You said, “I hated most of all that she said she was never “sure” of things with Tom. Because from our perspective, Tom is wonderfully loving person who would obviously make the best boyfriend.”

But does that mean Tom would make the best boyfriend for everyone? Just because he is wonderfully loving doesn’t mean that he’s the right person for her. I thought it made total sense when she said she was never quite sure with Tom, but was completely sure with her now husband. I’m sure we have all been with someone who was wonderful, but just wasn’t right for US. But maybe that’s just my opinion and experience.

Side note: Chuck and I are going to have an adorable baby this February. You were mad when I didn’t tell you we were engaged. Consider this my notification.

Sorry but being straight prohibits me from seeing incredibly sappy ass movies unless I’m going with a chick and a 99.9% chance that I’m getting some action right after.

Maybe we can talk about Angels and Demons or Transformers instead?

They have the fight after the douchey guy at the bar and Tom is basically all, I don’t care about your indecision, I have decided! And then she shows up all wet and ‘I LIKE you’ again and turns off his brain and carries on with crushing his heart. AND THEN! The ‘because I wanted to’ when he asks her why she danced with him (read: led him on, though technically he is partially to blame for that, of course) at the wedding, because, I don’t care how cute you are, at some point you have to grow up and set aside the ‘I do what I want’ mentality if you ever want to actually treat people you care about fairly.

Oh, god, sorry. I just rambled all over the place. I really didn’t like her. Obvious? But I did really, really like the movie. Especially the cartoon bird, and the line of greeting cards featuring Pickles the Cat. And the sister.

SPOILERS!

I expected to find it depressing, but I just didn’t, because I was never once convinced they were right for each other. They were totally sweet together, but it was clear they were never on the same page about the relationship, so it didn’t bother me all that much that it didn’t work out.

I, too, hated Zooey for being cutesy sometimes and for being so nonchalant at the end about what happened. And I didn’t like the whole scene where the narrator (who I thought was sort of unnecessary) explained how she always made heads turn and got perks for being so pretty.

And I did feel really bad for JGL’s character, because unrequited love really sucks – especially when the person you love is showing signs that she/he really does love you despite professing not to believe in love in the first place.

I thought it was great, but I didn’t love it like I thought I would. When it ended, my first thought was, “That was no Eternal Sunshine.”

http://jezebel.com/5033744/manic-pixie-dream-girls-are-the-scourge-of-modern-cinema

There were a couple of parts where I hated Zooey for being a little too cutesy (like the part where they’re in bed and she says, “I like you,” and it’s supposed to be adorable, but it’s actually annoying), but for the most part, I thought she was the sort of the girl every girl wants to be. Pretty enough to be striking (but not so abnormally pretty that everyone’s too scared to talk to her). Eclectic clothing that shows off her personal style (even though it’s from Urban Outfitters). Great taste in music (even though it’s also what every other person with taste is listening to). And so on and so on.

I’m just trying to think who I could’ve liked better in it. Maybe Maggie Gyllenhaal because of how great she was in Stranger Than Fiction, although she’s probably too old. Emily says Ellen Page. Maybe Evan Rachel Wood? I have no idea; I’m biased against girls.

I think Zooey is smug. I think she deserves to be, but I also think I should hate her for it. I’m very excited to see next week’s episode of “Top Chef Masters”, though, in which the chefs have to cook for her and in which she’s apparently very picky.

I haven’t seen Mysterious Skin, but Brick came out a year later, and we loooooved him in that. Also, I totally forgot he was in Latter Days until I just looked at his IMDB. I assume you’ve seen that, faggy as you are.

Now that we’re talking about this, I really want to see that recent Beyonce movie that also seemed like a remake of Fatal Attraction. Obsessed or something like that? Maybe we should have an all-girls movie night where we only watch that sort of film. I wish my ex-boyfriend Todd was here to weigh in on whether or not a non-psycho-bitch unrequited love movie exists, ’cause I can’t think of one, but they have to exist, right?!

I really enjoyed “psycho-bitch-from-hell-on-wheels-bunny-boiler”, as I’m sure you knew I would.

On the other, I love both Zooey Deschanel so, so, so much.

I just don’t know.

Anyways, the movie was depressing and while I thought Joseph Gordon Levitt did an amazing job acting out his character, I thought Z.D. was just ok. I mean you can only get so far on good looks and a good singing voice and it kind of annoyed me that she sang in 2 or 3 different parts of the movie. Maybe that’s why I didn’t hate her b/c I didn’t find her all that interesting… That being said the sound track was awesome and I can’t wait to download it on iTunes I hope to see you Saturday.. Party lady

But I’m willing to go out on a limb for Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Mysterious Skin was clearly his high point, and I’m curious to see if he’s improved.

Yes, these were more stories of short flings or one night stands, but the theme of unrequited love is the same. And what happens when it’s the woman falling for the man? She doesn’t just go on with life, she becomes psycho-bitch-from-hell-on-wheels-bunny-boiler. It seems as though it can only be two ways for this type of scenario from the woman’s perpsective- if the man falls in love, the woman is a femme fatale, and if the woman falls in love, she’s unstable.

On an unrelated note, why are all the comments center aligned?

Are there any movies like this one from the girl’s point of view? Or is it just considered so much more romantic when a guy falls for a girl than when it’s the other way around?