It was hard to tell

I could not really tell if before Jenny met Alan if she did have a thing for David and all those times she was COMPLETELY flirting with him, dangling herself in front of him, being extremely touchy feely and teasing him in a way--was that her letting him know she liked him but waiting for him to make the move? But he was too shy so she moved on and put him in the friends zone? Or was she just oblivious to the fact that even though he made it painfully obvious from the beginning he was very into her, that the way she was acting wasn't completely effed up if she had no feelings for him??? Like seriously. She teased the shi* out of him, and she was a smart, intuitive girl in the first place... so that plus how obvious David made it in the way he acted around her, the poem, everything she knew he wanted her. So either she was just a selfish flirt who liked the attention and didn't care how it made him feel, or she really did like him but wanted him to make the first move, and when he didnt she said eff it. But I thought it was super messed up how even when she was telling David in that moment about Alan asking her out, they were on her bed, under her star thingy and she was holding his hand and being all intimate with him as usual. Even in the moment she said "Your friend asked me out." Like why be so touchy feely with him all the time?

It still gives David no right to be so psycho and possessive, and do the things he did. He handled everything so incredibly poorly. From how he felt about her, to how he felt about Alan asking her out, them dating, and then breaking them up and of course the whole ending. But still, I did like aspects of who Jenny was, but she wasn't completely little miss perfect innocent in the triangle either. There were many times I couldn't believe how she was acting around David. If she wanted him in the friend zone, treat him like a friend. Not a guy who is your friend that you act sexy around at all times but then date his best friend and rub it in his face as well. I have had many guy friends have crushes on me and when I know I don't see them that way I make a very considerate effort to treat them solely like friends. No flirting, no sexual talk, no touching, no sexy staring, none of that crap teasing. It messes with their heads like crazy. There was ONE guy who was a friend of mine who I sort of dated briefly, but then broke up with him, but when I was around him I flirted with him a lot. And it really messed with his feelings, and I felt awful and stopped when I realized what I was doing.

I THOUGHT she never really liked him, but maybe she did? In that first scene when they were having that debate about intentions and thoughts verses/action and she almost kissed him then bit his nose.... was that her being like "I am right here.. just do it.." or just her being like she always is with him?


Honestly, as crazy as Alan was in certain ways he was kinda the most innocent person in the love triangle. He did make a mistake of cheating, and having commitment phobia, but he was straight forward with everyone. He asked David if it was alright to ask out Jenny. He was honest about the drugs. He didn't try to hide that meeting Jenny's dad freaked him out. He tried to explain what happened the night he cheated. He tried to get Jenny and David to be friends again and tried to fix his friendship with David. He tried to get David a girlfriend. Yes he was impulsive and reckless, but Jenny was selfish in a lot of ways (could be because her dad didn't want to be in her life, and could explain whys shes a flirt and needed attention from David as well) and David was... well.. really messed up in a lot of ways. He may have been the "nice guy" underneath his crazy, but overall he was crazy. Could have been a result of being pushed his whole life from being so passive and introverted, and keeping in feelings, and holding onto jealousy towards Alan for years even before Jenny, and then Jenny treating him the way she did and the whole relationship being rubbed in his face and he snapped, or he was always that psycho but either way, it sucks the best out of the 3 ended up in the koma..........and I think it's up for interpretation whether at the end David will eventually murder her too, because he heard her say she still loved Alan and saw that picture---and probably wanted her to die when he pushed her over the railing.

Anyway, I think it's a good movie with good acting and an interesting story. Just wish Jenny's feelings for David were a bit more clear to read at the beginning. But maybe they arent supposed to be, so we feel David's frustration as much as him?


PS- I like the actor who plays David but not for this role. Does anyone else wish it was Ethan Embry?