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Wednesday, June 01, 2005
To be honest, I get why it didn't play in the cinemas for a long time. And I'm sure that it only made its way here because the cast had big names. But when you get right down to it, it was a somewhat boring movie that you wouldn't really feel like watching over and over again. The love story isn't even that good. But then, it wasn't really about the love story, was it?
In my opinion, it'd fall under the same category of Life or Something Like It, Family Man and Sweet Home Alabama because the story is somewhat the same--it's about a person who seemingly has a great life and then discovers that he/she didn't want it, or realizes that it's not that great after all.
I did not expect the ending to be that way at all. So, I give the movie that--two thumbs up for unpredictability, despite its being a drama. But I guess that's because it's about the corporate world and that in and of itself is unpredictable enough, right?
Anyway, I think the ending was just right. I mean, since Topher Grace's character, Carter (that's a great name, by the way) was only 26 years old, then it wasn't too bad of a thing that he lost his job. If anything, it's good for him, because he's not got time to think, about what he really wants to do. Kinda like what happened in Sweet November.
I totally loved the ending scene which was of Carter, jogging (though I can't imagine why someone like Topher Grace would need any exercise) at the beach, and sure, he's talking on his cellphone, but it's about his friend, having a kid, not about some business deal. In a way, it reminds me of that deleted scene in Love Actually, which was of these Kenyan women in the farm, but instead of talking about famine and economical problems that they clearly have, given the state of their country, they were just talking about their husbands--something that everyone talks about. It sort of makes me think about how in the movies, they usually diss people using cellphones, or give comments like "a jerk on a cellphone, right?" and how they could actually be wrong, because people talking on cellphones don't necessarily talk about business stuff or whatever else cliche yuppie types talk about.
Of course, this movie wouldn't really apply to the Philippines, as the situation here is kinda the opposite. We have too much personal lives that our work isn't anywhere near getting ahead. And cellphones are used more for sending jokes and quotes rather than actual business dealings. Still, it's always nice to see a movie that reminds people of what's important in life.
Posted at 07:50 pm by miriyammqx
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