I don't really like the movie, but I re-visited The Breakup, with Vince Vaughn and Rachel Anniston. It's a good movie, but certainly not a great one. It's fun, but not at all uplifting.
It's an interesting script, and the choices the author has made about the direction of the movie are interesting. The most interesting and intriguing aspect to me is the fact that he made the Breakup an actual breakup at the end. I guess he felt he had to give the audience the actual breakup that is the namesake of the movie. But it's certainly not a positive and uplifting movie ending.
What I did like was this little scene at the end. Brooke finally admits that she has screwed up in her method of trying to manage the breakup. Her motivation for the entire movie is to get Gary to want her more, but to want her without having to ask him to want her.
I think this is so often the challenge with couples. We all want attention right? That's the core of the challenge with relationships. If I don't pay attention to my wife, and she decides to take off, and I don't get the message that I should be paying her more attention, that's on me right? Same goes for her. If I say, "dude, you're not paying much attention to me here," and nothing changes, I'm going to go find someone who does want to pay attention to me.
If the other person isn't paying attention, if they're not putting the work in, then it's bad news for the future of that relationship.
Should Brooke have just been more plain-spoken with Gary? Maybe. SHould Gary have paid more attention to Brooke? Definitely.
It's a great movie and story overall, and maybe that's something I should try and include in my writing. It is compelling.
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