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A Guy's Perspective Of The Movie "He's Just Not That Into You"

I didn't think I would get into this movie as much as I did...

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A Guy's Perspective Of The Movie "He's Just Not That Into You"
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Yes, this is a complete 180 from the articles that I usually do, but a midnight deadline, a sudden interest in a romantic comedy from 2009, and an urge to turn in an article by midnight has me on the writing train I thought I would never be on; but alas, here we go.

For those of you who have no idea what this movie is, I will keep this really short and simple. "He's Just Not That Into You", this 2009 romantic comedy, follows the lives of nine different people, each with their own romantic problems, and everyone believes in something else. If you haven't figured it out, it's 2018. Is this movie outdated? Besides the Drew Barrymore breakdown scene about being rejected by seven different technologies, the movie is still pretty spot on. The romantic problems are still very similar to ours, and Scarlett Johansson is still as hot as ever (Scarlett if you are reading this, I would love to interview you. #ShootersShoot)

Alright, let me be the first to say, I am the last person to ever analyze a movie like this. A 22 year old straight male who has never been in a relationship doesn't seem qualified enough to analyze this movie on an intellectual level, but you know what, we're gonna rock with it anyways. The thing is about this movie is there is so much romantic problems going on that someone that is going to watch this movie can relate to one of the problems going on, myself included. However, the problem is the characters are lacking one big thing that could close this gap of uncertainty in the romantic lives. What is that one thing? My major of choice, the good old human communication.

Yes, if people just said what they are feeling instead of playing these games of missed social cues and acts of being crazy due to very unrealistic scenarios in our heads, this whole gigantic mess could have all been avoided. However, as humans, this will never happen because humans in general tend to hide their feelings, and this movie proves the point of this observation.

The target audience for this movie is definitely in my age group, the early 20's to even into the 30's. The idea of marrying too early, the idea of the friend zone, the reasons why the dude is not into you, it's all way too relatable. My personal favorite character is Ginnifer Goodwin as Gigi, as her constant social miscues with guys had me quite entertained throughout the entire movie.

So what's my overall thought of this movie? It is all way too relatable, but as relatable as it is, life is not a romantic comedy. Again, communication is the key to success in all of this gigantic mess. Shoot your shot people, even if you get rejected, you'll end up somewhere eventually. Now that this article is over, let's see if I actually follow my advice.

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