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This could have been good......

posted 12 years ago by Portlis
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But unfortunately both of the main characters were extremely unlikable. By the end of the movie, I really didn't care what happened to them. Had they both just jumped off a cliff together I would have been completely fine with that too.

There was absolutely nothing attractive or endearing about Meg Ryan's character at all. She was unattractive and obnoxious throughout the entire movie. I couldn't imagine being attracted to her personality or physically.

Crystal's character came across as an extremely unlikeable, unfriendly, boring, cynical, mopey loser.

The movie definitely had some memorable scenes and quality one liners which helped save it a bit, but other than that, I just don't understand why it's so widely loved.

[–] Ithilfaen 12 years ago

So you want romcoms with basically your little friends in it and you're too shallow to get Dead Poets Society. It's ok. Looks like you're a troll, at least I hope you are, judging from the round of negative posts on all the other boards on imdb, just not great at it. You'll improve, don't worry. Keep trying.

For every lie I unlearn I learn something new - Ani Difranco

[–] Portlis 12 years ago

Because clearly posting brief negative reviews of 3 different movies makes a person a troll. Right.

Or, just perhaps, this movie and Dead Poets were just bad, over rated movies.

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[–] tmaj48 11 years ago

That was kind of the point--they were very likeable to each other, but not
to anyone else. Sally's first fiance, Joe, broke up with her because he said
he didn't want to be married and become tied down with a family, but he married
soon after and probably had a houseful of kids--he just didn't want to get tied
to Sally. Harry's ex-wife preferred Mr. Personality, Ira, over him. Jess tried
to have a conversation with Sally on their date, and she wouldn't even fake an
interest in what he was saying. Every waiter/waitress who had the misfortune to
wait on Sally found her obnoxious, while Harry just slept around apparently
out of boredom. As Jess said at his wedding, no one else found Harry or Sally
remotely attractive. He meant it as a joke, of course, but there was a lot of
truth in it. They were, however, perfect for each other, proving that even
two obnoxious people could find their match.

Dead Poets Society is awful. Roger Ebert gave it a terrible review.

I'm not crying, you fool, I'm laughing!

Hewwo.

[–] Sanz-6 11 years ago

This ^

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[–] MuchToBeGratefulFor 11 years ago

As Jess said at his wedding, no one else found Harry or Sally remotely attractive.

No, that's not what he said. He said that if he or Marie had found Harry or Sally remotely attractive, they wouldn't be here today (getting married.) He was speaking just of his reaction to Sally, and Marie's reaction to Harry. He wasn't speaking for the entire world.

I think it's really overstating things to say that they were attractive to each other and not to anybody else. Pick ANY person on this planet, there is someone they have dated or met who has not been attracted to them. Sally is hardly alone to have a serious relationship break up without leading to marriage. That happens to many people, who go on to meet the right person later.

You must be the change you seek in the world. -- Gandhi

[–] spookyrat1 10 years ago

But unfortunately both of the main characters were extremely unlikable.

Even though we see the characters' personalities changing somewhat through the years, I found both characters easy to like, even through their verbal jousting. They were undoubtedly aided by the witty dialogue which accurately depicts the dating game of that era.🐭

[–] diurnalemissions 8 years ago

Except for the very end (when Meg looked very fetching to me) I didn't go nuts for her either, and Crystal was the average embodiment of New York "everyman cool", so there's not a whole lot of things for a Midwestern boy to like or relate to, but I still like the story between the two of them as it was still universal.

But for other people, it probably is different. My old college roommate LOVED Meg Ryan, and she WAS the proto-typical female he went for - a 6.5-7 who knew how to upgrade herself with "war paint" and had the money for hairstyling, was mildly urbane, but ultimately vacuous where it counted. All of his girlfriends were along the same lines. Though, lo all these years later, his current wife to be, sadly, is about as pretty as Meg was but is also very intelligent and prosperous.

Bastard.

[–] guccipix 8 years ago

I don't get why people have to like the characters in a movie to like the movie. Sure they should be interesting, but just because you wouldn't want to be their friend doesn't make it a bad movie. That's my take.

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