Good Movie
i liked this movie..i dont know why it is rated so low.
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I liked it too, i gave it a 6
shareIt was a good movie, and the story and performances were really good. But the one thing I did not like was that David Schwimmer's Tom reminded me of Ross from 'Friends' a little too much. While the characters are different, a lot of it had to do with how he reacted to things - his nervousness at the church services, and his awkwardness when with Julie - seemed an awful lot like Ross. There needed to be another element that came from him to give Tom depth (which he had, burried beneath all the anxiety and self consciousness) Maybe I'm wrong, but that's how I saw things.
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Before I was a college grad, I often felt ambivalent and aimless. Same occasionally after graduation. Even now, after 60, I have those feelings. Best cure? Drag yourself up and do something for someone who is worse off. Or, go to a movie. Or (best case scenario) both.
By the way, better films for characters with ambivalence and aimlessness include 'Sideways' .'Little Miss Sunshine'...all the way back to 'A Clockwork Orange".
you feel aimless and ambivalent...I officialy am Tom Thompson...seven years since graduated high school this year--and i'm still wearing the same f--king shirt I was then--(yes--just like in the movie when he sees Gwenyth)...i'm even seeking and screwing up job interviews the same way Schwimmer does in the movie...(i'm on your side Tim...weakly corrects the guy Its Tom. right whatever. did you get the job? they claim they're gonna call but i doubt it!)even have notecards when i'm talking to someone i'm excited to be talking to!....its such a dead-on movie...
i swear it couldn't be more realistic in its depiction of Tom even with all the stuff going on with Ruth and Bill's suicide around him..every time Tom tries to do something productive, the way it just comes right back and bites him back....i love this movie....even the way it ends is just so right....he doesn't get the girl...but he gets the girl's apartment...and even then when things are starting to look up...with a new apt and a possible job...he's still completely worried like well what do i do next? am i doing the right thing? what if i don't like it? indecisiveness....it kills me because its tooo familiar....i tried to make my mom watch it the other night when it came on tbs and she couldn't sit past the half hour mark...reminds her too much of someone she knows!
movie breaks my heart every time i swear! (and yes i'm well aware of how much it borrows from the graduate but the graduate was pretty sure about what he was doing even when it was a complete mistake--this is the graduate but with a guy who's completely unsure of everything! and its too much where i am right now if that's possible!) Lets Move!
So, mbs, how about an update> Have things gotten any better?
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