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i think the better question is "why are black and asian men trawling facebook for women?"
i feel like everyone wants him to not be dead but yet fears it'll be a "cop out."
i'd like to think vince can pull it off...
anyone know where one could buy a maple syrup spigot? asking for a friend
i don't find it odd at all. i watched it at 5, 15, 25, and still going strong. in either my teens or early 20s, i remember hearing a stat that most GG viewers were black females under 25. i was a bit surprised initially, but hey, if the shoe fits!
hi, i'm here!
i just encountered an old comment of mine from 3 years ago when IMDB message boards were nuked. i also wish i'd used them more, but i would love it if we could get somewhat robust conversations happening here...
i wonder if reddit might be better, but i digress
HAHAHAH
LMAO. the absurdity of that scene is hilarious.
you meant to reply to the OP, right? because i know all this already :)
yvie oddly, anyone? :)
he now has a new ridiculous perfume commercial (gucci i think) with lana del ray
he's had plastic surgery. how is everyone so delusional?
i love raja too but it seemed like the season was set up for her to win.
personally, i enjoy these inconsistencies because they're like easter eggs that pedantic nudniks like us can pick apart. you know, like how you're doing.
i watched it throughout highschool too. not weird at all.
i always laugh when people bitch about "realism" in film because there weren't enough shots of a character doing A Thing.
have you ever heard of the phrase, "Show, don't tell"? this is storytelling 101.
the idea is to establish who the character is, not load the movie with shots of him studying. the point isn't that the guy reads. the point is that he's stuck, and he believes his life is fine as is, when clearly, there are indications that he can and should do better. we are initially SHOWN his intelligence, not told.
it is not unrealistic for someone to overcompensate (which in will's case meant being obnoxiously self-educated) as a defense mechanism. if you know anything about psychology, you might want to consider that instead of taking issue with the fact that you never saw the character at the library.
not everyone needs or wants movies that telegraph everything so that there's little to no deduction required. that's lazy writing for lazy thinkers.
"He's not good at maintaining long-term, fulfilling relationships but he certainly knows how to pick up chicks at bars. That alone makes him come off to me as an adolescent fantasy."
being attractive enough to secure casual sex that never results in meaningful relationships is far from fantasy. it's a trap a lot of adults with intimacy issues find themselves in. i'm not sure why you characterize that part of his character as a teenage fantasy "on its own." this is a real thing that most people would believe is a deficit. no one wants to die alone.
i can agree that perhaps the combination of sexpot and supremely intelligent is less likely, but this is a movie... would it have been better if matt damon wrote himself in as being completely hapless with women in spite of his looks? that's certainly possible, but would this be more believable, or less?
"What bugs me just as much is how the movie more or less acts as though all his faults as a person are all based around him being hurt by others at a young age. It all comes off so manipulative to me to have a character who's such a dick towards others so often, only to have it all be chalked up to an abusive childhood."
the movie portrays someone with issues. most of our issues stem from childhood. his childhood was apparently shit. this doesn't excuse him for his choices. this is the very set up of the movie: can this guy get over the past to overcome his self-destructive tendencies and do better?
honestly, it sounds like this triggered you too much for you to criticize it objectively.
"A story about a guy with a brilliant mind who makes mistakes left and right on his own accord without it being the result of events completely out of his control in his youth would have been far more compelling in my eyes."
what does this even mean? the character *did* make mistakes on his own accord. what would be his motivation or backstory in your version? is he just an asshole? because that's not at all compelling....
i appreciate your comment, but i disagree with a few points.
first, i wouldn't say he's good with the ladies in terms of real intimacy. he's young and attractive (as you mentioned), so he can secure hookups, but he has yet to sustain any relationships of substance. this is confirmed during his conversation with sean and again with minnie driver's character.
as for having "infinite" knowledge on every academic subject, i think that's an exaggeration. but i've known a few people like this––insecure guys who pride themselves on being self-educated. they read and study a lot to combat their low self-esteem. and usually, they come off arrogant.
his only true genius was his math ability. everything else was studied in an attempt to feel better about himself.
*imaginary upvote*
you obviously don't understand what lack of opportunity means. but your post made me chuckle, so you've got that going for you.
yes you!