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By: Marshall

Marshall — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 13:32:18 +0000

I meant landing lead roles in general, not this specific role. No way I would want Chris Messina playing this role. I really meant that Paul Dano has no business in acting because he’s a total hack.

By: Sam Fragoso

Sam Fragoso — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 10:56:38 +0000

I made similar comparisons with 500 Days of Summer and Little Miss Sunshine. To answer your question, because Dano plays lonely struggling writer better than Messina could. Dano is great at playing the type of character who would actually fall for a women he manifested, Messina is too pragmatic.

Ruby Sparks did a lot for me, which is surprising my discontentment with contemporary romances.

Glad to be back here.

By: Marshall

Marshall — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:14:43 +0000

It is harmless. But not overall pleasant. Kind of moody to the point where both characters pissed me off to the point where I stopped caring about them.

The “(500) Days of Summer” similarities are in the quirkiness of the lead female, the semi-glorification of the Starbucks/Arcade Fire indie scene (by that I mean the scene that sees themselves as far more hipster than they actually are), and the attempts to capture the highest highs and the lowest lows of relationship drama.

I’m not really a fan of “Little Miss Sunshine.” I know overrated is a response to audience reaction, not the film itself, but that’s how I feel about it – undeserving of all the praise it received. It’s just average, and that’s the way I feel about “Ruby Sparks.” Pleasant in fleeting moments, but overall just another comedy…

By: r361n4

r361n4 — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:04:32 +0000

Interestingly enough this is actually the most negative review I’ve seen for this movie so far. So far what I’ve heard is that it’s fairly harmless but overall pleasant, but I’ll just have to go see for myself when this finally gets to Seattle.

I didn’t really see the similarities to 500 Days of Summer in the trailer but I can see where that might’ve come in. Just curious, how do you think this stacks up to Little Miss sunshine?