I still dont get it
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scissorhands__emily — 10 years ago(August 02, 2015 06:39 PM)
I actually enjoyed the relationship portrayed in the film because it is different than the typical perfect portrayal. Jerry and Dorothy are not a perfect couple. They are not a pairing like Rod and Marci. However, they can still be happy together. Part of the issues with the relationship were Jerry's trouble opening up. If Dorothy was willing to look past that and accept him how he is I believe they would work.
Also I agree with everyone saying that after the Dallas game was the pivotal moment for Jerry. He realized he didn't want to lose Dorothy. Again they may not be a couple like Rod and Marci but they can still love each other. Also I think when Jerry came back, Dorothy finally accepted he does love her. Before she told him to leave because she didn't believe he loved her, but then he came back on his own. There are different types of love and relationships, and I think this movie did a good job showing that. -
sunchick116-872-583383 — 10 years ago(March 13, 2016 09:49 PM)
i agree with this. even in the scene of the break up, they show the NFL guy (sorry i'm a girl. don't know who he is. LOL) and he points to his heart and says 'if this is empty' then points to head and says 'this doesn't matter'. by the end of the film, he realizes his heart is full.
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piggoli-imdb — 10 years ago(November 30, 2015 04:03 PM)
I really felt for the poor Jerry guy. Some bad guy knocked her up then dumped her, and this Jerry guy has to raise someone else's seed. 18+ years of child support. Yuck! I would never opt for that one. Guess that is why the bad guys are almost always the winners (no obligation, just beep and dump) and nice guys are the losers in the dating game. Dorothy sure used her charm to her advantage for this one
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carltonjhn — 9 years ago(August 02, 2016 08:46 AM)
Actually, I believe this is the big question the movie intends to address: "What is love?" What does it mean to LOVE somebody?
This is not a romantic comedy.
Jerry struggles with love throughout the film. The way he's wired, he can't simply say things or adopt ideals that he can't explain to himself. He needs to thoroughly understand what he's doing and why (hence The Memo, etc). He can't say something like, "I love you" it's too abstract. The entire, "You complete me" speech is his attempt to verbalize a definition of love that makes sense to him.
The genius of the picture is that he proceeds down this path of self-discovery in parallel paths with Dorothy and with Tidwell. He discovers what "Love" is
empirically
, through his experience. He expresses his learning and his evolution via his own words and actions all without generally using the one word "love" which many of us might choose to encapsulate all of it.
Just my 2.