He's Just Not That Into You

Note: here's something i had blogged about once in february..but i thought i had published it. but here it is. (i thought of the line again today, and was gonna blog about it...but i had a distant memory of being blogging about it before...ladeda. toodles)

When I first saw this movie, I wasn't too big of a fan of it. Like it was good, and it had it's moments, and it was a movie I knew I'd watch again at some point (and I have since then) but it wasn't like sit-on-the-couch-in-amazement-til-the-credits-finish-rolling kind of amazing, y'know what I'm sayin'? I feel like yeah, it had it's moments, but other times, it tried too hard to be deep, and just ended up being cliche.

And so typically, I am the type of person who will look for the ONE line that amazes me in a movie, in a book, in a song, etc. - even in a conversation. hence, the reason why I quote epic things people say. HAHA. But yeah, I look for that one significant line that I feel has...depth, meaning, or significance to me in some way. (and other times, it's just funny or sounds good..like a line from a song). And those lines will be able to still get me EVERYTIME I see them/ hear them.

And sometimes, there IS no line that stands out to me. But other times, the lines are so good that after the book/ song/ movie, I'll pull out my computer and look it up and read it again, (and again if necessary..) Yeah, I'm a freak. Don't hate. hahah. Anyways...

In this particular moviiie, the lines that stood out to me where the following...and even though itis cliche, I love how much truth is in it. Hahah, okay, fine, it's really cheesy. But I'm teenage girl, give me a break. :)

"Girls are taught a lot of stuff growing up: if a boy punches you he likes you, never try to trim your own bangs, and someday you will meet a wonderful guy and get your very own happy ending. every movie we see, every story we're told implores us to wait for it: the third act twist, the unexpected declaration of love, the exception to the rule. but sometimes we're so focused on finding our happy ending we don't learn how to read the signs. how to tell the ones who want us from the ones who don't, the ones who will stay and the ones who will leave. and maybe a happy ending doesn't include a guy, maybe it's you, on your own, picking up the pieces and starting over, freeing yourself up for something better in the future. maybe the happy ending is just moving on. or maybe the happy ending is this: knowing after all the unreturned phone calls and broken-hearts, through the blunders and misread signals, through all the pain and embarrassment... you never gave up hope."