movie book comparison

Well, to start off there is a difference in settings in the novel and the movie are different, besides that nothing really changed. It went from london to Chicago, but besides that the settings and plot remained the same. Seeing a visual representation of the characters was fun, I think that the casting for the movie was great, all the characters fit the characters in the book very well. The best being Jack Black as Barry. The books plot stayed the same and the movie helped me better understand the emotions that both Rob and his ex-gf's felt. The film had Rob actually talk to the camera like he knew he was being filmed, sometimes i felt like I was watching a documentary. Sometimes though they would share it with other characters so you would still get his Top 5 of something without him always looking at the camera. Since the perspective of who was telling the story changed I didn't view Rob as sad of a person, but I still thought he is pretty pathetic. The director did well in showing his change throughout the novel, I could see more of a change in his personality and character through the movie, while in the book it was much more up to interpretation of the character, overall I liked the movie better.

Chapters 22-26

Well first of all, I didn’t read this section. I know you already know this but, I thought this would be a nice reminder. Even though I didn’t read this section I believe I can write a thoughtful response on the questions. I believe that most people are afraid of death, and dying; if not one of those, the death of people they love. So I feel that his fear is justified, but using it as an excuse for his ‘infidelity’ is not a good excuse. He can’t run forever from commitment. I believe that he is just scared to love then lose it rather than his ‘love’ dying. I think its more of a metaphorical statement, that if he loves someone and it dies he would be hurt. From his past relationships he always gets hurt from bad breakups. I think he fears loving someone then having them leave him. He would rather play it safe and not ever fall in love than fall in love and lose it. I don’t know what happened when Linda’s father died, so I can’t really respond to that question. I do think that he is using death as an ultimate excuse for his true fear of being vulnerable to another person.

Rob stuggles more...

In this unit Rob makes up the brilliant idea to go back and visit all of his ex-girlfriends. Rob goes to his top 5 break up list to visit them. He is searching for why they all broke up with him. Basically they all gave him a brief reason of why and then told him he was an "arsehole" and then told him to 'fuck off' and I still basically feel like he is the biggest failure ever. He feels like it was a good idea and finds that he is indeed an "arsehole" and is happy the he went to get verbally assaulted by his ex's, which for some, did 'him' wrong, like charlie, or allison. I feel like Rob did accomplish what he set out to do. He faced his personal problems that he's held on to for all these years and I feel like he was seeking closure for his past. His trips to do so may have accomplished that task. So in the end it wasn't a completely worthless venture.