I went to the cinema to see this on Friday, but about 15 minutes before the end, the reel fell off the projector (!) and so I don't know what happened at the end. Could somebody please tell me? We got up to the bit where George is telling Lisa a story about Play-doh. Thanks in advance! x
shareYou're kidding right ?. You mean to say you walked out of the theatre withoiut completing the movie ?.
shareWell because of how the projector works they couldn't just put it back on and you can't exactly put another reel on and then fast forward to the end lol. So they gave us a complementary ticket and told us to come back another time. There's no way I'm sitting through it again, so I was hoping someone could kindly tell me how it ended?
shareSince nobody else is answering the original question here it is:
George tells Lisa the story about Play-doh (which you saw). It ultimately ends in telling her that it only takes one squeeze of the Play-Doh to make your life feel right (symbolically). George tells Lisa that he will wait on the ground floor of the building's bus stop for her if she chooses him. Lisa returns to the party to talk to Matty, where she basically tells him that she is "going out for a while", where he begins to break down and question what he did wrong in the relationship. She replies "nothing", but chooses George anyway. She goes down to the bus stop and sits with him. Charles, watching from a building, smiles at George's victory, which surely fades as he realises he is going to jail (as George will not go because he has a chance with Lisa). Lisa and George board a bus together. The end.
Jesse999, thank you, that's all I wanted to know!
A weird ending to fit a weird film then...
Hey,
can anyone tell me what exactly George tells Lisa about Play-Doh? He tells her that the stuff originally was used for something else and then suddenly there was no demnad for the stuff anymore and the guy who invented it had the brilliant idea to sell it as a toy. I don't remember what it was Play-Doh was used for before it became a toy
Thanks a lot
Michael
Hi Michael
It was used as a cleaning product to remove wallpaper stains caused by old-fashioned fires.
thanks a lot.
Michael
You have to be pretty old (like me) to remember wallpaper cleaner (which later became Play-doh) In Ohio in the 30's we heated our houses with coal furnaces. The walls accumulated soot, so you hired a guy to come in and rub them down with wallpaper cleaner. It was cheaper than re-wallpapering, and they didn't usually paint walls in those days.
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It ultimately ends in telling her that it only takes one squeeze of the Play-Doh to make your life feel right (symbolically).
Correction: He says in the moment after the infamous Play-doh story: George says to Lisa "I have kept this as proof that we are all just one small adjustment away from making our lives work. You can see why I got this for you."-- This quote really gets to the heart of the moment.
Good of you viviantravonne to get that just right. Because indeed it was the heart of the moment. So much so that play doh out shined a diamond encrusted watch. The sentimentality carried this film. If you're not an old softie (like me), you probably wouldn't like it that much.
shareSo she just left him there to think she is returning? Bummer
shareIf you mean Matty, no... she told him she was "going to hang out with George", and Matty said OK, fine with him, and in typical Matty style then pointed out that he was showing that he was secure in their relationship by being OK with her hanging out with another guy and to recall that when making any decisions she might make about, say, relationships... and then she ran up to him and gave him a hug and they both knew it was over. He said, "What did I do wrong?" And she said, "Nothing! You're sweet, fun...", etc. There was no question he knew it was over.
shareThe easiest way to learn the ending without seeing it all the way through again? Download it from The Pirate Bay. You can fast forward that. Install µTorrent and PeerBlock. That's all you need. Just don't forget to start PeerBlock before starting the download.
Personally, after reading all the bad reviews, there is no way I am wasting any time on this stinker. Something that is so obvious to me are the few glowing reviews among all the bad ones. My guess is that those are studio plants. It seems everyone is doing it so it is getting harder to trust reviews here. You look at the reviews and maybe there are some bad ones, but then you see a good review and you think, well, maybe it's not so bad after all and since I love all these actors I will try it. I'm not falling for that.
Ignore the bad reviews. It's just a lovely romantic comedy with some great performances. Owen Wilson is a standout. And Reece Witherspoon can have me anytime she wants. Ignore the reviews, good or bad. I watch movies first and then have a look at the reviews to see if anyone felt the same way.
shareFrom my point of view this movie is too much more than a comedy. It has the signature of James L. Brooks then you don't have to spent laughing. Maybe it would be better to say that you are going to spent your time thinking with a smile over your breaks. I really enjoyed this movie and it doesn't matter how does it end.
shareExactly. I like James L Brooks, and this is his bread and butter. Interesting characters, some jokes, and sentimentality. I would argue that the ending is important. And in simply understated fashion, we see an empty bus stop at the end. Indicating they are finally moving on together.
shareI agree with you about the movie. But Wilsons character was the least likeable part of this movie for me. And Reece hasn't looked that great in a while. Quite appealing. I know Tom Hanks was supposed to be his generations Jimmy Stuart. But I believe Rudd will become his generations Jimmy Stewart. In fact, I wouldn't mind seeing him in a remake as Elwood P Dowd.
shareSorry to disillusion you, cynical Saki33, but I'm not "studio plant." I along with many other people, although we're definitely a minority, liked this movie very much. It is fresh and original, it avoided most of the cliches common to this kind of flick. Perhaps you need harder stuff, with lots of violence and action. Or maybe you just have a tin ear for language and view words as means of simple communication only. I am as puzzled by your appraisal of this movie as you would be of mine. I guess it takes all kinds.
shareCouldn't tell you cause I couldn't make it through the movie. One of the worst I've watched in a long time.
It is too bad the projector didn't fail earlier in the movie, sparing you the pain of sitting through as much of the movie as you did. I found the movie to be boring, unromantic, and unfunny.
This just goes to show that even a good director and writer, along with a talented cast, can still produce a crappy movie. No wonder it got such dismal box office returns, and such a low rating here.