Glad you enjoyed the Plato's Mech post. I had a lot of fun putting that one together. Did you send in your coloring contest entry yet? There's still time!
Interesting that you consider the Family Man ending unhappy. It's always felt to me like the ultimate example of have your cake and eat it too endings. As much as it's in the Wonderful Life tradition, it's also in the Sweet Home Alabama/Jersey Girl tradition of successful guy giving up "city" success for "country" family and finding true meaning there...but you can tell Brett Ratner genuinely doesn't believe in that, so he lets Cage have his success, AND the girl with whom he will eventually have the fantasy family anyway.
Thank you for the mention!!
Glad you enjoyed the Plato's Mech post. I had a lot of fun putting that one together. Did you send in your coloring contest entry yet? There's still time!
Interesting that you consider the Family Man ending unhappy. It's always felt to me like the ultimate example of have your cake and eat it too endings. As much as it's in the Wonderful Life tradition, it's also in the Sweet Home Alabama/Jersey Girl tradition of successful guy giving up "city" success for "country" family and finding true meaning there...but you can tell Brett Ratner genuinely doesn't believe in that, so he lets Cage have his success, AND the girl with whom he will eventually have the fantasy family anyway.
His children are dead. He will never have them. They were only possible when he had them and he loves them. That's why it's sad.
I always felt the strong implication that he'd have them anyway. I know that's not how science works, but movie logic...
I guess it's our Butch Cassidy/Sundance disagreement.
Wait, do people legit think they survive?
Yes. Some do because they got out of so many ludicrous situations. This is one step too far though.