Match Point
Like I said: I'VE HAD IT UP TO HERE WITH THE ASSHOLERY OF MEN.
Beyond that, Match Point was a FANTASTIC movie. I would still throw in my preference with Crimes and Misdemeanors, because it was funnier, but Match Point was not without some well-timed comedy itself (like when the tossing of the ring mimicked the ball on the net at match point). It also did a better job of fleshing out the choice that the protagonist had to make, and the consequences were weightier.
It's unbelievable how selfish men can be. I've come to the conclusion that male logic looks nothing like standard earth logic. As Margot said to me earlier today, men are proof that the chaos theory works: they simply put no thought into their actions until they absolutely have to. So to survive in their world, women have to play all these inane and foolish games that they don't even want to play, because apparently women represent the only half of the world that was born with a heart.
I will say this much about assholes. Some people refuse to watch Woody Allen because they think he's a bad person; but I believe that being an asshole makes him uniquely qualified to recreate them in fiction. His Chris Wiltern character was the singlemost accurate portrayal of a Guy that I've ever seen. And it was accurate because he committed every kind of outrageousness that women are used to - AND YET, he was not a monster. As in fiction, thus in life: every asshole I've encountered was always beset with the most peculiar and out-of-place sense of moral superiority.
Beyond that, Match Point was a FANTASTIC movie. I would still throw in my preference with Crimes and Misdemeanors, because it was funnier, but Match Point was not without some well-timed comedy itself (like when the tossing of the ring mimicked the ball on the net at match point). It also did a better job of fleshing out the choice that the protagonist had to make, and the consequences were weightier.
It's unbelievable how selfish men can be. I've come to the conclusion that male logic looks nothing like standard earth logic. As Margot said to me earlier today, men are proof that the chaos theory works: they simply put no thought into their actions until they absolutely have to. So to survive in their world, women have to play all these inane and foolish games that they don't even want to play, because apparently women represent the only half of the world that was born with a heart.
I will say this much about assholes. Some people refuse to watch Woody Allen because they think he's a bad person; but I believe that being an asshole makes him uniquely qualified to recreate them in fiction. His Chris Wiltern character was the singlemost accurate portrayal of a Guy that I've ever seen. And it was accurate because he committed every kind of outrageousness that women are used to - AND YET, he was not a monster. As in fiction, thus in life: every asshole I've encountered was always beset with the most peculiar and out-of-place sense of moral superiority.
posted by Rex at 6:49 PM
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Dr. Phil explains in his new book, "Love smarter" or whatever that most women are not a threat to the single man who wants his "freedom" b/c they simply don't know how to "close the deal." Um right, mostly he explained that sense of urgency in men is different than in women.. which basically corroborates your friend's thought that men won't do anything unless they HAVE to move into action.. and apparently playing games is one of the few ways to get them to move in any kind of direction you want to go.. how completely retarded..
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