"Nay"
So here's a movie about a "boy" pushing 30, who finds himself in somewhat of a mid-life crisis or in my opinion, an excuse to fuck up.
Zach Braff (Garden State, Scrubs) plays Michael on the brink of a mental break down because his girlfriend of 3 years, Jenna (Jacinda Barrett) discovers she's 3-months pregnant. But rather than having a heart-to-heart with her, he thought it best to let temptation get the best of him with a too-good-to-be-true other woman, Kim (Rachel Bilson).
The courtship was quick and unrealistic since Kim practically threw herself onto Michael like an old rag. Yes, she's young and naive but a cute lil' college girl shouldn't have to try so hard to nail a guy. On the other hand, Michael didn't really do much to resist, getting pretty easily hooked with her "free spirit," (looks just happened to be a bonus even though she presented a lot of Jenna's qualities: brunette, light complexion, pale skin, and trim figure). So, he goes against his morals just to see where it would lead him. Nothing wrong with that right? Two people, strongly attracted to each other can just hang out without a care in the world. Sure...Due to an unfortunate event, Jenna runs into his friend (his scapegoat) and wonders, "Hmmm...where's Michael?" The audience knows shit's about to hit the fan. Hard.
The friend couldn't lie, but he didn't have to say much either since it was written all over his face. (I give Barrett a lot of credit here because she did a great job playing a woman scorned!) Her reaction was immediate, almost as if you can see her instincts running wild inside her head telling her, "Hey he's cheating on you!" She leaves in a mad hurry, but Michael conveniently turns off his cell so she can't get through. Ugh! All she could do was go to their home and wait. Pacing back and forth until the door finally opens. And he enters...
Michael hung tightly onto his lie, but knew there was no way out of this mess. The next exchange of dialogue took me further back than I needed to go:
In tears, Jenna asks, "Did you kiss her?"
Stuck on stupid, Michael answers, "Yes..."
Jenna continues, "How many times?"
And Michael responds, "Several."
So, Jenna does what any mortified, heart-broken soul would do. She grabs a butcher knife and forces him out of the house! And he goes where any typical, dick-driven asshole would: back to the "walking sex object" who made everything seem so easy.
The whole idea backfires in his face. Kim ended up being attached, therefore less-appealing while Jenna (whom he had all along) pulled further and futher away. If the theory is to learn from your mistakes, how can we sympathize with an idiot who knowingly made the mistake first? Then proceeds to go back for more?! He should have known what he had and worked to keep it going than let his other head do the thinking for him.
Do they get back together or not? We're left hanging. My ending is that it ended (only because considering taking him back would be against everything I believe in a relationship). How was this movie a comedy, I have no idea. A drama? Who cares?! Why watch something that only brings back hurtful memories or worst causes you to doubt the one you're with now? I say, if you make a movie like this, kill someone! Anywho, the only real lesson here is to learn that once it's done, it can always be done. Taking them back only gives them an opportunity to wrong you again.
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