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A lot of you are missing the point.

posted 11 years ago by imdb42
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Ben Has a great time with Sarah. She is wonderful. Interesting, exciting, smart,beautiful, adventurous. Everything every guy would be looking for. She is so wonderful, and he is so enamored of her, that he is willing to throw away his wedding, and the life that goes with it just to be with this amazing girl he has been traveling with for 2 days. He is willing to destroy all that is expected of him by his family ,and her family, their jobs and everything else for Sara. He goes into the wedding party location fully planning to bail out and get with Sara.

Until he looks at the woman who is going to be his wife.

He lays eyes upon her, in the midst of the complete and utter chaos going on in in the backyard, in his life, and in his head, and time slows to a stop. Nothing else matters. They are instantly on the same wavelength. The world and all their plans are literally being blown to tatters around them, and that is just fine once they have a moment to talk. All that matters is the two of them, and nothing else can matter.

[–] ausfi 9 years ago

Thank you! this was so well said, that is one of the reasons the ending was so good and satisfying and moving and it was so funny, their running away. The contrast with the chaos and the two of them unaffected by it was great.
I also liked the scenes with Sarah and her son without any sound or talking.

[–] spookyrat1 9 years ago

It was a good ending to the film. It's a pity the script couldn't have been more witty and funny throughout the extent of the movie.🐭

[–] haringjg 8 years ago

Well put! So-so movie, until that moment with Bridgette and the last 5 minutes. Left me warm and fuzzy.

[–] phoongdan 8 years ago

Well, I don't know about all that. I think he was a logical guy and in the end he made the logical choice.

[–] Wuchak (8104) 5 years ago

Well said. Bullock's annoyingly erratic character -- Sarah -- started to seriously grate on the nerves by the midpoint and I felt the movie was marred by an almost anti-marriage bent. But the ending completely changed my mind and saved the film; it's bold, refreshing and even revelatory.