I read a few reviews both and bad. Bottom line, these kinds of stories are hard to pull off.
We all know what's good about this storyline and the actors aren't at fault. The main issue people have with this story is the moral circumstance and the stereotypical responses to this circumstance.
This story would not be a story if Dorothy didn't decide to work with him under those conditions. The move was immature and tends to make the audience cynical for her intentions. She claims she was inspired, but really it was about using her and her using Jerry.
What I find fascinating is to observe how male/female dynamics can be illustrated, especially in the workplace. Jerry isn't even in control of most of these situations. He's actually a victim of circumstances and simply trying to stay alive, but Dorothy is making all the emotional decisions, being foolish first, as women are, then deciding to be an adult later, like it was 50 Shades. I think flip flopping the character's motivations is what people don't like about this film.
When you tell a story and you want the character to change, the story is supposed to change them, but the change cannot be a device to change someone else. That's manipulative. Cameron Crowe is clever in his nuances, but what most people don't buy is how he get's out of them. He used Dorothy like a gypsy to manipulate the audience as well as Jerry to meet the romance part of this light drama. We live in a cynical world is a great line and context for the audience to understand. But Cameron failed to understand because it is cynical it can't really buy into his campy methods of storytelling.
People want characters they admire. Dorothy with all her good intentions is nothing more than a manipulator to Jerry and the audience. There are even times in the story where Jerry and the audience like the kid more than her. Why is this? Because deep down we know she's just another single woman who wants back on the Harley with her bad boy which got her there in the first place. It never really addressed her as a character but instead made her a plot device. It's the most distracting part of the story itself.
Male/female relationships are complicated today because women have more power. Power isn't a bad thing if used properly. I think that may have been a better story to follow.
The rest of the story was great and I agree with some that the business of sports should have been the focal point, not the emotional ploys and sappy lines, but those are simply choices and they either work or they don't. Money Ball was a better film overall because it didn't choose to use devices. It just told a story with a layer of baseball everyone could appreciate.
We all know what's good about this storyline and the actors aren't at fault. The main issue people have with this story is the moral circumstance and the stereotypical responses to this circumstance.
This story would not be a story if Dorothy didn't decide to work with him under those conditions. The move was immature and tends to make the audience cynical for her intentions. She claims she was inspired, but really it was about using her and her using Jerry.
What I find fascinating is to observe how male/female dynamics can be illustrated, especially in the workplace. Jerry isn't even in control of most of these situations. He's actually a victim of circumstances and simply trying to stay alive, but Dorothy is making all the emotional decisions, being foolish first, as women are, then deciding to be an adult later, like it was 50 Shades. I think flip flopping the character's motivations is what people don't like about this film.
When you tell a story and you want the character to change, the story is supposed to change them, but the change cannot be a device to change someone else. That's manipulative. Cameron Crowe is clever in his nuances, but what most people don't buy is how he get's out of them. He used Dorothy like a gypsy to manipulate the audience as well as Jerry to meet the romance part of this light drama. We live in a cynical world is a great line and context for the audience to understand. But Cameron failed to understand because it is cynical it can't really buy into his campy methods of storytelling.
People want characters they admire. Dorothy with all her good intentions is nothing more than a manipulator to Jerry and the audience. There are even times in the story where Jerry and the audience like the kid more than her. Why is this? Because deep down we know she's just another single woman who wants back on the Harley with her bad boy which got her there in the first place. It never really addressed her as a character but instead made her a plot device. It's the most distracting part of the story itself.
Male/female relationships are complicated today because women have more power. Power isn't a bad thing if used properly. I think that may have been a better story to follow.
The rest of the story was great and I agree with some that the business of sports should have been the focal point, not the emotional ploys and sappy lines, but those are simply choices and they either work or they don't. Money Ball was a better film overall because it didn't choose to use devices. It just told a story with a layer of baseball everyone could appreciate.