The movie, He’s Just Not That Into You is based on a book by the same name. The movie depicts the lives of nine people in Baltimore who are struggling in their romantic lives. However, the central character and the story is around Gigi. Gigi is a young woman attempting to understand the mixed signals she gets from the men she’s dating. She is single and very interested in meeting the right man but tends to overanalyze the signs men give off and assumes they are interested in her, even when they don’t call. Gigi assumes the stereotype of the pathetic, desperate girl. She resorts to begging, stalking and other degrading acts to win the attentions of multiple men she dates. In the end, like the others seeking love, Gigi not only gets her man but finds herself and realizes that she has to love who she is before she can love someone else.
Keywords: Communication Barriers, Relationships The Basic Principles or Ideas of the Movie
The basic principles or ideas of the movie are the challenges of reading or misreading human
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Gigi, in turn, runs to her mom and tells her what happened and mom explains to her that when a boy does that to you, that means he likes you. However, the explanation leaves her quite confused, as it should have.
As it is pointed out in the book, chapter two, of I never knew I had a Choice, “What positive and negative messages did I receive from my parents?” (Corey & Corey, 2014, p. 50). Sometimes negative messages are learned from parents, as a result, little girls and boys grow up confused about what authentic love looks like and dealing with communication barriers.
Evaluation of The Movie
He's Just Not That into You (2009)
Cast: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Barrymore, Jennifer, Kevin Connolly, Bradley Cooper, Ginnifer Goodwin, Scarlett Johansson
Director: Ken
that is exactly what the reader is faced with themes about human nature, life and God “The
Struggles with learning lessons in life can be challenging. Learning to make good choices in life and lead a life of righteousness can prove difficult, especially when dealing with family members who don’t make the right choices themselves. It’s hard to make good life choices when surrounded by people who are always making the wrong choice and lying. Parents should be respected, trustworthy and role models for developing minds of their children. Like life, not every choice can be black or white.
reflects upon the theme of the novel. As it highlights the fact that if people in the society
To begin with, one of the lessons the story shows is that the situation one wishes and hopes to be
also the story that is implied by the author’s emotions and implications. One of the main
However, regardless what the subjects are, the definition of them are changing as the era changes. By listening too much negative information from the mass media, people's abilities of thinking, feeling are losing gradually. Babette's naively idea on challenging the whole family of preparing for the world; people's self-comfort move of buying SUV for "safety"; Jack's family buying their own satisfaction and the conversation between Jack and Murray on taking position on viewing death; they all mislead by the lopsided balance of their physical and psychological life. All those "plots" that cause those people to form the wrong perspective in life, are hocusing people from finding the truth of themselves as though providing people the psychological comfort from materiality; and it becomes the most common life type in this society.
The first concept from the book that I immediately thought of after watching this movie was chapter 4, Behavior and Attitudes. The movie, as a whole, is all about behavior and attitude. Our main character, Rylie, is seen as a “happy girl” by her parents. But when Joy is shut out
...ause of their own free will. The theme of love is widely portrayed in the world. Love matters because it is what ties two people together through commitment and pain. However, there are those who pervert the idea of love and treat it as if it is filled with lust and pleasure-seeking opportunities. In society, young and reckless people “go out” with each other because they are desperate for excitement in their lives. Those who “go out” fail to realize that they shouldn’t be so committed to one another. Therefore, it is a waste of time at such a young age. Those who do should be paying attention to reality instead of their own fantasy. If adolescent people have love, it is only a hindrance from being who they want to be. In conclusion, love influences people to behave irrationally and to take chances that would otherwise seem irresponsible in the eyes of the mature.
There are many more examples throughout this movie that can be connected or assessed to the many different concepts that was learned. There are many real-life events and these concepts are important because they allow people to see how different types of people and families deal with stress and problems and it is important not to judge or jump to conclusions and maybe take a step back and take time to consider what others may be going
This movie portrays so many of the social-psychological principles. One that is really noticeable is the person perception principle. In the scene
...the predominant theme of disorientation and lack of understanding throughout the film. The audience is never clear of if the scene happening is authentic or if there is a false reality.
The chapter started by an overview of the short story and the film adaptation that I deal with, concerning the main theme,
Fabe, Marilyn. "Psychological Themes." Closely Watched Films: An Introduction to the Art of Narrative Film Technique. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California, 2004. 105-10. Print.
The film begins with a new teacher, Jaime Escalante, arriving to Garfield High School in East Los Angeles. On his first day he comes to find out that the computer science class he thought he was going to teach doesn't exist, because the school has no computers. In turn he is assigned to take over the general algebra class. From the beginning the film portrays the school as one on its downfall, and with students that are facing poverty. The class he receives is full of students who, according to other teachers at the school, are unintelligent and incapable of learning much of the material. Students cannot be expected to learn material when the teachers themselves do not believe in the stude...
Have you ever just thought what the heck are my parents thinking, there is no way I'm listening to them? I know I have and I think you probably have to. Its because our parents aren’t always right. There are always those times when your parents are going to be wrong, I mean they're only human. And sometime you're not gonna want to obey them, even though most of the time you should listen. And there are many reasons for that and I’m sure you could think of more but here are the ones I got from Romeo and Juliet. There are three main reasons I can think of for why you shouldn’t obey your parents; if they want you to do something that could cause harm to you, if they ask you to do something that you are unable to do, or if they want you to follow a plan or something that they want you to do not something that would make you happy.