"It was all about fear...fear of loneliness, fear of failure, fear of the unknown..
Fear is the main motivation for everything. That and guilt, are the two emotions that keep a society humming".
"Life is not clear cut, it's grey."
"What are you telling me...hate fades, love is lust, there is no ass?!..."
Maybe they "speak" only to me, but i like these best :)
"Isn't this the moment where one of us is supposed to say: Look, this is ridiculous, we love each other, all couples go through this, let's give it another try."
shareBecause that girl in the pith helmet
...is still in here
I didn't even know she existed until I met you
And I'm afriad if you leave
... I may never see her again
"Why don't you call your girlfriend, I'm sure she can help us patch things up." or something similar to that. It was great, she definitely had the last word in that argument.
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"Well, you left yourself wide open (jumping all the items on the dinner table as if they were checkers) Come to papa!"
That scene at the restaurant table during their first date was so classic. It is so like a first date where you are nervous and her nervous habit of organizing and re-organizing the items on the table. Bruce Willis' character was able to break the ice with this joke. After that they were able to relax and enjoy the meal and each other's company. Was a very cute and funny scene in a very good movie.
I'm watching this for the first time right now, on television. It's on USA. It hasn't gone off yet so I may have more quotes by the end of it, but so far, Ben and some guy were having a conversation, and my three favorite quotes are from pieces of that conversation.
Guy: There is no hiny.
(A few minutes later in the conversation...)
Guy: You're seeing the hiny again!!!
(a few minutes later..)
Ben: "That's the message you're gonna send me out into the world with? Hate fades, love is lust, there is no hiny??? You're such a disappointment."
It's the only point in the whole movie that I've actually laughed out loud for.
Anyway, as an aside, I have a question. I'm a girl btw, 18 years old and haven't been married yet, so I know I'm not exactly the epitome of knowledge in this area, so if this sounds stupid I won't be surprised. But watching this movie, even from a girl's perspective, I thought that the woman was the one being the b**ch. It seemed like every fight they had was because she took something he said the wrong way and was being paranoid. Or because she had a problem with any joke he made or something. I only just noticed this after about the third time, and I was just wondering if anyone else felt the same way? Or maybe it's just something I don't understand because I haven't been there. But it just seemed to me like the whole movie revolved around him trying to have a relationship with her and her pushing him away.
Well now that the movie is over, I just wanted to say that the ending made me cry. It was really sweet. It was about time that the woman (dang, I still can't remember her name) had some sense return to her.
That said, a few minutes before the ending, they were discussing how to tell the kids, and part of the conversation went a little something like:
him: and we can tell them we don't love each other anymore
her: wouldn't it be better if we just told them that we love each other in a different way?
him: that's fine.
her: what, we *shouldn't* tell them we love each other in a different way?
Okay, at this point, I was floored. It was another example of what I was talking about earlier. I just wanted to like...shake her and ask what was wrong with her.
him: no, I said that's fine.
her: well it was kind of a weird "fine."
At this point, I couldn't believe it. I would have screamed at her. So when he said his next line, I was thinking, "my sentiments exactly." That line being,
"What do you want me to do? Jump up and down about how thrilled I am that we love each other in a different way?
The only criticism I have now (and again I'm not acting like I have enough experience to know since I haven't been married and am only 18, lol), about the movie, is that it seemed (to me) unrealistic. I just kinda thought, "She was the one pushing him away the whole time while he tried his best to have a relationship with her and she held everything against him instead of forgiving and like spat on his attempts to be what she needed, and all of the sudden at the end, SHE decides to put it all together again?" I dunno. It seemed completely out of character for the way she had acted all the way through the movie.
But I still loved the ending and this is still going on my list of favorite movies. It did get the message across and was very interesting and sweet and makes me think that when I do get married I really want to work to keep it together...and appreciate having a good man, lol.
You understood his point of view but didnt get hers.
SHe was not keen on them being together because he was goofing off most of the time which meant she always had to be the straight one or else they would not get anything done.
She was still goofy as seen by what she says at the end of her speech at the end of the movie.
I was wondering for a long time what was the point of this movie.
I believe this is it:
Accept people the way they are and be grateful for what you have. Also dont sweat the small stuff.
More importantly after more than a decade together she really did not want to be any where else and be with anyone else because even though there were things about him that she didnt like she still liked the majority of what was there. I believe that he felt the same about her regarding her flaws.
Also one of the best things you can do when you love someone is pracitse seeing things from their point of view so it helps you understand them and brings you closer to them .