loving dialogue

Paris 2022-03-24 09:03:21

Forget the misleading translations and posters. I also thought it was a chick-flick of the heroine's big nympho at first. It's true that someone made a nympho, but not the heroine. It is indeed a chick-flick, but it feels different from the previous style. And this should be the most gay characters I've ever seen in a film that doesn't feature gay as the protagonist... Counting the pseudo-gay Paolo who was misunderstood by Jacks, there are a total of 6! However, the first 40 minutes didn't let me into the state, and I didn't understand what the film was doing. Until Peter and Paolo had dinner together under the arrangement of Jacks, the dialogue was very loving, and the favorite passages are as follows.


After Peter and Paolo's dinner, in front of Peter's house, he tries to kiss Paolo.

Paolo: Are you Ok ?
Peter: Oh my god! My god!
Paolo: You don't! I…
Peter: I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry! I was just…I'm really embarrassed
Paolo: No , no, no! Listen Peter, I really like you a lot, but…
Peter: But you don't like me in that way. Look, I know that speech, I use that speech because I actually wrote that speech…
Paolo: I'm not gay
Peter: I didn't write that part!
Paolo: I'm straight!
Peter: Since when?!
Paolo: I suppose I first noticed when I was around 8. I thought it was just a phase, you know, but eventually I had to accept the truth… I like women.




The beginning of the movie Jacks and James get up

James: You up? Jacks
: What time is it?
James: Almost noon
Jacks: I'm afraid you've got to go
James: Excuse me?
Jacks: You've got to go, I have friends coming over for brunch
James: What? In my apartment?
Jacks: Sorry!
James: 3 years, you still treat me like a one-night stand!

The day after Peter finally got on base with his dream man Tom, also There was the exact same conversation, which was very happy.




Jacks and Peter went to the airport to recover Paolo, only to learn that the plane took off early

Jacks: An early departure? What are the chances of that? If this was a movie, there wouldn't be an early departure
Peter: If this was a movie, you'd be blonde!
Jacks: If this was a movie, you 'd be famous
Peter: That's the problem with life, it's nothing like the movies




In fact, rather than Jacks and Paolo, I like Peter's love at first sight story with Tom, unexpectedly this is more like a cliché romantic comedy plot, the enthusiasm of the friends around A disservice is also really cute. I really liked the part where Peter finally met Tom, the moon river softened the picture.
Finally, Gwyneth Paltrow and Orlando Bloom's version of the "authentic chick-flick ending" is also a small surprise.

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Love and Other Disasters quotes

  • Emily 'Jacks' Jackson: Baby, just remember, Marvin Bernsten may be a giant, but you're a giant in waiting.

    Peter Simon: Yes, yes, I am! I have no idea what that means.

    Emily 'Jacks' Jackson: Neither do I.

  • Peter Simon: An affair? You've only been going out with him for two weeks! Who is he having an affair with?

    Talullah Riggs-Wentworth: Me! I just found out he's married.