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Where would this story have gone if Jeremy wasn't a tool?

posted 12 years ago by michaela_myers87
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Happy Leap Day, everyone!

I was watching this movie, because I love it and I thought 'what better excuse than Leap Day?' Anyway, I was thinking how much would it SUCK if Jeremy had turned out to be a wonderful person instead of the shallow, materialistic tool-bag he turned out to be at the end? It's very convenient that he showed his true colors when he did... But then again, that's how these movies always go, so I expected nothing less.
I just wonder what Anna would have done... Would she have stayed with him, even though she had real feelings for Declan, until she grew old and grey, just because she had made that decision and she was sticking with it? Or would she have honestly picked him because she thought it was the logical thing to do?

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[–] Val-El 12 years ago

If Jeremy was a nice guy, there would have been no movie!

[–] JRLilyNeil 11 years ago

Exactly! The way it should have been!

[–] pikrodafni 8 years ago

But he was a nice guy! He follows her in her projects, plans and dreams, he is genuinely grateful that she takes care of details of every day life while he devotes himself to his (yes, important) job, he tells her he loves her all the time - and it's not fake. He was just not "perfect". Ok, he was shallow. Superficial. IMO, not an interesting guy at all. But I don't know many guys who are perfect...

If Anna was not such a pighead she would have stayed put in Cardiff and calmly waited for a plane to Dublin the next day (it is sunny when she leaves for Dublin with Declan). All her plans would have worked out like a charm - and THEN there would have been no movie!

[–] actionkamen (23176) 5 years ago

There still can be a movie. Just even more bland than this already was.

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[–] ethSin 11 years ago

If Jeremy wasn't a tool, he wouldn't have prolonged the proposal for 4 years in the first place

But seriously though, I she was drawn to Declan in such a short time because Jeremy left this emotional void for caring about his work more than her. The earings were the final straw that made her really vulnerable, which made this story possible.

[–] IL_Maestro 10 years ago

Why is Jeremy a bad guy here? what true colors he showed?
he was her bf, never cheated and never treated her badly
is he bad just coz he didn't want to marry her any sooner?
she would've been happy with Jeremy and I think she would've prolly been happier with Declan, being happy with Declan doesn't mean that Jeremy was a bad guy at all, just not that good of a match for her
and she never had any complaints abt him b4 she met Declan, Jeremy was all her world until she knew she could've had a better bf/husband
ppl don't have to love others or love them more than they actually do or they would just be tools or bad guys, he would prolly be happier with another girl too.

"It is never about what happened, it is only how you look at it!"

[–] SpiltPersonality 10 years ago

Supposedly because he only proposed to secure the appartment they were trying to get. Google 'lame attempts at making support character into a tool' and you'll find this character trait.

[–] Val-El 10 years ago

What SplitPersonality said!!. Jeremy's idea of an engagement/marriage was just an afterthought!

[–] SpiltPersonality 10 years ago

'Real Feelings'? Don't make me laugh. In two days she went from total loathing (I suppose that's a feeling) to 'having feelings' (Romantic I suppose you mean?)... has NOBODY in the world these days got a clue what relationships are built on?

Do you realise that Declan proposed to her after having physical contact for her FOR THREE DAYS?

Oh, yeah, wedding in Las Vegas material that one is. Divorce by the end of the week.

The ONLY thing this movie had left to do was show Jeremy to be a tool. Otherwise it wouldn't make any sense. Oh, I suppose the heroine of the story COULD be shown to be so shallow that she'll fall for the first male she spends time with once parted from the guy she was about to propose to. But no, we'll go cliche. It wasn't even set up right. it was like the screenwriter said "oh, *beep* Jeremy is a nice guy... we're gonna look like dicks. Quick, google 'cliche tools'... ah, now I have it... we turn him into a tool... phew, the movie is saved"

[–] Zuider_Zee 9 years ago

It's funny but I found Jeremy to be far less obnoxious than Anna. Who pulls a fire alarm as some sort of childish test? Jeremy was practical, Anna was needy and conniving.

[–] kay_cee_d 9 years ago

I actually would've preferred if he was a genuinely nice guy. I think it would've made her decision more poignant. I hate it when movies make the other guy or girl a tool bag just so the main love interest looks better by default. In my opinion I think it makes the love between those characters look less strong because they only ended up together because their other love interest was a jerk.

I think its always better for the main character to go "This one person is great and I could be happy with them….but I just love this other person too much, I have to be with them." That feels like a much stronger declaration.

[–] rj-27 9 years ago

You make a great point. But, the writers felt justification for blowing off the engagement to Jeremy required him to be the shallow person he is (funny she couldn't see it until the apartment thing).

Of course it helped that the setting for the new love interest is in a gorgeous land with a very charming man. The allure was too much.

Democracy is the pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. H.L. Mencken

[–] CaveofMind 9 years ago

So I've just watched this movie and I didn't see it that way.

I didn't think Jeremy was a tool. He was just really pragmatic and totally unromantic.

I also didn't think Anna broke off her engagement to Jeremy because she thought he was a tool or a bad guy.

The way I read it, she leaves Jeremy because she realises he no longer fits with the version of herself that she now wants to be. And Declan does.

That's what she means when she tells Declan, "I realised I had everything I'd ever wanted. But nothing I needed."

That's my interpretation anyway.

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