Stupid


It started well enough, but lost me when he started throwing the paper planes. I was with him for the first one, which just went straight downwards, but then they started getting all the way across to the other building and my suspended disbelief crashed to the ground.

At which point I just became irritated with the guy for being a dumb litter-lout intent on papering the ground below with hundreds of bits of litter.

Then I got annoyed at the irresponsibility of someone who throws presumably company confidential documents (invoices? orders?) out of the window instead of doing his job.

When the paper planes 'came alive' it all got a bit predictable and even sillier. I ended up hoping he'd be mashed by one of those trucks as he was crossing the road.

Someone so dumb doesn't deserve to get the girl. Instead of spending hours making paper planes he could have spent ten minutes going down in the lift, across the street, up in the other building's lift, and found the woman. Or any number of other more efficient methods of hooking up with her. But given that he was stupid enough in the first place not to notice when she got on a train without him, he's probably far to dumb to think of anything more constructive than reverting to childhood and making paper planes.

I must try not to let this spoil my day....

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I get along just fine with the world, it's this movie that failed on all sorts of levels.

Or maybe I just hate litter-louts......



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I chose to infuse it with a little fantasy, and that made everything come right, somehow.

Plus paper is bio-degradable...

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I second everything you wrote. :D
And I also found his making paper airplanes out of company papers pretty darn irresponsible. He wasted so much goddamn paper. I'd freaking fire him the minute he stepped back inside.
UGH, I shouldn't have watched it in the first place. Now I'm just frustrated.


"Can I keep you?"

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wow. people are waaaay overthinking this.....

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I don't feel anger or frustration at your post but I do feel sorry for you, a life with no imagination or romantic fantasy is a very hollow one. I don't know if you have a wife, a girlfriend or if there's someone you like but maybe sending them a paper plane with "I love you" scribbled on it could make them happy for a whole year.

I must try not to let you spoil my day....




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I'm flattered at your interest, but I'm afraid I'm taken. Hope that doesn't spoil your day.

And while my wife would no doubt appreciate being sent one paper plane as a love token, if I'd littered the street with thousands of bits of paper as a consequence she'd be extremely disappointed at my selfishness. Women are funny like that...



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My own life may not be as happy as yours seems to be (sarcasm) but I loved this short film. It's better than nmost of the crap that Hollywood produces these days.

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