ended up in similar places living a glamorous life and married to people who loved them... and spouses they loved.... both changed and maybe not for the better.. And each knew they could have married each other... have the same glamorous life and been much happier.
The ending was realistic.
WOW, I wish I could have summed it up so accurately and succinctly. Thanks!
shareThought the ending was borrowed from Shopgirl but still loved it...as I did Shopgirl, too.
shareI see Bobby and Vonnie as melancholic about their decisions compared to the mirror one the other made. Vonnie followed her heart and chose Phil because she loved him more, even though it was a more irrational relationship from age and lifestyle difference. Bobby had a rational marriage in Veronica, although he always loved Vonnie more. Vonnie for what she got in her love for Phil, ended up becoming the last person she wanted to be in a Hollywood wife telling stories in a fake way. Bobby got everything he wanted to from a lifestyle perspective, the guy that went to L.A. to get in with the big shots ended up being at the center of the most connected place in New York. But because Vonnie feels like his soulmate, he's left with that emptiness in him also.
Despite that ending, there's not many Allen films where characters have more reason to be happy by the end than Vonnie and Bobby do. Vonnie has a good man in Phil, a comfortable exciting lifestyle with stars. Bobby has his club, a good wife in Veronica and child, a good family mostly in tact behind him. And Bobby and Vonnie also still have each other with a rekindled friendship by the end of the film and Phil and Vonnie seemingly visiting New York quite often in the 3rd act of the film. Between each other and their spouses, each got 2 great companions in their life, among other such as the Hollywood stars on Vonnie's side and Bobby's friends from his club. So if they couldn't get everything, is it so bad? Compare it to Ben, who had a whole lot of nothing in terms of love, companions, reasons to care about people, lack of real faith and then he died. The meaningless of his existence or other bad breaks such as a man getting killed for not turning down his radio, puts into perspective a lot of the wonderful things that happened to Bobby and Vonnie and the breaks they got.
I think Allen is conveying, quite beautifully in my opinion, how Bobby and Vonnie are both experiencing the sting of "what if," the elusiveness of satisfaction when the grass always seems to be greener on the other side.
share^ Totally this! I thought the same of the ending. Vonnie and Bobby weren't going to be together, but both of them still loved each other and were whimsical about what could be or could have been.
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