TerminusEst13
Since: Jan, 2001
04/14/2011 00:00:00
So...you don't like the movie because you don't like the 'ship of choice?
Wow.
RetrogradeRenegade
Since: Jan, 2010
05/03/2011 00:00:00
That wasn't the only reason they gave for not liking it, and yes, finding the central relationship emotionally uninvolving is a perfectly justified reason for not enjoying a film. There's no need to paint it in the shallow terms of shipping, when believable relationships are the core of the narrative and the driving force of the central character's actions.
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The film is overrated, and the book less so.
I'm just going to put this out here now: I'm not really a fan. But let me explain myself, please.
I saw the movie about six months ago; I went in with an open mind and was duly disappointed. I genuinely couldn't sympathise with Scott (but maybe that's because I dislike Michael Cera), and I honestly couldn't see why he'd want to be with Ramona. (Yes, I found Knives Chau to be cooler than her). The film seemed to get increasingly ludicrous as it wore on, and I wasn't particularly sad when it was over. There are some good things to be said for the movie, though. I'm still fond of this piece of dialogue:
But, in another moment of uncharacteristic open-mindedness, a friend lent me the comics and I read them too. I liked them a lot more than the movie, as they gave depth to many of the characters who were otherwise ignored in the movie (read: pretty much everyone). I especially liked seeing more of the other band members Stephen Stills and Kim Pine. It changed me from a Scott/Knives shipper (because the latter was suitably creepy this time around) to a Scott/Kim shipper (especially considering their history). Ramona was, again, uninteresting. And therein lies the problem.
The crux of it was that I just didn't like the main pairing of Scott/Ramona very much at all. And, considering the entire plot is based around his quest to get the girl, it was only natural that I was so unengaged.