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June 12, 2006
Should they really have broken up in The Break-Up?
If you didn’t see the movie The Break-Up, stop reading, go see it, then come back and read on. If you saw it, did you love it as much as I did? I know, I know, it got terrible reviews, but you know what? I don’t care. I love Vince Vaughn and his fast talking mini-speeches. And I love Jennifer Aniston because, well, I can never really pinpoint exactly why, except that I’m still a huge Friends re-run fan. I also loved the supporting cast in The Break-Up.
Anyway, moving on to the relationship in the movie. Clearly, they are in love and they care about each other. But they proceed to make each other miserable, doing things to hurt each other and make each other writhe with jealousy, including fake dates and strip parties. By the way, I was very upset with Gary when he failed to show up to the concert. Of course, I’m taking the woman’s side here, but I just felt like he missed out on his last chance to get Brook back.
One reason I adored the movie so much is because I could relate to it so closely. I think every couple has had some of the exact same fights as Brook and Gary. (As an aside, I know that one reason the critics said the movie was so bad was because all they did was fight, scream, argue, and fight some more. But I think that Vince Vaughn is hilarious whether he’s fighting or flirting!) Most women have said the same words Brook said to Gary. My favorite part is when Brook asks Gary to do the dishes with her and he refuses. When he finally agrees because she keeps asking, she tells him nevermind because she wants him to want to do the dishes. When he asks who would ever want to do the dishes, she replies that she wants him to want to offer to do the dishes. And more than once in the movie, Brook tells Gary, "You just don’t get it."
But, when it comes down to it, does any man or woman really ever get the opposite sex? Or do we all just have to learn to live with our differences?
On one hand, it seems like Brook should have just told Gary that she still wanted to be with him, instead of parading other dates around in front of him to make him jealous. On the other hand, just like she wanted Gary to want to offer to do the dishes rather than forcing him to do them, Brook also wanted Gary to want to offer to be with her instead of forcing him... which is exactly the reason he missed the importance of showing up at the concert.
Ok, so the question is... should Brook and Gary really have broken up? Maybe they didn’t ever really belong together. But maybe, just maybe, that spark we still saw between them at the end of the movie meant that they are truly meant to be together.
And, yes, I do understand that it’s just a movie and these are just characters. But, their fights and problems are applicable to so many real-life couples.
Posted by Lovette on June 12, 2006 2:30 PM
Comments
I did see the Break Up and I thought it was an excellent movie. I didn't read any of the reviews (thank God!). I was sold on the trailer alone. Some of the situations in which Gary gets himself into is just outright dumb. He never really learned anything. OK, yes, women want different things that men want and vice versa. And are men really this bad when it comes to understanding women?
It's believed that men fall in love with their eyes and women with their ears. So maybe this has a lot to do with the reason why men don't 'get it' as much as women get men - because they listen! And men that do listen have the best of both worlds.
My favorite part in the movie was the family dinner scene where Richard (Brooke's brother) does an acapella number with everyone much to Gary's chagrin.
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