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Finally got tired of it.

posted 15 years ago by jeremy3
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By the time, it got to the scene where she reveals on camera that she was really the person who did the article, I was tired of this movie. The movie tried very hard to show the dilemmas of relationships, but in the end it just seemed ridiculous. I was trying to see it, but I couldn't. The movie was as fake as a "three dollar bill". Judd is extraordinarily beautiful. Why does she have to settle upon this older guy played by Greg Kinnear? He doesn't care about her and treats her like she doesn't matter. The relationship would have been TKO'd long before it did. The idea about the cows and the bull became silly after awhile. By the time it had gotten to the scene about revealing herself as the source of the "cow analogy", I felt the movie was just plain dumb. Why would she ruin her career by using photos of a recently deceased woman, and claim her as professor so and so. Hello. Family members would see that and sue her. She didn't even have to make up the professor. All she would have had to do was keep her name and identity anonymous. Then, she won't have ruined her career and reputation. I can only guess what happens next. The who movie is based upon saying how cute and wonderful Ashley Judd is. So, we are supposed to believe that she is better than all this, a superior being, and that she should live happily ever after?! Yawn.

[–] geoh777 15 years ago

You have to admit that the movie moved you... to write your mini diatribe.

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[–] raevan-2 13 years ago

I love this movie! It's cute. The cow and bull thing is silly but this movie is a comedy and that was the basis for the movie. I saw nothing wrong with the appearence of Judd/Kinnear and the only problem with their relationship was the fact that you could obviously tell Ray was playing her and she was infatuated and so blinded by love/lust she refused to see it. I really doubt her "confession" would have ruined her career. In fact I see it as helping it. The talk show was desperate for more viewers and because of Judd's character the numbers skyrocketed. In fact the scandalous outcome of the "proffesor" probably would have made more people return to the show and reconmend it to others. If she was fired her new "celebrity" status would have got her on other talks shows and she would have become slightly famous opening doors for perhaps something better. She may have been fired for the affair with her boss's boyfriend but seeing how everyone was happy in the end it probably would not have happened. Also her repuation more than likely was not ruined (tarnished maybe). Everyone seemed to understand how she felt and sympathised with her. And the family of deseased woman was explained in the movie - she had no family therefor nobody to sue her. I do see plot holes and other things wrong with this movie but in general I enjoy it. I give it a 7/10.

-=Screw Edward Cullen - I'll take Eric Northman!!!=-

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[–] hka-3 9 years ago

By the time, it got to the scene where she reveals on camera that she was really the person who did the article, I was tired of this movie.

I enjoy this movie up to a point, which happens to be shortly before the time you got tired of it. In other words, I get what you're saying.

Eddie and Jane had breakthrough moments right before they slept in the same bed together and then briefly the morning after, as well. It seemed like everything after that was in the wrong order. It's as if they did it that way for dramatic effect, so there could be the typical romcom "bold gesture" of Jane running after Eddie's cab and the big kiss at the end.

I felt like the end of story may have made more sense overall if things were in a different order. For example, maybe Jane could've revealed that she was Dr. Charles, then Ray could've been mad at her, then he could've come to her room to tell her off with this speech...

You know, while you were out there buying these theories about the horrors of men and why guys like Ray won't ever come back, deep down inside you're hoping he would.

"Men are evil. Men are scum. But please, Ray, won't you make a liar out of me?"

Well, you got what you asked for, Jane. He did go back. He just did it with the wrong girl!

It's over! Over. Why can't you just let it go?

I also felt like one of the best lines of the movie got lost in the shuffle, which was, "You're so hell-bent on making sure things fit, you miss out on all the fun when they don't." Eddie said that to Jane after they slept in the same bed without having sex, which could've turned out to be a better bonding experience for the two of them.

Both of them could've taken a little bit of time to appreciate this bonding experience and how it could be a true beginning of moving past their previous bad relationships. Instead of allowing them to enjoy it and to build on that, Jane starts in on Eddie again about how he eventually would've shown his true spots. She wasn't giving him enough credit for being a relatively decent guy at that time (except for the groping, which he admitted to , but it was all in fun), or giving him the benefit of the doubt that his "spots" could change for the better.

Mag, Darling, you're being a bore.

[–] indy-39 9 years ago

If you (like me) are a fan of older "boy meets girl" films- this is an excellent film to watch to remind you WHY they can't make films like those anymore. I want to see a film about her sister and brother-in-law.

[–] olliemankz 8 years ago

I love your point about the bonding experience. I wish I could remember the two or three movies I've seen recently in which the male and female characters have reached a point at which they might actually begin to start talking to each other, and then they of course start lip-locking and more instead! Such a frustrating experience! The relationship is usually pretty well delineated and you feel they belong together but I'd actually like to hear a real conversation. These moments to me say they're a product of male-dominated hedonist Hollywood, although that might not be the actual reason. But I agree with you that these are golden missed opportunities.

Maybe that's one reason I love My Best Friend's Wedding so much. In that one, if I'm not spoiling anything for you, the main male character suffers with the main female character through thick and thin and there is obviously true bonding there, and which has also taken place before we meet them. It helps that he's gay, of course ... although there is a glimmer of a possibility that their relationship might ramp up a bit. There is also a platonic bonding with the object of her quest.

This movie did remind me of that one, and I did like the fact that we discover that the delicious Eddie was more than just a Don Juan. One of my favorite moments in the movie is when Jane and he are listening to Ray's being sensitive in a staff meeting and they can't help laughing. That moment really rang true for me, and was hilarious. I didn't quite get why Eddie ran off after learning Jane had made up the doctor character ... maybe you or someone can explain that.