tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648317637150067358.post3850183019421560839..comments2018-02-28T14:44:42.109-06:00Comments on The Wizard's Super-Special Rock and Roll Good Times Jamboree!: I've come to the conclusion that my guts have shit for brains.joshdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03704656363768598894noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648317637150067358.post-68181686727906455332011-12-19T21:19:47.432-06:002011-12-19T21:19:47.432-06:00Whether or not where they've ended up at the e...Whether or not where they've ended up at the end of the movie is good for them, there's this:<br /><br />Laura: I'm too tired not to be with you. <br />Rob: What, so if you had a bit more energy we'd stay split up, but things being as they are, with you being wiped out and all, you want to get back together? Is that it? <br />Laura: Yeah.<br /><br />That sounds awful. That makes me feel bad.joshdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03704656363768598894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648317637150067358.post-6395868311760210802011-12-19T14:33:23.241-06:002011-12-19T14:33:23.241-06:00The ending totally did not suck for Laura! She'...The ending totally did not suck for Laura! She's with a dude who's finally getting his shit together emotionally! He proposed to her, and she said no!<br /><br />In fact, it's critically important that that scene ends the way it does: she says "no," but then says "it's good that you asked." He's getting it together, but she's purposely waiting to say "yes" until it's the right time for both of them and he's asking for the right reasons. They're on the way to a real, meaningful partnership and it's awesome.<br /><br />Firework romance is for suckers. Do you want huge, dramatic explosions that go cold in days, or a slow boil that lasts forever?DrAwkwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12650605115189254329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648317637150067358.post-52518660274245839912011-12-19T09:52:49.121-06:002011-12-19T09:52:49.121-06:00i totally know that feeling, and i'm so glad i...i totally know that feeling, and i'm so glad i didn't end up in a rob/laura situation, although i see now how easily i could have. i'd never really thought about about it before ... but that ending pretty much sucked for laura. <br />there were differences between the book and the movie that still bother me. i wish it had been set in the uk with all the same pop culture references, but i understand they had to adapt it for a bigger audience. still one of the greatest books i've ever read. <br />oh and after seeing that movie i had a huge crush on natasha gregson-wagner and i totally got that haircut :Djamie snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648317637150067358.post-25759774360433646452011-12-19T02:26:08.178-06:002011-12-19T02:26:08.178-06:00Being tired of something that's ultimately bad...Being tired of something that's ultimately bad for you is not a bad thing!DrAwkwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12650605115189254329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648317637150067358.post-42084285518671356142011-12-19T02:16:48.191-06:002011-12-19T02:16:48.191-06:00I get that. But the key word, for me, is "ti...I get that. But the key word, for me, is "tired." Particularly in Laura's case.joshdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03704656363768598894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648317637150067358.post-42486779238139552442011-12-19T02:07:19.400-06:002011-12-19T02:07:19.400-06:00It's not so much settling as realizing that fa...It's not so much settling as realizing that fantasies are much less satisfying than living real life. Music writer girl at the end of the movie is just another fantasy that Rob is tempted to chase, at the risk of something that works very well in reality.<br /><br />Maybe that's "settling down," but it's not settling. It's having the stones to commit to something permanent rather than chase something that's ultimately a projection from your own brain and doesn't exist in the real world. No real person can ever live up to a fantasy.<br /><br />Sorry--it just so happens that i spent some time thinking about this movie and how it relates to me recently as well, and i came out of it pretty happy with how Rob comes to terms with real life.DrAwkwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12650605115189254329noreply@blogger.com