Day 18 - Silver Linings Playbook
First Impressions:
Similar to "As Good As It Gets", "Silver Linings Playbook" is a rom-com-dram, or a rom-dramedy? Whatever it is, it's superbly acted.
Within the first ten minutes, "Silver Linings Playbook" nearly mentions its own name: Patrick says, "...if you stay positive, you have a shot at a silver lining." I think it annoys me so much because it's like repeating a thesis statement which reminds me that I'm watching a movie and also that the writer is trying to get a specific point across. I would rather discover the point on my own.
Personal Reflections:
"You might not of had experienced the shit that I did, but you loved hearing about it, didn't you? You're afraid to be alive, you're afraid to live. You're a conformist. You're a hypocrite. You're a liar. I opened up to you and you judged me!"
The honesty between Patrick and Tiffany is what I liked best about this movie. They say exactly what they are thinking. Tiffany is a page straight out of the book of Alyssa Jones ("Chasing Amy"). Patrick and Tiffany seemed like a couple that had been together for years, neither getting offended by any of the truths dished. Their dysfunction is more functional than more conventional matches like Ronnie and Veronica. The hardest thing about truth is receiving it gracefully, I find, reacting instead of responding. Ronnie is afraid he can't be honest with his wife and sublimates his issues by listening to Megadeath in his basement while destroying things.
Nearly every Patrick-and-Tiffany scene is fraught with some kind of yelling match, but they work their shit out and move on from there. They don't seem to take what's said and carry it around for more than the duration of the scene.
"He told me you should never throw a marriage out the window." Marriage is still the end-all-be-all, but is treated a bit more seriously in this movie than in previous movies which would probably have Ronnie leave Veronica somehow with the explanation that they aren't soul mates. Instead, they stay together and try to do better. With the exception of our protagonists, all the other characters seem to be coupled, even Danny who just days after being released from Karel hooks up with Tanya. Patrick does not want to forsake his marriage to Nikki even though she cheated on him with a mutual colleague.
"Silver Linings Playbook" continues with the rom-com theme of 'signs', though they allude to the possibility of delusion. Fate is a muted topic. Are Patrick and Tiffany soul mates or two messed up people who recognize they are crazy and are willing to work through their issues together?
Rom-Com Tropes:
1. 'Crazy' black best friend (Chris Tucker). "Black it up."
2. Two love interests initially hate each other and end up in love by the end.
Soundtrack:
Killer soundtrack: Led Zeppelin. Bob Dylan. The White Stripes.
Similar to "As Good As It Gets", "Silver Linings Playbook" is a rom-com-dram, or a rom-dramedy? Whatever it is, it's superbly acted.
Within the first ten minutes, "Silver Linings Playbook" nearly mentions its own name: Patrick says, "...if you stay positive, you have a shot at a silver lining." I think it annoys me so much because it's like repeating a thesis statement which reminds me that I'm watching a movie and also that the writer is trying to get a specific point across. I would rather discover the point on my own.
Personal Reflections:
"You might not of had experienced the shit that I did, but you loved hearing about it, didn't you? You're afraid to be alive, you're afraid to live. You're a conformist. You're a hypocrite. You're a liar. I opened up to you and you judged me!"
The honesty between Patrick and Tiffany is what I liked best about this movie. They say exactly what they are thinking. Tiffany is a page straight out of the book of Alyssa Jones ("Chasing Amy"). Patrick and Tiffany seemed like a couple that had been together for years, neither getting offended by any of the truths dished. Their dysfunction is more functional than more conventional matches like Ronnie and Veronica. The hardest thing about truth is receiving it gracefully, I find, reacting instead of responding. Ronnie is afraid he can't be honest with his wife and sublimates his issues by listening to Megadeath in his basement while destroying things.
Nearly every Patrick-and-Tiffany scene is fraught with some kind of yelling match, but they work their shit out and move on from there. They don't seem to take what's said and carry it around for more than the duration of the scene.
"He told me you should never throw a marriage out the window." Marriage is still the end-all-be-all, but is treated a bit more seriously in this movie than in previous movies which would probably have Ronnie leave Veronica somehow with the explanation that they aren't soul mates. Instead, they stay together and try to do better. With the exception of our protagonists, all the other characters seem to be coupled, even Danny who just days after being released from Karel hooks up with Tanya. Patrick does not want to forsake his marriage to Nikki even though she cheated on him with a mutual colleague.
"Silver Linings Playbook" continues with the rom-com theme of 'signs', though they allude to the possibility of delusion. Fate is a muted topic. Are Patrick and Tiffany soul mates or two messed up people who recognize they are crazy and are willing to work through their issues together?
Rom-Com Tropes:
1. 'Crazy' black best friend (Chris Tucker). "Black it up."
2. Two love interests initially hate each other and end up in love by the end.
Soundtrack:
Killer soundtrack: Led Zeppelin. Bob Dylan. The White Stripes.
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