The Movie

I did not get to see much of the movie since I had an appointment today during Brit Lit, however I did see enough of the movie to be able to see how the movie dealt with elements of the novel which dont directly transfer to the film. The monologues and lists are spoken directly to the camera, so I feel like it's really similar to the book. If I had not read the book, I really don't think that I would have liked the movie because of the monologues and lists. I just would have thought it was really weird. I feel like the movie did a good job of keeping that sense of the book, because it's really important. I think it's very effective and I am getting the same effect as I do in the book. I like seeing the movie versions usually because putting a face to the character really adds a lot. I think that John Cusack was perfect for this role. He does the whole Rob character so well. With other actors it would have been really weird watching them speak to the camera all the time and the top 5 lists.

the end of the book

I think the change came after Laura’s dad’s funeral. That is when he really starts to realize that he and Laura are meant to be together, in a sense. I think this time it is more believable. For a while though towards the end I got scared because he was crushing on the Caroline girl. I thought he might screw it up with Laura again over the crush. But then it seems that he got over it and decided that he should ask Laura to marry him, which I think is a big deal for him. She doesn’t accept but she appreciates the offer, which I think is funny. By the end of the book I definitely think that he has achieved peace. He actually seems happy and doesn’t seem to be pitying himself. He has the job that he loves and he has a girlfriend. I like the end of the book, it’s not a perfect happy ending like in a Disney movie, but it is kind of happy and I like that. Not only is he enjoying his job, but the people who are at the club are enjoying it too. It’s almost better then it was the first time that he did it. All of these people like the same music that he likes and I don’t know everything just seems to be going so well at the end.

Top 5 bad ways to break someone's heart

1)in a note
2) in a voicemail
3)on facebook
4)through a friend
5)text message

Chapters 22-26

I think his infidelity is caused by his fear of death. He doesn’t want to get too attached and then have his loved one die, so he cheats on Laura. I think this is a more legitimate reason then his other ones. This is something that I can understand, although I do not think that you should not get attached to someone because you’re afraid of suffering when they die. It’s like the old saying it’s better to have loved and lost to have never last at all. Rob’s reaction to Laura’s dad dying is that he doesn’t know how to feel. He says that people are supposed to wish things when other people die. They’re supposed to wish that they had been nicer or closer to the person who has died. But he doesn’t think that he should have done anything differently, he thinks that he treated his “common father-in-law” just fine. He says on page 230, “It’s just that I can’t find any mistakes and omissions. He was my ex-girlfriend’s dad, you know? What am I supposed to feel?” I’m not sure how I feel about his reaction to the death. I feel like he should feel at least a little sad because it was someone that he knew decently well. I think it is good that he isn’t dwelling on what he could have done better while Ken was alive. That is something that a lot of people do when someone they know dies but that doesn’t mean that you should think about the mistakes that you made while that person was alive.

Top 5 Movies that make me bawl

1. I am Sam
2.The Notebook
3.Tristan & Isolde
4.Mar Adentro
5 Big Fish

Chapters 14-21

Rob is trying to find out why they all left him or what went wrong. He gets some answers, one that was particularly important, I think, from Charlie. Rob always talks about how he is just an average guy and how he never understood why Charlie wanted to be with him in the first place. She was exotic and beautiful to him. But when he goes back to talk to Charlie she says that he had no self confidence, and he thought he was uglier than he was and that was why she left him for Marco. Marco was in a way more “glamorous” to her. All of the things that he talked about feeling when he was with her that were negative ended up causing her to leave. So, he does get the answers that he was looking for. I think that Rob is trying to learn from his mistakes; at least I hope that he is. I think it’s really interesting that went he saw Charlie again, the girl who ruined his life, he basically didn’t like her anymore. I think he even used the word hate. She wasn’t even with Marco anymore. I feel like Rob dwells on things way too long. He needs to be more positive and get over things faster. The dwelling caused him to drop out of college and I think caused him to have serious relationship issues from then on.