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Please, no John Hughes endings

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Carl-E:
Thanks everyone for filling in the missing names - I forgot about Bailey in the Library Rave.  And as for Meena and Amir, I doubt we'll see Meena again soon (poor Steve got suckered on that one - been there, avoid that) and Amir must be off somewhere with Raven. 

Probably busking in Canada?  Does DeathMole ever practice?  :?

raoullefere:
To quote Johnny Carson, I did not know that. Romantic mushiness aside, that does seem to be the ending the film is driving for, even with editing.

And yes, I recognize Virgin is the superior film, that the ending works, and that it makes a statement about romantic comedy vs reality. I'll add that. had I seen this in its original Israeli incarnation, I would have probably not batted an eye at the ending.

Moxie:
I find it curious that there are a lot of guys in the real world that behave as both Sven and Angus do, and generally people don't bat an eye about it. Is that because they aren't as invested in real life as people are in comics?
For what it's worth, my two cents.
I think Sven is selfish. I also think this is an extremely common characteristic of most people. He needs to grow out of that selfishness, but unfortunately it doesn't seem like people have encouraged that. Now, with Faye, and even his intern, people are forcing him to take responsibility for his actions, which should help him outgrow his selfishness.
I think Angus is a bit clueless. Again, I think this is a common characteristic of most people. Angus does what he thinks is best, and generally tries to be nice, and get along with people. But he's a bit clueless in regards to how people may interpret his actions. If he's only really interacted with people like Marigold, who chooses to generally not interact face-to-face with people, that's understandable. By joining up with the gang, perhaps he'll be able to learn to read people better, and not be as clueless. In fact, I'd say he's already getting better at it.

Carl-E:
I've said it in other threads, and I'll say it here; 

There's more to Angus than most people have given him credit for.  I don't think he's nearly as clueless as you seem to think he is! 

(Vizzini: It's inconscheivable!)
(Inigo: I don't tink zat word means what you tink it means.)

Maybe I see it because I'm more like Angus than I'd care to admit...

JackFaerie:
I like both Sven and Angus, but Angus has definitely done a few things that are mega creepyweird. I think people are just forgetting about them because mostly he's all jolly.  Kind of the opposite of Sven, in whose case people seem to never get over his initial attitude towards women, even though that's changed.

Sven is my favorite character, and although he does need to figure out how to grow up, I think Faye is far more at fault for the mess that was their relationship than he is.  She had her own issues which explain why she made such a mess of it, but still: mostly her deal.  If Sven had stayed and continued to be "faithful" to her, under her stipulations, I would say he had no self esteem and needed to tell her he was not going to be her fucktoy. Of course, the fact that he seemingly couldn't stop himself from having sex with Gina even though he didn't even much want to speaks of issues of his own that he definitely needs to get resolved, and the way he treated women before Faye majorly sucks, but I think he's had enough character growth to be considered a likable person.  And he's still trying, unlike others.

I also think Faye doesn't really deserve the friendship of half the cast, but they're friends with her anyway, so hey...

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