Jon Martello 'Realistic Expectations In The Film Don'

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“There's only a few things I really care about in life. My body. My pad. My ride. My family. My church. My boys. My girls. My porn.” Joseph Gordon Levitt’s film Don Jon is packed with romance, drama, and comedy. The main character Jon Martello or “Don” has unrealistic expectations in life due to his favor of watching adult films rather than enjoying sexual intercourse with a woman. Throughout the film he tries to find happiness that is being in a relationship with the perfect woman. This film does a great job of revealing to the audience what realistic in life and the priorities of an individual like Jon. This film has a lot of narration from Joseph Gordon Levitt when Jon is alone. From the beginning of the film Jon informs the aspects he

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