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I really liked it, but...

posted 7 years ago by sixthree (1)
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I really liked how all of the characters were kind of losers. People are saying that they cannot relate to any of these characters. I feel like I could relate to all of them at some point in my life.

I really wish there would have been a little more development in to Jason Sudeikis character. I know that being a guy I have been "friend-zoned" before, and been mad about it, same as his character. I feel that he was way to much of a jerk to act the way that he did. I feel like that needed to be explored just a little. I just don't believe that he would have been waiting for Anne's character to come back home and for him to flip out on her. I think that there should have been a little more development on their shared past or more on why Jason's character was just a jerk, when it seemed to me that the way he treated her in the end was out of character. But other than that I really liked it.

[–] xfool (922) 7 years ago

yeah its just so strange he became a jerk all of a sudden, and then the craziness he display to her bf.

[–] whyohwhy (1) 7 years ago

I thought the same thing at first, but looking back on it, he was always a jerk who pretended to be nice, I think the answer to his character is in the flashback at the end when he destroy her school project, he has no reason to do it,he just does it cause he's an asshole, I don't know if it's because I'm a girl but I can relate to guys being jerks for no reason.

[–] huwdj (4562) 7 years ago

I don't think it was out of character - it seemed to me we saw the gradual discovery of Oscar's real nature. We only see him at two points in his life. Doing something mean as a child and 'now'. This is a guy who's life has run down hill, he's inherited a failing bar, never moved on, his house is a disaster zone still full of children's toys and the defaced photos of his (escaped?) ex-wife. His companions are a drug adict and a malable younger guy both, as he probably sees it, even bigger losers he can look down on. Then Gloria comes home and at first he is the nice guy almost forcing his help on her but as events move on his jealously and controling nastiness emerge. I think it's a consistant slow-reveal and very well done - in fact the more I think of it the better Jason Sudeikis's performance seems.