The film could also be titled "I went to Columbia." There were promos for Columbia throughout the whole movie. And it really is just a college romp movie. I mean do we really need to be instructed about how to perform manual sex on a girl? Yet I liked some of the raunchiness of the film. I started to lose interest after the birthday party when the female protagonist starts to go out with the Tom Brady lawyer guy. I guess the writer felt like she had to get violent to save the script. Isn't it a little over the top? How likely would it be? Still, that was the best part of the film. The act of violence saved the movie from a boring, predictable ending. I didn't see the punch coming and I didn't see the two of them getting back together and getting married. Wasn't it sweet? A happy ending. Great.
Is this how relationships are? Do people sleep around while maintaining male-female friendships? It seems so. As a commentary on the dating scene in New York this film is right on point. When I lived in New York I had a terrible time meeting women. I went on a few dates, but never had as much fun as the male lead does in this film. Maybe I'm shy? Awkward? To hung up on old flames? Instead of Sex and the City, it was no Sex and the City.Of course that was back during the second term of the Bloomberg Administration. Perhaps things have changed? Perhaps not.
Anyway this film caused me to reflect back on a friend I had not too long ago. We did friend things, but it never evolved into a sexual relationship. She wanted to keep it platonic. I wanted more. Was I a pig for not being a friend without benefits? Maybe. I just didn't want to be the "guy friend." I wanted something more than just movie time and goodbye. We never talked about anything except movies or teaching. We were both grad students. She was in comparative lit and I was in screenwriting. We had things in common, but she just wasn't interested. Perhaps it's because she was German. I read somewhere that Germans aren't that interested in sex.
Anyway, after she told me she had a new boyfriend I told her I didn't want to keep being friends. This film got me thinking that maybe I gave up to easily. Maybe we should just be friends. Who knows? I haven't even tried tinder. I really should I hear it's a great hook up tool. But is that what I really want? What do I want? Am I obsessed with relationships and sex? No. I don't know what I'm obsessed with. It's not sex. I'm getting older. I'm 35. I'm not married and I don't have any kids. I'm still in school. Why do I put career first, then life? I think most people have to do that. This could go on forever. Just like this movie. I felt at a certain point that the film just went on and on. I wondered how it would end. Then the end came and I was happy it was over.
Great shots of New York. But not my favorite film.
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