He seemed like a prick! Grabbing her photo of her father and going "is this him?"
Then after she confides that her mother and father are dead, "I'm sorry, that's gotta be tough."
"Yeah"
"Being alone" -blank stare.
I just thought he came off as disrespectful and cold.
I think it has more to do with McMonaughey's performance than the words.
Hahahhaha lol. Yeah that was a bit full on.
shareHahaaha lol. Yeah that was a bit full on.
shareI was more creeped out by the way Ellie decided to go to bed with him after he repeated her father's "waste of space" line.
shareReally? I didn't see it as anything incestuous, more just something that made this disinterested woman snap out of that state and go 'who is this guy?'
Concidering she never calls him after that, I think to her he was just one night stand material not long term
shareCon[s]idering she never calls him after that, I think to her he was just one night stand material not long term
I liked when she used it at the end of the movie. "My dad told me this right before he died, and so did Matthew McConaughey, right before I had a one night stand with him."
shareI think since he was a man of God, he meant it as a way of recruiting her into religion. You're never alone if you believe in God.
shareI found it interesting that such a God-fearing man would have a one night stand with someone, outside of marriage/relationship. Isn't that a big "no no" for Christians?
shareYeah, that' bugged me too. Most Christians know that the Bible calls that a grave sin. Then there are some who are like "well I didn't take a vow of celibacy" as though that gives them a free-pass. As he said, "I'm a man of the cloth without the cloth", which Christians would say is trying to have your cake and eat it too.
shareNo, Palmer Joss was a "pill" in the novel as well, so I'd say this was merely how McConnehey played the part. While that comment was a bit jarring, I felt the later exchange between Ellie and Palmer in D.C. (at the party) was considerably worse: "Did you love your dad?" Arroway: "Yes, very much." Joss: "Prove it..." But then this is a central theme in both the novel and the film: how does one "prove" a belief system, i.e. science vs religion...? Robert Zemeckis, the director, had to make difficult decisions to bring a truncated version of events to the screen; I believe he succeeded, and Sagan would have approved.
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