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Matt is the bad guy???

posted 19 years ago by pimperoni
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Ok well i recently watched this movie, and i noticed something really weird about this movie. Why is dave the good guy?? Throughout the whole movie hes complaining about how he wants to be popular, and so he discovers a caveman and decides to try to use him to make himself popular. meanwhile he is also hitting on robyn who has a boyfriend (matt), and he's supposed to be the bad guy because he gets mad that someone is hitting on his girlfriend? and was anyone else a little creeped out when he goes up to robyn and says "robyn... we were naked together" and he has that picture? Oh my god.

anyway, does anyone else think its weird that the protagonist is the one who will hit on a girl with a boyfriend constantly, and use anyone for popularity? and the antagonist is the one who doesnt like it when creepy guys hit on his girlfriend?

- Pimperoni

P.S. BTW i thought that matt was the best guy in this movie. it was hilarious everytime he said "SHOOOOSH!" and my favorite part in the whole movie was: "What do you think of your bosnian dork-friend now? hhhmmmmMMMMM??" as he tilts his head and raises his arms. OMG i replayed that like five times and couldnt stop laughing!

[–] Isaac5855 15 years ago

You do make some valid points about the character of Dave, but it doesn't change the fact that, as the protagonist, we are supposed to find him sympathetic, not only because of hi slonging to be popular and his unrequited crush on Robin, but because he is the one who unearths Link, cleans him up, and tries to turn him into a regular guy. I admit it is a little unsetlling when Dave tells Stoney that Link is their key to becoming popular, but you also know that the minute he says that, that it probably won't work out that way.

[–] zardozspeakstoyou 11 years ago

No way buddy, we're going psycho!

[–] csweetleaf2 11 years ago

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[–] Hollywood_Square_Contestant 11 years ago

This is why I hate the youth of today.

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[–] CranberryNoVodka 11 years ago

I think David was worst than Matt to be honest. David was a desperate, selfish, opportunistic wannabe who would do anything to exploit someone and suck off someone for his own popularity rather than focus on himself who was his "friend". Matt just wanted to humiliate someone. The way I see it, Matt wasn't really known for being a bully as a whole. Matt was known for being a colossal jerk and just for being popular.

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[–] saiya_jin 10 years ago

Dave isn't the good guy really. He's just the main character and he grows a lot in the film. He becomes a better man by the end thanks to the lessons he's learned along the way. It's more of a growing up film than a good buy bad guy film.

[–] julybaby17 10 years ago

Agreed. Dave is a weasel